The Justice Department plans to share sensitive voter data with Homeland Security

The Justice Department has sought voter data from states. It now says it plans to share that data with the Department of ...
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I thought I needed a paid app to automate this — Google Sheets already had it covered

Not every workflow needs a new app.

Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant

Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the ...
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
Morningstar

These 8 stocks could form the backbone of AI as chips get more powerful

Beyond obvious AI plays like Nvidia, experts see opportunity in shares of infrastructure companies, some of which remain cheap Companies across industries have pivoted their businesses to get in on ...
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Roblox DIG scripts (January 2026)

DIG is a new digging and exploration-based experience on the Roblox platform where you use a wide range of Shovels and other tools to dig up unique treasures that you can sell for cash, used for ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows PowerShell now warns when running Invoke-WebRequest scripts

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...
CNBC

How families could get stuck with higher electric bills if the AI data center boom goes bust

Data center demand forecasts have led to skyrocketing prices to secure future power supplies on PJM Interconnection, the largest electric grid in the U.S. Consumers served by PJM will pay $16.6 ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...
TechCrunch

How AI labs use Mercor to get the data companies won’t share

Instead of signing expensive contracts with companies for their data, AI labs these days are trying a new tack: tapping former senior employees from those companies for their industry knowledge, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Paul Schrader Has a “Perfect Script” for First Movie Made Only With AI: “We’re Two Years Away”

The 'Taxi Driver' screenwriter also says AI might make for superior film criticism: "AI doesn't favor anybody." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Paul Schrader is defending the use of AI in creating ...
Wall Street Journal

Data-Center Power Use to Become Major Antitrust Issue

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.