Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...

Jeremiah Fowler, a veteran security researcher, recently stumbled upon 149,404,754 unique logins and passwords, totaling about 96GB of raw data. There was no encryption… and it didn’t even have a ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

Climategate is often framed as proof that climate scientists hid data, but the reality is messier and far more technical than the headlines suggested. This video explains what the leaked emails ...

Alan K. Chen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Colorado passed first-in-the-nation legislation requiring warning labels on gas stoves in June 2025. These warnings are similar to what is required by cigarette labeling laws. The ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alan K. Chen, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) Colorado passed ...

A new campaign dubbed 'GhostPoster' is hiding JavaScript code in the image logo of malicious Firefox extensions with more than 50,000 downloads, to monitor browser activity and plant a backdoor. The ...

Whether it's stress from financial issues, handling a loss, or even dealing with the change in seasons, when people are experiencing sadness, it's like their entire lives are upended. While it may be ...

An activist group has filed a complaint accusing Microsoft Corp. of violating the European Union’s data protection law, citing allegations from the company’s employees that it helped remove evidence ...