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Attorneys representing the state of New Mexico told jurors that targeted political ads, attempting to lower Democratic turnout during the 2016 election, used Facebook data sold to a political consulting firm, during opening statements in a trial over the platform’s data protections. In court documents, the state argues Facebook failed to alert or protect

Forty mayors from around the world have signed onto a pact to try to shape how urban data centers are built and operated. It’s their vision for how urban data center development can be done sustainably—and not at the expense of their cities’ natural resources, energy prices or climate targets. C40 Cities, an alliance of nearly 100 cities seeking to impact climate change, launched it during London Climate Action Week.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick touted the Trump administration’s success in halving the $42 billion price tag for broadband deployment under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program, and confirmed that the government has no intention of keeping states from receiving all allocated funds, non-deployment as well as deployment. But lawmakers pressed Sec Lutnick on why BEAD has not yet connected any households, how quickly states can move from approved plans to funding, and what the National Telecommunications and Information Administration plans to do with more than $20 bill