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In Oregon, a quiet warning about one election cycle has grown into something much louder. Residents, educators, and environmental groups have organized a statewide political movement targeting data center tax exemptions worth more than four hundred fifty million dollars, and it is already costing politicians their seats. The tech industry is watching closely.
Meanwhile, cybersecurity researchers at the SANS Internet Storm Center are taking a closer look at what gets captured when attackers successfully log into honeypot sensors. A new experiment is parsing TTY logs from bots and bad actors, then feeding that behavioral data into a centralized security platform for correlation. It is a granular look at what intruders actually do once they are inside.
And on the question of artificial intelligence and the future of work, sixty minutes sat down with Americans who are doing something quietly remarkable — teaching AI systems the deep, career-long expertise that is hardest to replicate. The conversation raises real questions about what skills survive automation and who benefits when that knowledge gets absorbed into a machine.
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