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Website report · 28 Oct 2026

uk.news.yahoo.com

“‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise - Yahoo News UK”

Template-written 68 evidence items Code reader analysed 48 scripts
What this means for you

Yahoo News UK talked to 9 outside services on a first visit, including 4 that measure visits or show ads.E18E20E13E19

  • Tech check: the site claims live data / analytics, and its public page shows matching evidence.E67E49E50E51
  • Tech check: the site mentions ai / agents and trading / swaps / bots, but we found nothing behind those in what its public page loads.E65E66
  • Before you click anything, the page loads analytics or ad services: Chartbeat, Google Analytics / Tag Manager and Google Ads / DoubleClick.E18E20E13E19
  • 13 cookies were set in your browser, all by the site itself.E23E24E25E26E27

Tech check

What the site says about itself, next to what its public page actually loads. Facts only, no verdict: you decide.

Nothing found on the public page

AI / agents

“…om dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer – to sell their…”E65

No matching code, calls or services in what loaded for us.

Nothing found on the public page

Trading / swaps / bots

“…ren Musselwhite, Southaven's mayor, who oversaw a land swap deal with xAI that resulted in a new police and firefi…”E66

No matching code, calls or services in what loaded for us.

Evidence found

Live data / analytics

“…echnical identifiers and browsing and search data, for analytics, ensuring delivery of advertising, personalised advert…”E67

Calls to its own backend: /v1/consentRecord, /w/device_users, /geo/v1/user/location/currentE49E50E51E52

Calls its own backend /v1/consentRecord, /w/device_users, /geo/v1/user/location/currentE49E50E51E52
Wallet code none seen
Contract calls in its code none seen
Talks to AI services none seen
Live connections none seen

What it is

  • The Internet Archive first saved this site on 1999-11-28 (9831 days ago).E68
  • The site describes itself as: “Several homes have been purchased near datacenters and one resident said realtor outlined target to buy more than 400”E2
  • It's built with Next.js and React (common tools for building web apps).E38E39
  • Notable building blocks in its code: Firebase SDK and GraphQL client.E40E41
  • In your browser it can ask for your location, can copy text to your clipboard and saves small bits of data in your browser.E45E46E47
  • It has sections such as /elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html, /uk, /tv-celebrity, /science-tech, /motoring and /viral.E62E63
  • While loading, it called 6 endpoints on its own servers, such as /v1/consentRecord, /w/device_users, /geo/v1/user/location/current and 3 more.E49E50E51E52

Where your data goes

Analytics & trackingCount visits and record what you do on the page. 3
ping.chartbeat.netChartbeat: real-time audience analytics for publishers 2×E18
www.google-analytics.comGoogle Analytics / Tag Manager: Google's visitor analytics and tag loader 3×E20
www.googletagmanager.comGoogle Analytics / Tag Manager: Google's visitor analytics and tag loader 2×E13
AdvertisingShow ads and follow you across sites to target them. 1
pagead2.googlesyndication.comGoogle Ads / DoubleClick: Google's ad network (serving and measuring ads) 2×E19
Not identifiedServices we don't have in our list yet. 5
s.yimg.comnot identified 15×E7
ec.yimg.comnot identified 5×E9
b.trueanthem.comnot identified 1×E16
consent.cmp.oath.comnot identified 1×E6
i.clean.ggnot identified 1×E10

How key features work

Sign-in and accounts

Sign-in and account features show up in its code or traffic (/geo/v1/user/location/current).E51

/geo/v1/user/location/current

Loading its content

Its content loads from its own API while you browse (/v1/consentRecord, /w/device_users, /geo/v1/user/location/current, /v2/public/yql and 2 more).E49E50E51E52E53

/v1/consentRecord/w/device_users/geo/v1/user/location/current/v2/public/yql/v1/sync/g/collect

Measuring what you do

Visits and clicks are measured with Chartbeat, Google Analytics / Tag Manager, Google tag (gtag.js) and Meta Pixel (found in its traffic or its code).E18E20E13E42E43

ChartbeatGoogle Analytics / Tag ManagerGoogle tag (gtag.js)Meta Pixel

How ads get picked

Ads are chosen through ad networks and exchanges (Google Ads / DoubleClick); they receive details about your visit to bid on the ad space.E44E19

Google Ads / DoubleClick

Saving data on your device

It saves data in your browser (localStorage and sessionStorage), so some things persist between visits.E47E36E37

local_storagelocalStoragesessionStorage

Cookies and storage

Names only. We never store the values.

CookieSet forKeptWhose
A1E23yahoo.com about 365 daysthe site
A3E24yahoo.com about 365 daysthe site
A1SE25yahoo.com until you close the browserthe site
_ebdE26yahoo.com about 365 daysthe site
cmpE27yahoo.com about 365 daysthe site
EuConsentE28yahoo.com about 1 daysthe site
AWSALBTGE29nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com about 7 daysthe site
AWSALBTGCORSE30nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com about 7 daysthe site
_gaE31yahoo.com about 400 daysthe site
_dmitE32yahoo.com about 183 daysthe site
_dmrE33yahoo.com about 365 daysthe site
_ga_B40QGCQW3GE34yahoo.com about 400 daysthe site
_ga_B3M8S64F9HE35yahoo.com about 400 daysthe site

localStorageE36: loglevel:evaluate:headers, yga-location-ping-ts, loglevel:evaluate:fetch

sessionStorageE37: lpv

Pages and API calls

Pages it links to

//elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html/uk/tv-celebrity/science-tech/motoring/viral/world/video/_next/image//_next/image

Endpoints

Called while loading (seen) or named in the code (code).

guce.yahoo.com/v1/consentRecordseenE49
jsapi.login.yahoo.com/w/device_usersseenE50
loc.yahoo.com/geo/v1/user/location/currentseenE51
udc.yahoo.com/v2/public/yqlseenE52
acapi.yahoo.com/v1/syncseenE53
analytics-455007615.collector.yahoo.net/g/collectseenE54
/_nca/api/newsletter/codeE55
search.yahoo.com/sugg/pheme/case/gen_ai_newscodeE56
/v1/consentCheck/_dmicodeE57
/v1/consentCheck/_dmi/cupdatecodeE58
/v1/consentCheck/inlinecodeE59
/v1/signal/refreshcodeE60
/graphqlcodeE61

Evidence

Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.

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Page title: ‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise - Yahoo News UK
page title · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html
E2
Page description: Several homes have been purchased near datacenters and one resident said realtor outlined target to buy more than 400
page description · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html
E3
Site name: Yahoo News UK
page site_name · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html
E4
Main heading: ‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise
page h1 · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html
E5
58 request(s) to uk.news.yahoo.com
types: 48 script, 8 stylesheet, 1 document
GET https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html · script · 58 requests · network recording
E6
1 request(s) to consent.cmp.oath.com
types: 1 script
GET https://consent.cmp.oath.com/version/7.0.2/cmp.js · script · network recording
E7
15 request(s) to s.yimg.com
types: 8 script, 7 image
GET https://s.yimg.com/oa/consent.js · script · 15 requests · network recording
E8
4 request(s) to guce.yahoo.com
types: 3 ping, 1 xhr
GET https://guce.yahoo.com/v1/consentRecord · ping · 4 requests · network recording
E9
5 request(s) to ec.yimg.com
types: 5 script
GET https://ec.yimg.com/didomi/f5623e34-377a-419c-8bb7-3928cebffbc9/loader.js · script · 5 requests · network recording
E10
1 request(s) to i.clean.gg
types: 1 xhr
GET https://i.clean.gg/1a · xhr · network recording
E11
1 request(s) to jsapi.login.yahoo.com
types: 1 fetch
GET https://jsapi.login.yahoo.com/w/device_users · fetch · network recording
E12
1 request(s) to loc.yahoo.com
types: 1 fetch
GET https://loc.yahoo.com/geo/v1/user/location/current · fetch · network recording
E13
2 request(s) to www.googletagmanager.com
types: 2 script
GET https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js · script · 2 requests · network recording
E14
1 request(s) to nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com
types: 1 fetch
GET https://nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com/ · fetch · network recording
E15
5 request(s) to geo.yahoo.com
types: 5 ping
GET https://geo.yahoo.com/p · ping · 5 requests · network recording
E16
1 request(s) to b.trueanthem.com
types: 1 fetch
GET https://b.trueanthem.com/beacon · fetch · network recording
E17
5 request(s) to udc.yahoo.com
types: 5 xhr
GET https://udc.yahoo.com/v2/public/yql · xhr · 5 requests · network recording
E18
2 request(s) to ping.chartbeat.net
types: 2 image
GET https://ping.chartbeat.net/ping · image · 2 requests · network recording
E19
2 request(s) to pagead2.googlesyndication.com
types: 2 fetch
GET https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/measurement/conversion · fetch · 2 requests · network recording
E20
3 request(s) to www.google-analytics.com
types: 3 fetch
GET https://www.google-analytics.com/g/collect · fetch · 3 requests · network recording
E21
1 request(s) to acapi.yahoo.com
types: 1 xhr
GET https://acapi.yahoo.com/v1/sync · xhr · network recording
E22
2 request(s) to analytics-455007615.collector.yahoo.net
types: 2 fetch
GET https://analytics-455007615.collector.yahoo.net/g/collect · fetch · 2 requests · network recording
E23
Cookie 'A1' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 365 days
cookie A1 on yahoo.com · value not stored
E24
Cookie 'A3' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 365 days
cookie A3 on yahoo.com · value not stored
E25
Cookie 'A1S' set for yahoo.com
session cookie
cookie A1S on yahoo.com · value not stored
E26
Cookie '_ebd' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 365 days
cookie _ebd on yahoo.com · value not stored
E27
Cookie 'cmp' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 365 days
cookie cmp on yahoo.com · value not stored
E28
Cookie 'EuConsent' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 1 days
cookie EuConsent on yahoo.com · value not stored
E29
Cookie 'AWSALBTG' set for nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com
kept for about 7 days
cookie AWSALBTG on nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com · value not stored
E30
Cookie 'AWSALBTGCORS' set for nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com
kept for about 7 days
cookie AWSALBTGCORS on nexus-gateway-prod.media.yahoo.com · value not stored
E31
Cookie '_ga' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 400 days
cookie _ga on yahoo.com · value not stored
E32
Cookie '_dmit' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 183 days
cookie _dmit on yahoo.com · value not stored
E33
Cookie '_dmr' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 365 days
cookie _dmr on yahoo.com · value not stored
E34
Cookie '_ga_B40QGCQW3G' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 400 days
cookie _ga_B40QGCQW3G on yahoo.com · value not stored
E35
Cookie '_ga_B3M8S64F9H' set for yahoo.com
kept for about 400 days
cookie _ga_B3M8S64F9H on yahoo.com · value not stored
E36
localStorage: 3 key(s) saved in your browser
localStorage keys: loglevel:evaluate:headers, yga-location-ping-ts, loglevel:evaluate:fetch · values not stored
E37
sessionStorage: 1 key(s) saved in your browser
sessionStorage keys: lpv · values not stored
E38
Next.js detected by The code reader (next-runtime)
confidence: high
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/51050-e512e9e8f3ab4f7b.js · “next-runtime” · The code reader analyze-web-bundle 6.4.0
E39
React detected by The code reader (react-runtime)
confidence: medium
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/7730-a0b80bb4b583058b.js · “react-runtime” · The code reader analyze-web-bundle 6.4.0
E40
Firebase SDK found in the code
s.yimg.com/du/benji/benji-2.3.489.js @ 1:6521 · “firebase_” · pattern scan
E41
GraphQL client found in the code
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/78540-85db168d327db4a5.js @ 1:2267 · “ApolloClient” · pattern scan
E42
Google tag (gtag.js) found in the code
uk.news.yahoo.com/ (page HTML) @ 1:2348 · “googletagmanager.com/gtag” · pattern scan
E43
Meta Pixel found in the code
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/960-323a62b7ab92a5ca.js @ 1:19527 · “connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents” · pattern scan
E44
Prebid.js (ad auctions) found in the code
s.yimg.com/du/benji/benji-2.3.489.js @ 1:119594 · “pbjs.que” · pattern scan
E45
Uses the browser ability: geolocation
can ask for your location
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/app/layout-60f103b64a4ffa09.js @ 1:35278 · “navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition” · pattern scan
E46
Uses the browser ability: clipboard_write
can copy text to your clipboard
s.yimg.com/du/benji/benji-2.3.489.js @ 1:103331 · “clipboard.writeText(” · pattern scan
E47
Uses the browser ability: local_storage
saves small bits of data in your browser
s.yimg.com/oa/consent.js @ 2:126669 · “localStorage.setItem(” · pattern scan
E48
Uses the browser ability: web_worker
runs work in a background thread
s.yimg.com/ss/analytics-3.90.0.js @ 1:50998 · “new Worker(” · pattern scan
E49
The page called /v1/consentRecord on guce.yahoo.com (GET)
GET https://guce.yahoo.com/v1/consentRecord · xhr · network recording
E50
The page called /w/device_users on jsapi.login.yahoo.com (GET)
GET https://jsapi.login.yahoo.com/w/device_users · fetch · network recording
E51
The page called /geo/v1/user/location/current on loc.yahoo.com (GET)
GET https://loc.yahoo.com/geo/v1/user/location/current · fetch · network recording
E52
The page called /v2/public/yql on udc.yahoo.com (POST)
POST https://udc.yahoo.com/v2/public/yql · xhr · network recording
E53
The page called /v1/sync on acapi.yahoo.com (POST)
POST https://acapi.yahoo.com/v1/sync · xhr · network recording
E54
The page called /g/collect on analytics-455007615.collector.yahoo.net (POST)
POST https://analytics-455007615.collector.yahoo.net/g/collect · fetch · network recording
E55
Code reader found the endpoint /_nca/api/newsletter/
how: call:fetch
uk.news.yahoo.com…ext/static/chunks/app/article/%5B...parts%5D/page-7e71b647ea8f95d6.js @ 447:50703 · “/_nca/api/newsletter/” · The code reader analyze-web-bundle 6.4.0
E56
Code reader found the endpoint search.yahoo.com/sugg/pheme/case/gen_ai_news
how: call:fetch
uk.news.yahoo.com…ext/static/chunks/app/article/%5B...parts%5D/page-7e71b647ea8f95d6.js @ 447:105334 · “search.yahoo.com/sugg/pheme/case/gen_ai_news” · The code reader analyze-web-bundle 6.4.0
E57
The code names the endpoint /v1/consentCheck/_dmi
s.yimg.com/oa/consent.js @ 2:152845 · “/v1/consentCheck/_dmi” · pattern scan
E58
The code names the endpoint /v1/consentCheck/_dmi/cupdate
s.yimg.com/oa/consent.js @ 2:153298 · “/v1/consentCheck/_dmi/cupdate” · pattern scan
E59
The code names the endpoint /v1/consentCheck/inline
s.yimg.com/oa/consent.js @ 2:182626 · “/v1/consentCheck/inline” · pattern scan
E60
The code names the endpoint /v1/signal/refresh
s.yimg.com/du/benji/benji-2.3.489.js @ 1:235417 · “/v1/signal/refresh” · pattern scan
E61
The code names the endpoint /graphql
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/78540-85db168d327db4a5.js @ 79:12317 · “/graphql” · pattern scan
E62
9 links to pages on the same site
page links · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html · /, /elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html, /uk, /tv-celebrity, /science-tech, /motoring, /viral, /world, /video
E63
Code reader found the route /_next/image/
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/51050-e512e9e8f3ab4f7b.js @ 2:3409 · “/_next/image/” · The code reader analyze-web-bundle 6.4.0
E64
Code reader found the route /_next/image
uk.news.yahoo.com/_nca/_next/static/chunks/51050-e512e9e8f3ab4f7b.js @ 3:1211 · “/_next/image” · The code reader analyze-web-bundle 6.4.0
E65
The site says: “…om dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer – to sell their…”
page text · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html · …om dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer – to sell their…
E66
The site says: “…ren Musselwhite, Southaven's mayor, who oversaw a land swap deal with xAI that resulted in a new police and firefi…”
page text · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html · …ren Musselwhite, Southaven's mayor, who oversaw a land swap deal with xAI that resulted in a new police and firefi…
E67
The site says: “…echnical identifiers and browsing and search data, for analytics, ensuring delivery of advertising, personalised advert…”
page text · https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elonville-mississippi-residents-musk-xai-113001859.html · …echnical identifiers and browsing and search data, for analytics, ensuring delivery of advertising, personalised advert…
E68
The Internet Archive first saved uk.news.yahoo.com on 1999-11-28 and has snapshots from 2000 different days
page web archive · https://web.archive.org/web/19991128171818/uk.news.yahoo.com

Limits

  • We only see what your browser sees: code and requests on a first visit, without logging in or accepting cookie banners. What the servers do with data is invisible from outside.
  • Site code is usually minified (compressed), so names are partly lost and some code may be only partly analysed.
  • Some trackers only load after you accept cookies or log in, so the real list can be longer.
  • We visited from a server in the United States. Sites load different trackers and cookie banners in different countries (visitors in the EU usually get a consent banner first).
  • The tech check compares the site's own words with what its public page loads. Work done on servers, in private code or in separate apps isn't visible here, so 'nothing found' means not visible on the public page, not that it doesn't exist.
  • This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.
  • The code reader hit its size budget on parts of 55 large bundle file(s); those parts weren't fully analysed.

Facts, not judgements: this page describes what the code and traffic show, not anyone's intent. Not financial advice. Case id 4mVsTVok.