Data
Meta hit with $25-billion penalty for misleading Facebook users about data privacy
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, was ordered by a New Mexico judge on Wednesday to pay $25 billion for misleading users about how it collects and safeguards user...
California’s Prop 45 aims to speed construction projects. Opponents say data centers will benefit
When a county judge put the brakes on what would be the largest data center in California, ruling the whole project needed extensive environmental review, Kristian Salgado was relieved.The...
Oracle Stock Falls 4% as AI Data Center Faces $18B Debt and Cost Crisis
Oracle shares fell 4% on Thursday, after reports that the company sent a force majeure notice related to its Project Jupiter data center campus in New Mexico, seeking protection...
Google Location Data Fine: What Your Account Can Still Store After Timeline Is Off
Google has been fined €403 million ($463 million) by Ireland's Data Protection Commission over how it handled users' location data, but the penalty is about practices from 2018 to...
Newsom signs bills to regulate data center industry, criticizes Trump for inaction
SACRAMENTO — California just took its first concrete steps toward regulating its growing data center industry as public appetite builds to crack down on the massive facilities. Amid widespread concerns about...
How to Stop ChatGPT, Meta, X, Reddit and LinkedIn From Training AI on Your Data
There is no universal "don't train on my data" button. Whether you're using ChatGPT, Reddit, X, Meta or LinkedIn, each platform follows its own rules for collecting user data...
Data Center Energy: A Teen Dropout’s $1B Nuclear Bet
A nuclear startup founded by a teenager just raised one of the year’s boldest rounds, and it lands squarely on the data center energy crisis. Valar Atomics closed a...
China’s Great Firewall Gets Stronger: New Data Suggests VPN Use Is Far Lower Than Believed
Fresh research based on leaked network traffic data suggests China has significantly tightened its control over unauthorized virtual private networks (VPNs), challenging long-held assumptions that large numbers of citizens...
