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Big Tech's data center boom is running into an unexpected obstacle: the workers building them. Electricians across the country are raising ethical questions about whether pouring their labor into facilities that consume enormous power and face growing community opposition is really worth the paycheck. It's a rare moment of worker conscience inside an industry used to getting what it wants.
Shifting to a different kind of infrastructure concern, the two thousand twenty six World Cup is drawing more than fans — it's drawing sophisticated scammers. AI-generated fake ticketing sites and cloned official pages are now convincing enough to fool even careful buyers. Security researchers warn that the combination of global excitement and generative AI has made this tournament season a near-perfect environment for fraud.
And in the crypto space, Ethereum layer two network Taiko halted operations after an attacker exploited a bridge vulnerability, forging withdrawal proofs to drain roughly one point seven million dollars. The team moved quickly to contain the damage, but the incident belongs to the same family of flaws behind this year's largest bridge hacks — a reminder that fast money in decentralized finance still moves faster than security audits.
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