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Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers — CNBC

Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties, is pledging the money, Trump said; writes Eamon Javers and Kevin Breunniger.

Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/07/trump-investment-hussain-sajwani-damac-data-centers.html

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How Elon Musk’s X became the global right’s supercharged front page — The Guardian

Every week, the platform seems to supercharge a news issue that comes to dominate conservative discourse – and often mainstream discourse, as well – with real political repercussions; writes J Oliver Conroy.

Court strikes down US net neutrality rules — BBC

A US court has rejected the Biden administration's bid to restore "net neutrality" rules, finding that the federal government does not have the authority to regulate internet providers like utilities; writes Natalie Sherman. 

Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies — CNN

Meta promptly deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots’ sloppy imagery and tendency to go off the rails and even lie in chats with humans; writes Allison Morrow.