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Gas turbines outside the xAI data center in Memphis. AP Photo/George Walker IV

Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution‑burdened Memphis neighborhood

Analysis of the air quality data available for southwest Memphis finds that pollution has long been quite bad, but the turbines powering an xAI data center have not made it much worse.
US government programs fund healthcare for the elderly, some people with disabilities, and some low-income families, among other populations. In this photograph, a building that houses the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington DC is seen on January 12, 2019. DCStockPhotography

‘Fraud, waste and abuse’: US healthcare caught in the crossfire of a political narrative

Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid may harm vulnerable populations that depend on government-funded care. Proponents of such cuts often frame them in a different way.
A composite image showing Elon Musk (centre) flanked by an image of Ani (left), a new virtual ‘companion’ available on his xAI platform, and an image of Misa Amane (right), a character from the Japanese anime ‘Death Note.’ (l-r: Grok, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matt Rourke, Death Note)

Grok 4’s new AI companion offers up ‘pornographic productivity’

Grok 4’s new AI companions raise concerns about virtual friends disrupting real social relationships, anti-feminist rhetoric and the exploitation of personal data.
Unfortunately for demographers, birth rates are hard to predict far into the future. gremlin/E+ via Getty Images

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

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