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The AI revolution is likely to drive up your electricity bill. Here's why.

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New Jersey residents got some bad news earlier this year when the state's public utilities board warned that their electricity bills could surge up to 20% starting on June 1. A key driver in that rate hike: data centers.

The spread of these large-scale computing facilities across the U.S. amid growing demand for artificial intelligence, data storage and other technology services is projected to increase electricity consumption to record highs in the coming years, according to experts.

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How Trump changed the way US women vote

A decade after his infamous Access Hollywood tape, the gender divide is again shaping a pivotal midterm election A decade ago, Donald Trump’s improbable presidential campaign was rocked – and nearly derailed – by the now-infamous Access Hollywood tape, a 2005 recording in which the real estate developer turned reality TV star boasted about kissing and grabbing women without their consent. “When you’re a star, they let you do it,” he said, a remark he later downplayed as “ locker-room talk ” before musing that the tape might be fake . ( It wasn’t .) ‘Of…