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This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law new legislation that will give Californians the ability to easily opt out of digital data collection with a simple portal that should apply to all websites in their browser. The move promises to make the state’s digital privacy protections that much easier to take advantage of, and could set a new …

Beijing has announced sanctions on a slew of Western companies and institutions in the defence and intelligence sectors – including a leading semiconductor data analysis provider – marking its latest salvo amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States. Fourteen entities, mostly headquartered in the US, were added to Beijing’s unreliable entity list on Thursday, banning them from trade and …

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is calling some staff back to work to prepare its closely watched inflation gauge, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, despite the government shutdown, a Trump administration official told CNN. The latest CPI data was previously scheduled for release on October 15. It’s unclear whether the report will still be released next week or delayed …

Google reportedly told employees they must allow a third-party AI healthcare tool to access their data to receive health benefits, but quickly backtracked after sparking employee dissatisfaction. Google Employees Must Share Basic Data to Use AI Benefits Tool Google asked its U.S.-based employees seeking health benefits through its parent company, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG), to allow access to AI-powered tools …

Government economic data was in trouble. Then came the shutdown.  Politico The government isn’t releasing economic data. Private firms are stepping in.  The Washington Post Podcast: Why This US Government Shutdown Is Different  Bloomberg.com AP reader question: How might the federal shutdown affect the economy?  WTOP Will the federal government shutdown last long enough to hurt the U.S. economy?  USA Today Source link

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill which requires web browsers to make it easier for Californians to opt-out of allowing third parties to sell their data. The California Consumer Privacy Act, signed in 2018, gave Californians the right to send opt-out signals, but major browsers have not had to make opt-outs simple to use. The bill signed …

The government isn’t releasing economic data. Private firms are stepping in.  The Washington Post Podcast: Why This US Government Shutdown Is Different  Bloomberg.com Will the federal government shutdown last long enough to hurt the U.S. economy?  USA Today Shutdown costing US economy about $15B a week: Hassett  The Hill US government shutdown: How it affects key economic data publishing  Reuters Source link

MetaGraph indexes and vast archives of DNA, RNA, and protein sequences. Scientists can search the archives and trace biological contexts in big data.Credit: Andrew Brookes/Connect Images/Science Photo Library The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature1, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories. “It’s a huge …

When Rumala Sheikhani started accounting on shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, she was processing extras’ paperwork — the timecards, or vouchers, for daily job bookings — by manually calculating payouts in Excel spreadsheets. “You have 500 people showing up to set for one day and leaving, so it’s really hard to keep track of their paperwork and make …

Bond Traders See Data Whirlwind Shattering Shutdown-Induced Calm  Bloomberg.com US government shutdown: How it affects key economic data publishing  Reuters Shutdown costing US economy about $15B a week: Hassett  The Hill White House warns of economic spillover effect of government shutdown  Federal News Network Will the federal government shutdown last long enough to hurt the U.S. economy?  USA Today Source link