The Hindu

Amit Shah inaugurates national database on IED blasts

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (January 9, 2026) inaugurated the National Improvised Explosive Device Data Management System (NIDMS), a first-of-its-kind platform that contains details of ...
CNBC

AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why

AI data centers are pushing up electricity demand and fueling higher electricity prices for U.S. households, according to energy experts. Consumers in certain areas of the country like the West and ...
CNN

Wall Street banks scramble to assess fallout from hack of real-estate data firm

Hackers stole a trove of data from a company used by major Wall Street banks for real-estate loans and mortgages, setting off a scramble to determine what was taken and which banks were affected, ...
The Hill

Cities starting to push back against data centers: Study

At least 16 data center projects, worth a combined $64 billion, have been blocked or delayed as local opposition mounts to the developments, according to a new study. Research collected by Data Center ...
The Motley Fool

3 Stocks That Will Benefit Most From the AI Data Center Power Boom

The data center buildout won't happen without these three companies. The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) is having a ripple effect on the nation's power grid. The need for more data centers ...
MedPage Today

RFK Jr. Unveils Autism Patient Database Project

The NIH and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will build a data platform to conduct research across claims data, electronic health record (EHR) data, and consumer wearables, HHS ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases. By Maxine Joselow ...
The New York Times

Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll

In a quest to bolster a long-running claim from President Trump concerning undocumented immigrants illegally voting, the Justice Department is seeking detailed voter roll data from over 30 states. By ...
The Conversation

When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data

Nicole M. Bennett is affiliated with the Center for Refugee Studies at Indiana University. When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely reaches the ...
Lifehacker

You Should Remove Your Info From the Rebooted National Public Data Site

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...
Ars Technica

Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds

A federal jury found on Friday that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the state’s wiretap law, by collecting data from a period-tracker app ...