Most prediction market contracts have low volume, leaving users exposed to volatility and bots

Volume has exploded on prediction market platform Polymarket since its launch, with notable surges during the 2024 election ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Playwright collective 36 North to present Script-in-Hand Reading Series

The Sentinel caught up with the 36 North collective during one of their Monday Zoom calls to learn more about the group and their upcoming offerings for the Script-in-hand Reading Series.
The Forward

The play is about Birthright, but it’s about a lot more than Israel

Towards the end of Birthright, a new play that just made its New York City debut at the MCC Theatre, two characters are arguing over Israel and Zionism in the wake of Oct. 7. The talking points will ...
Yahoo

Florida contractor snags 10-foot Burmese python driven from the brush by wildfire and cold fronts

A Florida python contractor is drawing attention online after sharing a photo of a massive Burmese python apparently forced out of cover by wildfire and recent cold fronts in southwest Florida. In a ...
Snopes.com

Will Utah data center use 16B gallons of water and span almost 3 Manhattans? What to know

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...
Reuters

EU plans energy standards for data centres amid concerns over soaring power use

EU eyes minimum efficiency rules for data centres Capacity set to double by 2030, lifting power demand Sustainability label planned amid energy concerns BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union ...
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
POWER Magazine

Fives ProSim Launches ProSimPlus Python API, a New Generation of Python Driven Process Simulation

Fives ProSim, a subsidiary of the Fives Group and an expert in industrial process simulation and optimization, announces the release of ProSimPlus Python API. This new solution enables users to run ...
BroadwayWorld

Seven Devils Playwrights Conference to Return for 2026 Season

Seven Devils Playwrights Conference returns to McCall, Idaho, June 1-13, 2026, continuing a 26-year tradition of nurturing bold new voices in American theatre. Presented in partnership with the Alpine ...
Reason

Data Centers Use Less Water Than Almond Farms—and Do More Good

California's almond farms consume 4.2 billion gallons of waters per day, according to Reason's Christian Britschgi. Data centers consume just 46 million gallons per day. Those numbers will certainly ...
The Verge

Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...
GitHub

Playwright TypeScript Automation Framework

A scalable and maintainable end-to-end (E2E) test automation framework built using Playwright + TypeScript, following best practices like Page Object Model (POM), Fixtures Pattern, environment ...