Alberta County Declares Farm Disaster After Approving $13B Meta Data Centre
Alberta County Declares Farm Disaster After Approving $13B Meta Data CentreAugust 11, 2026Reading time: 8 minutes Full Story: The Energy Mix Jody MacPherson Giacomo Maestri for ECMWF/flickr The Alberta county council that granted permits for Meta’s new…
Giant Oil Tanker Runs Aground in Marine Nature Preserve
Giant Oil Tanker Runs Aground in Marine Nature Preserve, Spills Nonstop for Weeks“A nightmare scenario is there’s no adequate response to keep the worst from happening.” By Joe Wilkins Published Aug 13, 2026 2:53 PM EDTAdd…
Yanks are first MLB team to partner with Polymarket
Yanks are first MLB team to partner with Polymarket Caleb Bowlin/Getty Images On Fridays, the Brew’s Dave Lozo looks at a sports business story that says a lot more than just the final score of a game. If you’re tired of seeing sports betting ads during…
Michigan drops letter grades for freshmen
Michigan drops letter grades for freshmen Niv Bavarsky Good news for anyone planning to wing it on their Victorian lit final (there are multiple Brontë sisters btw): The University of Michigan won’t release official grades for its freshmen’s first…
Did students at Brown use ChatGPT to ace tests?
Did students at Brown use ChatGPT to ace tests? Getty Images In the scandal heard ’round the Ivy League, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano accused his students of using AI to cheat on a take-home exam, and said the school was “meek”…
Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, reaches its lowest water level on record
Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, reaches its lowest water level on record The Colorado River basin is a critical system for residents in the western U.S.ByMatthew GlasserAugust 7, 2026, 6:58 AM Historic Lake Mead drought leads to…
Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loophole
Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loophole Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loopholePublished Thu, Aug 13 20263:12 PM EDTUpdated Thu, Aug 13 20263:56 PM EDTKevin Breuninger@KevinWilliamBShareShare…
EU: Meta’s apps are so addictive they violate the law
EU: Meta’s apps are so addictive they violate the law Matt Cardy/Getty Images A European Union investigation has determined that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps are too addictive, presumably after regulators lost half a day watching cooking reels…
Canada does it again at 49er Europeans
Canada does it again at 49er Europeans For the second year in a row, Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance are the 2026 49erFX European Champions taking the title over 54 teams on July 7-12 in Eckernförde, Germany. The Canadian team has now been on the…
A near-collapse looms over the office-to-apt boom
A near-collapse looms over the office-to-apt boom Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images An increasingly popular way to ease the housing crisis just developed some cracks. Some financiers are rethinking their involvement in office-to-apartment conversions…