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Riot signs $28B AI data center lease
The 15-year, 910 MW lease with a frontier AI lab covers Riot's entire Corsicana, Texas campus and lifts its contracted data center revenue to about $38B.
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AI & Tech
OpenAI to acquire Pierre, maker of Codex tools
Pierre runs Code Storage and builds the open-source Trees and Diffs libraries already used in the Codex app.
AMD Q3 revenue hits record $13.4B, up 45%
Data center sales nearly doubled to $8.5B while gaming fell 40% to $773M. AMD guided Q4 revenue to about $17B, plus or minus 3%, roughly 66% above a year earlier.
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US
3M agrees to pay up to $7.35 billion to settle PFAS personal injury claims over firefighting foam
3M said it will pay $7.35 billion over nine years, with a present value of $5.8 billion, to resolve personal injury claims over PFAS chemicals in federal litigation centered on firefighting foam, according to the company and AP.
Judge temporarily blocks deportation of detained Afghans to Afghanistan or Pakistan
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting Afghans held in U.S. immigration detention to Afghanistan or Pakistan, in an order that runs through Saturday, AP and ABC News reported.
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Politics
Democrats win majorities in both the House and Senate in the midterm elections
Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, with a Senate majority of at least 54 seats and a House majority secured early Wednesday, according to race calls reported by AP and Reuters.
Democrats flip governor's offices in Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Iowa; Becerra wins in California
Democrats won governor's races in Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Iowa, taking offices held by Republicans, and Democrat Xavier Becerra was elected governor of California, AP, Reuters and NPR reported.
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Entertainment
UK culture secretary orders public-interest review of Sky's planned ITV acquisition
U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on Wednesday issued a public interest intervention notice on Sky's proposed purchase of ITV's broadcasting and streaming business, requiring the Competition and Markets Authority and Ofcom to report on the deal, the U.K. government and Variety said.
Suno asks court to dismiss Jason Isbell's lawsuit over artist names in AI music prompts
AI music company Suno on Tuesday asked a federal court in Massachusetts to dismiss a proposed class action by Jason Isbell and other musicians, arguing that letting users name artists to describe a musical style is lawful, Variety and Music Business Worldwide reported.
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Money
Gas prices fall 17.1 cents in a week to a $4.12 average, GasBuddy says
The U.S. average price of gasoline fell 17.1 cents over the past week to $4.12 a gallon, GasBuddy said Monday, while AAA put its national average at about $4.17, down 12 cents from a week earlier.
Teachers union sues Education Department over stalled student loan forgiveness buybacks
The American Federation of Teachers and nine borrowers have filed a proposed class action accusing the Education Department of stalling Public Service Loan Forgiveness decisions and stripping credit borrowers had earned toward forgiveness.
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