The government cited a nationwide communications failure among air traffic control systems as the reason for the sudden grounding on Friday.
World News
A communications problem is reportedly affecting Air Route Traffic control centers.
A far-right campaign claiming leftists are stealing votes from nursing home residents has centered on changing guidance from Mehmet Oz's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Politics & Governance
From Texas to Pennsylvania, data centers are top of mind.
Technology
The New York Times reports that data centers are “painting gray concrete and gray steel with more gray,” leading to an unexpected boom for paint manufacturers. Gravel producers and wiring companies are also enjoying an uptick, “creating a long tail of unlikely winners.” [Link: Gray Paint Has Never Had It as Good as in the A.I. Boom | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/technology/ai-data-centers-paint.html | The New York Times]
Technology
In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.
Technology
A study out of Texas is a warning on data centers everywhere.