I have spent time inside a number of datacenters (from smaller, to very large). Most do not have the power (or cooling) capacity to be good locations for the newer AI racks (some existing buildings may not even have the floor loading capacity (heavy racks need serious floor support)). Sure, some could be retrofitted, but it is probably going to be cheaper to build new than gut an existing building and replace all the power and cooling infrastructure. And that would presume that the current location is viable for the increased power and cooling loads, and you have the capacity to move the existing services elsewhere.

NYS is actually a large state, with a number of rural communities (and lots of cheap empty space). And being near the St. Lawrence river and its hydroelectric plants could, in theory, provide cheaper power. That is not to say one cannot do better elsewhere (especially since some states are willing to give long term tax abatements). And it is not as if a few organizations have not recently built (or in various stages of building) a few fabs in the upstate region which consume upwards of a few hundred megawatts each. This feels like Hochul is virtue signaling (and she is up for reelection this November).

And whom will be doing this supervision?

Disney has stated that they intend to finish rolling Hulu into the Disney+ experience by the end of the year. However, I have no doubt they will still have a pricing differential of the additional Hulu content (just like Amazon has Prime Video and MGM+ for "extra" content, or Paramount+ vs Paramount+ Premium).

The FTC's rule was struck down by the courts, and the current administration is apparently disinclined to continue to pursue deception advertising and to force click-to-cancel requirements.

As mentioned previously, only APFS has hardware encryption support via the T2 chip with the keys inside the hardware secure enclave. HFS+ does not (and never has had) that level of security/trust. Apple likely wants their users to actually be able to believe in the trust of the encryption (and HFS+ cannot achieve that level). If you believe you can explain to the average macOS user about the various levels of trust/encryption in a way they can actually understand and make well informed decisions, please share that in a forum which those users read (and that is not /.).

For the less rich who can't afford (or choose not to afford) private flights, this is a middle ground of a potentially better airport experience (although SFO has improved some of their terminal experiences, some still just suck). As the airlines have shown, some individuals are willing to pay more for an experience which is better (at least compared to the basic basic service they now offer; compared to the standard service of 10+ years ago, everything now sucks). I will note that for large(r) groups, flying private may actually be cheaper than a large number of first class tickets (if that number of seats is even available).

I will not be surprised if Private Suites (PS) wins the bid, as they run the LAX and ATL equivalent, so have the experience to make it work.

TSA (in SFO, it is actually a private contractor) is paid by fees paid by airlines by the travelling public. In this case, the private terminal will pay for any extra staff (at least that is the way it has worked elsewhere, and while I have not read the entire RFP, I expect the same will happen in this case).

The terminal is proposed to be on property near or next to where the existing corporate/private aviation organizations/buildings already lease space. I suspect the ground lease of any new building site would be a net positive to the airports revenue.

The T2 security chip supports/enables APFS encryption (storing the keys in the secure enclave). HFS+ encryption is not directly supported by the T2 security chip hardware. So, if you want to trust the (Apple ecosystem) encryption, you need to move APFS.

APFS is a well respected (by the experts) file system design. While I wish Apple directly provided and supported Linux and Windows APFS drivers, that was never their responsibility, but there are 3rd party drivers available.

Some airlines (in some locations) already provide concierge service for their most valuable travelers. The exceptionally rich use private jets (or use services such as NetJets). For those not quite so rich, and not in the concierge class for their airline, but have the money, and desire to avoid the airport experience (and I can fully understand why one does not want to spend time in most airports), there is probably a market (as has been shown in other locations). It used to be the case that various affiliated lounges were the way to escape, but these days those lounges are overcrowded.

Apple had to try to avoid the designation (the restrictions and requirements were not to Apple's liking (and profit margins)). And the attempt was also almost certainly doomed to fail.

All large corporations have teams (large teams) of lawyers to find loopholes, and find ways to utilize them to their advantage. The government is (sadly) out of its depth when it comes to understanding just how much large organizations are willing to spend to save a buck (especially when that buck is worth billions).

While the Double Irish is no more, finding other avenues to avoid taxes (and increase shareholder value) is something all the multinationals consider, and have their best lawyers attempt to find new loopholes in the tax codes of the countries they operate in.

Not in the (current) plan. This is a prepackaged bankruptcy that was due to bank notes coming due July 1st, and the FCC not yet issuing of a final order (there is conditional approval) for the spectrum sales, such that Echostar could not yet get its money and pay their bills on time, so, bankruptcy filing.