The Washington Post

Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.

When a developer approached Saline Township, Michigan, with a proposal to turn 250 acres of farmland into a data center, the town board said no, citing opposition from residents. Then came the lawsuit ...
Los Angeles Times

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...
CNN

With Social Security’s COLA on the line, the Trump administration plans to release inflation data delayed by the shutdown

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 ...
CBS News

ICE agents target New York City immigration courts more often than others, new analysis suggests

Tensions at Manhattan's immigration courts are reaching a boiling point. Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement reinstated the officer who was initially relieved of duties after shoving an ...
Reuters

AppLovin probed by US SEC over data-collection practices, Bloomberg News reports

Oct 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been probing marketing platform AppLovin's (APP.O), opens new tab data-collection practices, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing ...
Bleeping Computer

LinkedIn sues ProAPIs for using 1M fake accounts to scrape user data

LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit against Delaware company ProAPIs Inc. and its founder and CTO, Rehmat Alam, for allegedly scraping legitimate data through more than a million fake accounts. ProAPIs ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AppLovin Probed by SEC Over Its Data-Collection Practices

The Securities and Exchange Commission has been probing the data-collection practices of the mobile advertising tech company AppLovin Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. The company’s ...
Engadget

Why do AI data centers use so many resources?

The industry believes AI will work its way into every corner of our lives, and so needs to build sufficient capacity to address that anticipated demand. But the hardware used to make AI work is so ...
Wired

The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?

The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop making polluting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to it, eliminating a crucial tool the US uses to ...
Bleeping Computer

Sendit sued by the FTC for illegal collection of children data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Sendit's operating company and its CEO for unlawful collection of data from underage users, as well as deceptive subscription practices. The FTC referred a ...
The Hill

Shutdown would halt jobs report, key economic data amid recession fears

The federal government will stop producing key economic data if government funding elapses Wednesday, depriving policymakers and investors of crucial information amid deep concerns about the job ...