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Microsoft Will Pick Up its Data Center Tab? & Your Groceries Got More Expensive
14 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, as data center blowback grows, Microsoft promises to be a better neighbor.
Then what's this new anthropic tool that all your tech friends are going wild over? It's Wednesday, January 14th. Let's ride.
Toby, we've been talking about some trends that could pop off in 2026, and I've got another one for you. Analog rooms. This is a space in your house with zero digital distractions, zero screens. Just you and your family, maybe a musical instrument, some books, a jigsaw puzzle, and sure why not, a vintage record players. People are desperate for a break from their phones.
According to the Wall Street Journal, searches for how to reduce screen time reached an all-time high last year. And on TikTok, Videos tagged Analog Life have gotten more than 76 million views. Toby, maybe the antidote to the smart home is the analog room.
I'll go a step further. As everything from your TV to your toaster has become smart, I think dumb design is coming back, so I'm not going to call my screenless room an analog room. That is the dumb house. Game night in the dumb house, everyone. However, this whole movement falls apart when it comes to analog clocks.
No one knows how to tell time anymore, so game night is starting a little bit behind schedule in the dumb house.
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Chapter 2: What recent trends in inflation are impacting grocery prices?
So we are making these incremental improvements, which is why maybe we saw a duller spike than you would expect given all the excess demand.
All right, let's take inventory of where we stand in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States are down 18%. percent from 20 from 2005. President Joe Biden, former President Joe Biden, had a plan to cut emissions 66 percent by 2035 from 2005 level. So we are far away from that.
And rhodium and others now project that we are going to reduce emissions by about 35 percent, potentially less by 2035. So as our sales team would say here, off track to goal.
Off track to goal for sure. And you just look around at what governments are doing around the world. It's a much different tune that they were beating than even just a few years ago. Mark Carney, new Canadian PM, used to be a very big climate advocate, has Canada rolling back some of their climate policies. Ford has pulled back on their EV ambitions as well. And then you even go to Hollywood.
If you look at a few years ago, what was the biggest movie in 2020? It was Don't Look Up. Now, oil-centric shows are dominating TV screens. Landman is the biggest show that people are talking about. So there's just small things that show how the attitude has shifted towards climate policy over the last even half decade or so.
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