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The U.S. is unprepared to handle the huge pollution footprint flowing from the imminent launch of tens of thousands of commercial communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Yet, when needed most, the scientific entities tracking these impacts are on the chopping block.

President Javier Milei’s plan includes a new type of nuclear reactor and even a so-called Nuclear City in Patagonia, but critics question its feasibility.

• Artificial intelligence is driving a boom in energy-intensive data centers.
• Argentina is developing a nuclear reactor that could meet the surging demand for electricity.
• Critics say the project’s timeline is not feasible.

• Kaspersky’s latest report reveals that 4 percent of employees at 50 banks use their email to register on adult content websites.
• This is part of a wider trend where 7 percent of compromised data stolen between 2019 and 2024 contained corporate email addresses.
• Combined with poor password security, this could lead to corporate email addresses being compromised.

If unproven allegations were a sufficient basis for meting out punishment, the White House probably isn’t where Trump is living these days.

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