Blake Montgomery
@montgomery.bsky.social
Tech editor at the Guardian US, science fiction writer, and a tale told by an idiot. Email me: [email protected]
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Blake Montgomery
@montgomery.bsky.social
· Feb 19
TechScape newsletter | The Guardian
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Great photos, great story:
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters
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December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Great photos, great story:
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
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Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
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November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
ask not on whom the post dunks, it dunks on thee
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
ask not on whom the post dunks, it dunks on thee
Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
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Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
In the Oval Office the US president dismissed the murder of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying: ‘things happen’
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November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
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In search of freelance reporters who cover space. Email me!
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In search of freelance reporters who cover space. Email me!
“With new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce report”
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“With new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce report”
How communities in some of the world’s driest areas are demanding transparency as their secretive governments court billions in foreign investment
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Datacenters meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America
An expert describes how communities in some of the world’s driest areas are demanding transparency as secretive governments court billions in foreign investment
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November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
How communities in some of the world’s driest areas are demanding transparency as their secretive governments court billions in foreign investment
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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We're on the verge of the global arrival of self-driving cars, which will consist of a major competition between the US' robotaxis and China's www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The race begins to make the world’s best self-driving cars
Chinese search giant Baidu challenges Google’s Waymo’s driverless vehicles and Musk aims for a $1tn pay package
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November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We're on the verge of the global arrival of self-driving cars, which will consist of a major competition between the US' robotaxis and China's www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
On the incomprehensibility of data centers, with a cameo by @darakerr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
The mind-boggling valuations of AI companies
You try wrapping your head around a string of deals worth nearly $600bn
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November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On the incomprehensibility of data centers, with a cameo by @darakerr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
An honest and riveting interview www.grubstreet.com/article/mary...
Mary Beth Barone Has Sworn Off Hot Coffee
“My mouth is an important element of what I do professionally, and I need to keep it safe.”
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November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
An honest and riveting interview www.grubstreet.com/article/mary...
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An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
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October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
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He's only in it for the prophets.
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
He's only in it for the prophets.
Lol
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
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October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Lol
Should you decide to tell the public how much water your company used based on whether it will win you praise? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
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October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Should you decide to tell the public how much water your company used based on whether it will win you praise? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“We believe, with Optimus and self-driving, that you can actually create a world with no poverty,” Musk said. He also referenced his proposed $1tn pay package, which he claimed would give him a defense against being “ousted” once Tesla built a “robot army”. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla reports steep drop in profits despite US rush to buy electric vehicles
Carmaker exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with more than $26bn in revenue, but saw a 37% drop in profits
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October 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“We believe, with Optimus and self-driving, that you can actually create a world with no poverty,” Musk said. He also referenced his proposed $1tn pay package, which he claimed would give him a defense against being “ousted” once Tesla built a “robot army”. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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Take it from us -- an organization that closely studies all the horrific ways people can die from common household items -- have the jelly donut.
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Take it from us -- an organization that closely studies all the horrific ways people can die from common household items -- have the jelly donut.
Why The Guardian published two simultaneous pieces on Thiel's antichrist lectures, one which quoted him extensively and one hardly at all www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The gospel according to Peter Thiel: why the tech svengali is obsessed with the antichrist
The influential billionaire investor has been giving secret lectures warning about Armageddon. Here’s why it matters
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October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Why The Guardian published two simultaneous pieces on Thiel's antichrist lectures, one which quoted him extensively and one hardly at all www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In my newsletter this week, the gospel according to Peter Thiel: Why does it matter what a billionaire thinks about the antichrist? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The gospel according to Peter Thiel: why the tech svengali is obsessed with the antichrist
The influential billionaire investor has been giving secret lectures warning about Armageddon. Here’s why it matters
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In my newsletter this week, the gospel according to Peter Thiel: Why does it matter what a billionaire thinks about the antichrist? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon
Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher
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October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...