Hello and rise up sunshine.
Today is National Day of the Deployed, a day to recognize the sacrifices made by service members stationed far from home and the families holding it down while they're away.
Birthdays, holidays, ball games, everyday moments, all experienced from a distance.
So today, we honor the service overseas and the quiet courage back home.
And that makes this a perfect day for another edition of our CNN 10 honor role, where your submissions help us put the spotlight on some very special service members.
Our first salute goes to Petty Officer Secondass Dorian Ror, who has been serving since 2020.
His mom Heather is a teacher at Southern High School in Graham, North Carolina.
And the school posted this video of Dorian surprising mom on the football field a few years ago.
Miss Ror tells us Dorian is hardworking, kind, and resilient after some tough deployments so far in his career.
Dorian continues to push forward every day.
Petty Officer Ror, Mama Ror, we salute you.
Next up, chaplain, First Lieutenant Joshua Felra in the US Air Force.
His family writes, "As a chaplain, he helps ensure that all the airmen have religious freedom regardless of their background or faith.
He provides care for the airmen in many different ways to ensure the spiritual well-being and readiness of every American warrior.
Sir, thank you for helping your fellow airmen rise up when they need it most." And this next salute goes to US Air Force Senior Airman Dalton Fox.
His mother, Mrs.
Burkehead Fox teaches at Central Junior High School in Belleville, Illinois.
And this salute, a family affair.
She also sent us this photo from her time serving in the Air Force.
Two generations, double the service, double the respect.
Thanks to everyone who sent us nominations this month.
Keep them coming.
Send us a photo or a video and a few lines about a hero in your life to cnn10@cn.com.
Now, let's get you your news.
Today we are talking about data centers.
As artificial intelligence becomes a bigger part of the economy, tech companies are racing to build massive facilities packed with computers to power all of it.
But sometimes communities across the country are pushing back.
Worried these facilities can place added demand on electricity, water, and neighborhoods.
Now, here's the part that may make you say, "Wait a minute.
What?
Something about the size of a grain of rice could help an entire data center waste less power.
A New York-based company is developing tiny power management chips that help servers use electricity more efficiently.
Tiny chip giant energy bill.
CNN got a rare look at how they're being made.
>> This is to make sure nothing gets in the fab and disrupts the chip making process.
feel like I could survive the apocalypse in this thing.
With more AI data centers comes massive demand for electricity and that's led to a lot of questions.
Who is going to pay for that electricity?
Can the power grid handle the increase?
And what about the environmental impacts?
The chips made in this facility right behind me could play a role in helping to address some of those questions.
>> So, it's a power conversion and a power delivery is what we do.
and we have to do it very very efficiently.
>> Once is one of several companies that makes chips for data centers to be able to harness power from the grid and advancements in these chips could eventually help data centers get more computing power out of all that electricity they're using.
>> If you save 1% you are able to power pretty much the whole community around that uh data center for a year.
El Curi explains that the chips help direct power in the same way stop lights help manage the flow of traffic.
>> Think about two different cities.
One's got a very nice grid with synchronized lights and one is just a free-for-all.
Well, you're going to get wherever you want to get to more efficiently in the grid with the lights that are synchronized.
>> The chips themselves are almost as tiny as a grain of sand and can take months to make.
So, I'm getting ready right now to go into a clean room, which is where the chips are actually printed.
It has to operate at a thousand times cleaner than a hospital operating room.
In the clean room, electrical circuits are printed onto silicon wafers, which eventually get cut into chips that go into data centers and electric vehicles.
It's so important in this process that these wafers are cleaned and prepped properly because if something happens to it could be thousands and thousands of chips that are potentially at stake.
It could take more than a thousand of onsemi chips to power a single GPU.
The type of chip that the servers inside AI data centers need to function.
>> Whether it's 10 steps or 40 or 50 steps, it will travel throughout the path automated.
So its route is automated based on what product on.
>> Wow.
>> But chips like onsemies are just one piece of the puzzle.
Experts say the power grid needs to get better at managing fluctuations in power demand brought on by data centers and AI models should get more power efficient.
>> In the meantime, data centers have become a divisive issue across the country as people are pushing to keep them out of their communities.
Have you ever personally heard any backlash against this AI data center buildout?
>> Uh, yes.
It makes uh dinner conversations a little bit frustrating.
I would love to have a dialogue and I would love to have a debate.
I'm not discounting the downside and the impact on on communities, but that's a problem we have to solve.
Not a gate to hold up.
Now to New York City and the end of a tradition that has rolled through Central Park for more than a century.
Horsedrawn carriage rides are officially being phased out.
The New York City Council voted to ban the carriages beginning in June of 2028.
The decision follows years of debate over animal welfare, public safety, and the future of the workers whose livelihoods depend on the industry.
That debate intensified after an 18-year-old tourist died this summer after jumping from one of the carriages that took off with no driver.
The law requires the city's mayor, Zoran Mandani, to develop a transition plan by next April to help the more than 150 drivers and other workers and consider compensation and protections for the retired horses.
City Hall says the plan may include some compensation for the drivers.
The driver's union says it plans to challenge the law in court.
Some drivers worry they won't be able to afford to care for their horses.
It's very stressful for horses to change homes, change routines.
They're happy and content here, and they're going to be basically thrown into an orphanage if they're lucky.
>> The Central Park Consery, the nonprofit that operates the park, is supporting the ban, saying the carriages pose a serious risk to visitors, drivers, and the horses themselves.
Pop quiz hot shot.
Which of these toys became the hottest selling gift of the 1996 holiday shopping season?
Furby, Tamagotchi, Tickle Me Elmo, or Beanie Babies.
If you said Tickle Me Elmo, you are one savvy shopper.
The toy dominated the 96 holiday season, selling more than 1 million units and spurring stampedes of shoppers trying to snag the snuggly red Muppet.
We are still 5 days away from Halloween.
Yet, retailers are already saying, "Move over pumpkins.
Christmas is coming." Hamley's in the UK, the world's oldest toy store, just revealed its annual list of 15 holiday toys, predicting what might become this year's Tickle Me Elmo.
One of the biggest trends, squishies, moldable, stretchable, darn near irresistible for lots of youngans.
And it's one of the cheapest on the list.
It's just come out of nowhere.
And everybody wants squidgy things.
Teenagers want them, little kids want them, adults want them.
Interactive pets are also expected to be big with toys that react to your voice, touch, claps, and movement.
Basically, all the fun of a fluffy friend minus the shedding, the vet bills, and chewing up your brand new Jordans.
Superhero fans, Dr.
Doom, a villain from the Marvel universe, shows up twice as an action figure and a Lego display.
And not everything needs batteries.
The list also includes a wooden London taxi, a classic style creative playset.
Yes, even in 2026, sometimes the hottest tech is still imagination.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
Ice cold.
Literally a new Guinness World Record that'll give you the chills.
But Canadian cliff diver Molly Carlson just proved she has ice in her veins.
first woman ever to dive from a free floating iceberg launching backward about 50 feet into the frigid Atlantic Ocean off New Finland.
But before she could dive, she had to climb with help from legendary ice climber Will Gad.
Carlson scaled the shifting iceberg, dealt with ocean swells, weather, and ice that can crack, roll, or collapse without warning.
A former gymnast, Carlson is now a regular at the Cliff Diving World Series and is also an outspoken advocate for mental health.
She says this was about inspiring people to face their fears, realizing that having courage is not the same thing as being afraid.
Fear doesn't always mean stop.
Sometimes it means prepare then leap.
Talk about breaking the ice.
All right, sunshine.
That is our 10 for the day.
Let's have a marvelous Monday.
Let's make it one.
Matter of fact, we'll see you right back here tomorrow.
I'm Koiwire and we are CNN 10.
Today is National Day of the Deployed, a day to recognize the sacrifices made by service members stationed far from home and the families holding it down while they're away.
Birthdays, holidays, ball games, everyday moments, all experienced from a distance.
So today, we honor the service overseas and the quiet courage back home.
And that makes this a perfect day for another edition of our CNN 10 honor role, where your submissions help us put the spotlight on some very special service members.
Our first salute goes to Petty Officer Secondass Dorian Ror, who has been serving since 2020.
His mom Heather is a teacher at Southern High School in Graham, North Carolina.
And the school posted this video of Dorian surprising mom on the football field a few years ago.
Miss Ror tells us Dorian is hardworking, kind, and resilient after some tough deployments so far in his career.
Dorian continues to push forward every day.
Petty Officer Ror, Mama Ror, we salute you.
Next up, chaplain, First Lieutenant Joshua Felra in the US Air Force.
His family writes, "As a chaplain, he helps ensure that all the airmen have religious freedom regardless of their background or faith.
He provides care for the airmen in many different ways to ensure the spiritual well-being and readiness of every American warrior.
Sir, thank you for helping your fellow airmen rise up when they need it most." And this next salute goes to US Air Force Senior Airman Dalton Fox.
His mother, Mrs.
Burkehead Fox teaches at Central Junior High School in Belleville, Illinois.
And this salute, a family affair.
She also sent us this photo from her time serving in the Air Force.
Two generations, double the service, double the respect.
Thanks to everyone who sent us nominations this month.
Keep them coming.
Send us a photo or a video and a few lines about a hero in your life to cnn10@cn.com.
Now, let's get you your news.
Today we are talking about data centers.
As artificial intelligence becomes a bigger part of the economy, tech companies are racing to build massive facilities packed with computers to power all of it.
But sometimes communities across the country are pushing back.
Worried these facilities can place added demand on electricity, water, and neighborhoods.
Now, here's the part that may make you say, "Wait a minute.
What?
Something about the size of a grain of rice could help an entire data center waste less power.
A New York-based company is developing tiny power management chips that help servers use electricity more efficiently.
Tiny chip giant energy bill.
CNN got a rare look at how they're being made.
>> This is to make sure nothing gets in the fab and disrupts the chip making process.
feel like I could survive the apocalypse in this thing.
With more AI data centers comes massive demand for electricity and that's led to a lot of questions.
Who is going to pay for that electricity?
Can the power grid handle the increase?
And what about the environmental impacts?
The chips made in this facility right behind me could play a role in helping to address some of those questions.
>> So, it's a power conversion and a power delivery is what we do.
and we have to do it very very efficiently.
>> Once is one of several companies that makes chips for data centers to be able to harness power from the grid and advancements in these chips could eventually help data centers get more computing power out of all that electricity they're using.
>> If you save 1% you are able to power pretty much the whole community around that uh data center for a year.
El Curi explains that the chips help direct power in the same way stop lights help manage the flow of traffic.
>> Think about two different cities.
One's got a very nice grid with synchronized lights and one is just a free-for-all.
Well, you're going to get wherever you want to get to more efficiently in the grid with the lights that are synchronized.
>> The chips themselves are almost as tiny as a grain of sand and can take months to make.
So, I'm getting ready right now to go into a clean room, which is where the chips are actually printed.
It has to operate at a thousand times cleaner than a hospital operating room.
In the clean room, electrical circuits are printed onto silicon wafers, which eventually get cut into chips that go into data centers and electric vehicles.
It's so important in this process that these wafers are cleaned and prepped properly because if something happens to it could be thousands and thousands of chips that are potentially at stake.
It could take more than a thousand of onsemi chips to power a single GPU.
The type of chip that the servers inside AI data centers need to function.
>> Whether it's 10 steps or 40 or 50 steps, it will travel throughout the path automated.
So its route is automated based on what product on.
>> Wow.
>> But chips like onsemies are just one piece of the puzzle.
Experts say the power grid needs to get better at managing fluctuations in power demand brought on by data centers and AI models should get more power efficient.
>> In the meantime, data centers have become a divisive issue across the country as people are pushing to keep them out of their communities.
Have you ever personally heard any backlash against this AI data center buildout?
>> Uh, yes.
It makes uh dinner conversations a little bit frustrating.
I would love to have a dialogue and I would love to have a debate.
I'm not discounting the downside and the impact on on communities, but that's a problem we have to solve.
Not a gate to hold up.
Now to New York City and the end of a tradition that has rolled through Central Park for more than a century.
Horsedrawn carriage rides are officially being phased out.
The New York City Council voted to ban the carriages beginning in June of 2028.
The decision follows years of debate over animal welfare, public safety, and the future of the workers whose livelihoods depend on the industry.
That debate intensified after an 18-year-old tourist died this summer after jumping from one of the carriages that took off with no driver.
The law requires the city's mayor, Zoran Mandani, to develop a transition plan by next April to help the more than 150 drivers and other workers and consider compensation and protections for the retired horses.
City Hall says the plan may include some compensation for the drivers.
The driver's union says it plans to challenge the law in court.
Some drivers worry they won't be able to afford to care for their horses.
It's very stressful for horses to change homes, change routines.
They're happy and content here, and they're going to be basically thrown into an orphanage if they're lucky.
>> The Central Park Consery, the nonprofit that operates the park, is supporting the ban, saying the carriages pose a serious risk to visitors, drivers, and the horses themselves.
Pop quiz hot shot.
Which of these toys became the hottest selling gift of the 1996 holiday shopping season?
Furby, Tamagotchi, Tickle Me Elmo, or Beanie Babies.
If you said Tickle Me Elmo, you are one savvy shopper.
The toy dominated the 96 holiday season, selling more than 1 million units and spurring stampedes of shoppers trying to snag the snuggly red Muppet.
We are still 5 days away from Halloween.
Yet, retailers are already saying, "Move over pumpkins.
Christmas is coming." Hamley's in the UK, the world's oldest toy store, just revealed its annual list of 15 holiday toys, predicting what might become this year's Tickle Me Elmo.
One of the biggest trends, squishies, moldable, stretchable, darn near irresistible for lots of youngans.
And it's one of the cheapest on the list.
It's just come out of nowhere.
And everybody wants squidgy things.
Teenagers want them, little kids want them, adults want them.
Interactive pets are also expected to be big with toys that react to your voice, touch, claps, and movement.
Basically, all the fun of a fluffy friend minus the shedding, the vet bills, and chewing up your brand new Jordans.
Superhero fans, Dr.
Doom, a villain from the Marvel universe, shows up twice as an action figure and a Lego display.
And not everything needs batteries.
The list also includes a wooden London taxi, a classic style creative playset.
Yes, even in 2026, sometimes the hottest tech is still imagination.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
Ice cold.
Literally a new Guinness World Record that'll give you the chills.
But Canadian cliff diver Molly Carlson just proved she has ice in her veins.
first woman ever to dive from a free floating iceberg launching backward about 50 feet into the frigid Atlantic Ocean off New Finland.
But before she could dive, she had to climb with help from legendary ice climber Will Gad.
Carlson scaled the shifting iceberg, dealt with ocean swells, weather, and ice that can crack, roll, or collapse without warning.
A former gymnast, Carlson is now a regular at the Cliff Diving World Series and is also an outspoken advocate for mental health.
She says this was about inspiring people to face their fears, realizing that having courage is not the same thing as being afraid.
Fear doesn't always mean stop.
Sometimes it means prepare then leap.
Talk about breaking the ice.
All right, sunshine.
That is our 10 for the day.
Let's have a marvelous Monday.
Let's make it one.
Matter of fact, we'll see you right back here tomorrow.
I'm Koiwire and we are CNN 10.