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The European Union is moving to limit the energy and water consumption of data centres, a step aimed at reining in the resource demands of the fast-growing digital and AI infrastructure sector. The proposal has drawn attention for pitting Europe's climate and resource goals against the expansion of energy-hungry computing facilities.
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Nurses at SSM Health Dean Medical Group have voted to form a union. The move gives the nursing staff collective bargaining power on issues such as staffing, wages and working conditions at the Madison-area medical group. The vote adds to a broader wave of hospital nurse unionization efforts across the United States in recent years.
- 3AST SpaceMobile satellites measured far brighter than FCC targets●"Our measurements reveal an average brightness seven times brighter than mitigation targets cited in FCC filings and pea
Astronomers report new measurements showing AST SpaceMobile satellites averaging seven times the brightness of mitigation targets cited in FCC filings, with peak brightness over 200 times the International Astronomical Union's recommended limit of magnitude 7. The findings add to astronomers' concerns about megaconstellations interfering with night-sky observation, just as AST SpaceMobile prepares to deploy more satellites.