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A Missouri farmer and former state Farm Bureau chief is putting his land on the market for AI data center development, and he's making no apologies about it. Blake Hurst argues that blocking a six point three billion dollar project in neighboring Nodaway County won't kill the investment — it'll just push it to whoever says yes first. With over five hundred jurisdictions now imposing moratoriums and roughly seventy percent public opposition in many communities, Hurst's move cuts against the grain, and raises a real question about whether local resistance actually stops these projects or simply redirects them.
On a very different front, an AI security startup called Corma is pitching a future where your watch taps you mid-dog-walk to ask permission to block a live cyberattack. CEO Alon Pluda says that's not a pitch — it actually happened to a customer. His company's argument is pointed: AI models have gotten better at offense than defense, and that gap is dangerous. Autonomous agents that can act in real time, with human approval, may be how we close it.
And finally, a small but satisfying fix for Mac users — a utility called EasyDMG is taking aim at one of Apple's most quietly annoying rituals, the drag-and-drop app installation. It sounds minor, but friction in software setup compounds over time, and tools that quietly smooth those edges tend to stick around.
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