Data brokering has become a multi-billion dollar industry, with the personal data of millions across the world being accumulated and traded in the hope of driving corporate growth while promising ...

A security researcher discovered that Google is still collecting data from discontinued Nest thermostat models in millions of American homes. The data collection affects first- and second-generation ...

After the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, the Trump administration suspected that colleges might covertly continue to give racial preferences. To police ...

The integrity of the U.S. government’s economic data has come under fire after the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised payroll gains for May and June sharply lower on Aug. 1. Concerns about the ability ...

ATLANTA — Modern cars can capture all types of data, and there is growing attention to how that data is collected and used. "So these days, cars are just big computers on wheels, and like desktop ...

A month ago, I’ve talked about using computers to hack on our day-to-day existence, specifically, augmenting my sense of time (or rather, lack thereof). Collecting data has been super helpful – and it ...