The Senate Minority Leader says both Nvidia and the Trump administration need to explain the national security risks they’re aware of following Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Screenshot-2026-11-12-at-1.57.50-PM.png?quality=90&strip=all]

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Lame-duck Congress might actually do something: speed up energy projects

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Lame-duck Congress might actually do something: speed up energy projects

But the proposed legislation could give communities less say on data centers.

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The midterms proved once and for all that X is not real life

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1w ago

The midterms proved once and for all that X is not real life

The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

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1w ago

Data center backlash wasn’t quite enough to flip Florida.

The pro-data center Republican Byron Donalds has won the race for governor, according to the AP. He beat Democrat David Jolly with just over 50 percent of the vote — a far tighter margin than predecessor Ron DeSantis in 2022.

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Today’s Vergecast: Will data centers rock the vote?

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1w ago

Today’s Vergecast: Will data centers rock the vote?

It’s Election Day in the United States, and data centers have become a core issue in some of the country’s most important midterm races. The Verge’s Adi Robertson explains why people are uniting against data centers, why they’ve become a proxy for all kinds of other fights, and how this year’s results might change the AI industry going forward. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://youtu.be/BTcOx_x9BNk]

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1w ago

DOJ sends 1,000 election monitors to watch polls in every state.

Federal election monitors are a standard procedure, but this year the Trump administration has expanded it to the “largest monitoring effort in history.” States have prepared to make sure they don’t interfere, as the administration has taken several steps this year to assert more oversight of state-run elections.

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