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High Diesel Prices Bankrupted 16 Trucking Companies in Just 30 Days https://www.thedrive.com/news/high-diesel-prices-bankrupted-16-trucking-companies-in-just-30-days https://redd.it/1wyhz2j @r_technology

Amazon is spending $1 billion to win over towns fighting its data centers https://www.techspot.com/news/114098-amazon-spending-1-billion-win-over-towns-fighting.html https://redd.it/1wycfrp @r_technology

Chick-fil-A takes a stand against fast-food drive-thru AI trend https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/chick-fil-a-takes-stand-against-fast-food-drive-thru-ai-trend?taid=6ac39155d234120001bf1390&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter https://redd.it/1wyiwyz @r_technology

McDonald’s Hit With Antitrust Suit Over AI-Assisted Menu Pricing https://www.pymnts.com/cpi-posts/mcdonalds-hit-with-antitrust-suit-over-ai-assisted-menu-pricing/ https://redd.it/1wyny61 @r_technology

Cable lobby to sue U.S President FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap | Cable industry to sue, says FCC can’t repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/cable-lobby-to-sue-trump-fcc-over-repeal-of-national-tv-ownership-cap/ https://redd.it/1wyq56y @r_technology

Amazon hires Microsoft's former Copilot CTO https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hires-former-microsoft-copilot-cto-ai-agent-push-2026-10 https://redd.it/1wyoord @r_technology

Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break https://www.wired.com/story/rural-data-centers-are-in-for-a-big-federal-tax-break/ https://redd.it/1wyi0s1 @r_technology

Saudi Arabia urged to spare man sentenced to death over Facebook post https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq14d438vx24o https://redd.it/1wyqbsz @r_technology

Top Economist Warns AI Could Triple Unemployment Within a Decade — ‘What We Are Living Through…Is Unprecedented’ https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/top-economist-warns-ai-could-173034798.html https://redd.it/1wytoz7 @r_technology

In early clinical trial, people with Type 1 diabetes are able to go off insulin https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/early-clinical-trial-people-type-1-diabetes-are-able-go-insulin-rcna601171 https://redd.it/1wyrksf @r_technology

The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-center-memory-chip-shortage-cheap-smartphones-digital-divide/ https://redd.it/1wyt9kw @r_technology

Russia ramps up disinformation attacks on French media ahead of 2027 presidential race https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260930-russia-ramps-up-disinformation-attacks-on-french-media-ahead-of-2027-presidential-race https://redd.it/1wyd3m2 @r_technology

Norway's largest financial services group cuts 400 positions, replaced by “agentic AI” https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/683620 https://redd.it/1wyx0z0 @r_technology

ASOS have been hacked and a threat was sent to customers: “Dear Asos DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance.” https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/security/asos-hack-notification-latest-updates-b3062000.html?utm_source=reddit.com https://redd.it/1wyyac8 @r_technology

A Texas Woman Is Fighting to Stop a Data Center From Replacing a Promised Park https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-woman-is-fighting-to-stop-a-data-center-from-replacing-a-promised-park https://redd.it/1wyzvya @r_technology

Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html https://redd.it/1wz12j6 @r_technology

Wikimedia Foundation: OpenAI agents tried to edit pages and compromise notes tool https://therecord.media/wikimedia-foundation-openai-agents-report https://redd.it/1wz0d05 @r_technology

US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv5yn3nwp5n5o https://redd.it/1wz19nc @r_technology

Utah will become first state to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight https://www.techspot.com/news/114111-utah-become-first-state-ai-examine-patients-prescribe.html https://redd.it/1wz4lyd @r_technology

Why do tech CEOs sound like doomsday cult leaders? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-trends/article-why-do-tech-ceos-sound-like-doomsday-cult-leaders/ https://redd.it/1wz5hgc @r_technology

Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Luckey joins Pentagon weapons group https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/anduril-navy-submarine-shipyard-contract.html https://redd.it/1wz5m82 @r_technology