The Signal — 2026-06-30 breakpoint #6
Signal check: quick hits. First: a county in Virginia with 37 data centers is asking schools to conserve electricity. The irony of building server farms to power the cloud while dimming classroom lights is not lost on us. Second: Claude Code, an AI coding assistant, appears to be steganographically marking its requests—hiding watermarks in its output. The implications for attribution and accountability are significant. Third: an open source low-tech movement is gaining traction, advocating for simple, maintainable, sustainable technology. Sometimes the best signal is the one that doesn't need a server. That's your signal check.