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People die but their data may endure, which troubles legal scholar Victoria Haneman. The emergence of generative AI means a person’s digital presence can be recreated and revived, even if they or their family don’t want that kind of memorial. Haneman, Chair of Fiduciary Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, argues US law should give a dead …

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame  Chicago Tribune As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act  AP News Which states have rising electricity costs? See map  USA Today Are AI data centers influencing electricity costs in Maine?  The Portland Press Herald How Much Power Do Data Centers Use?  Visual Capitalist Source link

MARTIN BERTRAND/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images MARTIN BERTRAND/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the firing raises the spectre of potential manipulation – and it raises the worry that, in the future, the numbers won’t be as trustworthy. So: we looked …

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. It’s not clear that any state has a solution and the actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is difficult to pin down. Some critics question whether states have the spine …

US Fed’s Bowman: Latest jobs data stiffens support for three rate cuts in 2025  Reuters A top Federal Reserve official says dour jobs data backs the case for 3 rate cuts  AP News Fed’s Bowman Backs a September Rate Cut  The Wall Street Journal Fed’s Bowman Calls for Community Bank Reform, Favors Rate Cuts  Bloomberg.com Fed’s Bowman makes case for 3 interest rate cuts …

The removal of the Internal Revenue Service commissioner Billy Long after just two months in the post came after the federal tax collection agency said it could not release some information on taxpayers suspected of being in the US illegally, it was reported on Saturday. The IRS and the White House had clashed over using tax data to help locate …

Researchers were shocked to discover that a weather station at the top of the Greenland ice sheet had registered temperatures approaching the melting point in mid-July, according to MKweather.com. With 8% of the world’s freshwater locked in its ice, the melting of the Greenland ice sheet would result in a cataclysmic 24 feet of sea level rise around the world, …

Wall St Week Ahead Inflation data to test stocks as some investors brace for rally to pause  Reuters Inflation Is Rising, Growth Is Slowing, Stocks Are Bubbly. What Could Go Wrong?  Barron’s Inflation data takes the spotlight next week on Wall Street  CNBC Stock Market Today: NY Fed delivers harsh inflation surprise  TheStreet Wall street outlook: 5 factors that could shape the week ahead  TradingView …

NEW YORK — A top official at the Federal Reserve said Saturday that this month’s stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job market is strengthening her belief that interest rates should be lower. Michelle Bowman was one of two Fed officials who voted a week and a half ago in favor of cutting interest rates. Such a move could help …

WindBorne’s balloons, in contrast, can collect and distribute data from remote regions. That makes them more adaptive, and especially useful for monitoring atmospheric rivers that bring extreme precipitation to coastal regions, said Glackin. “I’d like to see them in the suite of observing systems.” The company deploys about 100 balloons from six launch sites globally, a fraction of the 92 …