8 h. ago Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims over user data collection

The agreement settles several claims Texas made against the search giant in 2022 related to geolocation, incognito searches and biometric data.

Economics

8 d. ago UK research identifies attitudes toward personal data processing for national security

Almost 80% of U.K. adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to investigate terrorism and serious crime, according to new research by the Center for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) at The Alan Turing Institute, in collaboration with Savanta and Hopkins Van Mil, published on Tuesday.

Events

1 week ago Young People Are Not As Happy As They Used to Be, Study Finds

New data collected from more than 200,000 people across the world shows that young people aren’t as happy as they used to be.

Politics

2 w. ago Using the skin's electrical conductance to track sweat loss during both physical and mental activities

Over the past decades, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of wearable devices that can be used to track some physiological processes and collect health or fitness-related data. These devices rely on miniature sensors that can pick up different signals, such as heart rate, blood oxygen levels and body temperature.

Politics

2 w. ago Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

Politics

3 w. ago DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants

DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

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3 w. ago NASA studies wind effects and aircraft tracking with Joby aircraft

NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities—in all kinds of weather.

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3 w. ago DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs

DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs  The Washington Post

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