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We live in a reality where numerous apps freely collect our data. Whether it is for improving its algorithm or to make it function, our data is there for the taking. Weather apps, for example, require location data to provide relevant forecasts for your area. As a result, you’re tracked constantly. Some apps abuse this, collecting far more data than …

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority From two-factor authentication codes to conversations and photos, our phones contain a ton of sensitive data these days. We rely on PINs and biometrics for daily security, but I shudder to think what would happen if that data landed in the wrong hands. And while Android is secure enough against remote attacks and malware these …

Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control. Here’s what the data shows.  The Washington Post The nation’s capital waits for Trump’s next move as a federal takeover threat looms  AP News President Trump taps federal law enforcement agencies to police Washington, D.C.  NPR White House announcement on Monday will ‘stop violent crime’ in D.C., Trump says  NBC4 Washington Trump may move closer …

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, …