Adam Grant on lessons from the pandemic, datum versus data, and how abstract numbers can lead to very real human outcomes

In this excerpt from the new book 'Speak Data,' the Wharton professor and best-selling author shares his thoughts on how we ...
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

GIS Day explores how technology connects people, data and the world

CHEYENNE – Every map tells a story, and GIS Day at Laramie County Community College invites the community to explore how maps ...

New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver ...

Angstrom-level imaging and 2D surfaces allow real-time tracking and steering of DNA

Pictures of DNA often look very tidy—the strands of the double helix neatly wind around each other, making it seem like ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

HOA Q&A: Can a condominium association set up a fund to pay for hurricane damage?

Editor’s note: Attorneys at Goede, DeBoest & Cross respond to questions about Florida community association law. With offices in Naples, Fort Myers, Coral Gables, Boca Raton and Pensacola, the firm ...
Pew Research Center

What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...
KOIN 6

‘How can we do more?’: Advocates, leaders warn of SNAP cuts affecting 737K Oregonians

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On Wednesday, Multnomah County and Portland leaders urged the Trump administration to restore SNAP funding to prevent hunger and hardship. This comes as a government shutdown ...
CNN

Microsoft AI CEO: We’re making an AI that you can trust your kids to use

Popular artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Meta AI are increasingly blurring the line between real-world and digital relationships by allowing romantic and sometimes sexual ...
Bleeping Computer

Experian fined $3.2 million for mass-collecting personal data

Experian Netherlands has been fined EUR 2.7 million ($3.2 million) for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) says that the ...
The Washington Post

The hidden way using a rewards card can cost you more

Scanning a loyalty card might be costing you money. Companies say they’re rewarding your devotion with points, discounts and perks. But behind the scenes, many are using these programs to monitor your ...
Inside Higher Ed

Colleges Push Back Against Trump’s Effort to Collect More Admissions Data

Institutions of higher education and their advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plan to require colleges to submit new data about their admissions decisions. They argued ...
Live Science

We were wrong about how the moon's largest and oldest crater formed — and that's great news for NASA's next lunar landing

The largest and oldest crater on the moon did not form as we initially suspected, a new study suggests. The findings hint that a specific region of the lunar surface could be more scientifically ...