Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

The second breach, in July 2024, exposed call and text records for about 110 million customers between 2022 and 2023. These records were “illegally downloaded from our workspace on a third-party cloud platform,” the settlement states.

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Pornhub’s situation underscores the persistent risks organizations face from third-party vendors—even years after relationships end—and comes as the site is already facing increased scrutiny due to evolving U.S. regulatory requirements over age verification and privacy standards.

These AI campuses consume more power than major U.S. cities. Their footprints are measured in miles, not feet.

November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision in January.

A data center is a facility that houses computer servers, storage systems and networking equipment used to store, process and deliver large amounts of digital data for businesses, governments and online services.

San José and PG&E are preparing massive grid upgrades, but AI demand could nearly triple the city's energy use.

In the past decade, Apple has positioned itself as a privacy-first company. It has butted heads with law enforcement for encrypting people’s phones, messages, and FaceTime calls, and battled Facebook over its creepy ad-tracking practices. But Apple’s ...

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The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late 1700s through 1849 compared with 1850-1900 — the latter being what scientists have defined as the “preindustrial” baseline period used to assess the planet’s temperature change.