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A Dixon, Illinois man faces felony charges after posting a state representative's home address on Facebook over a data center dispute. Microsoft connected M365 subscribers' medical records to an AI this week. Uber burned its entire 2026 AI coding budget in four months.
Dixon IL arrest for data center doxxing. Microsoft Copilot Health opens with 50K+ providers via HealthEx. BitLocker YellowKey USB bypass CVE-2026-45585. Georgia Power cuts bills $4/month June 1.
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Read the full analysis on Substack ›1. A Dixon, Illinois man faces felony charges after posting a former state representative's home address on Facebook and calling people to show up at his house over a data center dispute.
If you have been writing to local officials about a data center, zoning hearing, or infrastructure project in your area, the Dixon case is where the line between passionate civic advocacy and felony charges was drawn in Illinois this week.
wqad.com: Man arrested, accused of stalking former Illinois State Rep. Tom Demmer
shawlocal.com: Dixon man's alleged threat to former state representative centered on data center development, police chief says
2. A security researcher published a USB-stick bypass for Windows BitLocker after Microsoft threatened criminal prosecution instead of paying a bug bounty. Every Windows PC ships with BitLocker on.
If you rely on BitLocker to protect data on a laptop that could be lost or stolen, the YellowKey attack works against any machine that has Windows Recovery Environment enabled and can be briefly accessed by someone with a prepared USB drive.
techcrunch.com: Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation
3. Microsoft opened an AI tool this week that connects your doctor's visit notes and medical records to your M365 subscription. It is opt-in, voluntary HIPAA compliance only, available now.
If you have an M365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscription and you connect HealthEx this week, your doctor's notes, test results, and medication history become part of the context Copilot uses every time you ask it a health question.
4. Georgia Power residential customers get a $4-per-month rate cut starting June 1. Consumer advocates say data centers still do not pay for gas pipelines, solar contracts, or fuel-hedging programs.
If you pay a Georgia Power bill, starting June 1 your monthly bill drops by about $4.
gpb.org: Georgia PSC backs disputed Georgia Power fuel deal amid data center cost concerns