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DOGE visits NLRB after whistleblower report about data access : NPR

A 2013 file photo of the National Labor Relations Board headquarters in Washington, D.C. Jon Elswick/Associated Press hide caption toggle…

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Money

Why Economists are Talking About ‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Data

Key Takeaways Several recent consumer sentiment surveys have shown a deterioration of “soft data.” However, economists are still waiting to…

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Money

Data: Retail Therapy is Common — How to Curb It

Having a tough week? Have you considered spending some money on yourself? You’d be in good company. Three in 10…

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Tech

ByteDance, which spent an estimated $11B in 2024 on infrastructure for AI, is using data from ~1B users of its apps as the linchpin of its growing AI business (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)

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Tech

AI and Data Centers Could Use as Much Energy as Japan by 2030

Data center growth spurred largely by generative AI is expected to cause global energy demand to surge in the coming…

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Tech

Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project

Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is part of an effort by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government…

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Politics

How DOGE used Social Security data to push dubious fraud claims : NPR

Investor Antonio Gracias at a town hall rally held by Elon Musk in Green Bay, Wis., on March 30. Gracias,…

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Tech

nEye Systems, which is developing data center chips that use light to send data, raised a $58M Series B led by CapitalG, bringing its total funding to $72.5M (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

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Tech

How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You

Privacy advocates say that all this data could enable the government to punish its political opponents by weaponizing information about…

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Tech

When to Expect Your T-Mobile Data Breach Settlement Check

It’s been years since T-Mobile customers filed for a part of the wireless carrier’s 2022 class-action settlement. But this month, those who qualify…

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