What are data centers and why do they matter?

Data centers may not be visible to most Americans, but they are shaping everything from electricity use to how communities ...
CNN

DOGE is building a master database for immigration enforcement, sources say

Staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are building a master database to speed-up immigration enforcement and deportations by combining sensitive data from across the federal ...
SiliconANGLE

Companies can make use of vector databases without needing a Ph.D. in AI

The last time Momento Inc. spoke with theCUBE, part of the conversation revolved around ChatGPT and how it was revolutionizing the world as we know it. That hasn’t changed, and Daniela Miao (pictured, ...
Voice of San Diego

SDPD’s Use of Gang Database Is Under the Microscope

Dolores Magdaleno Memorial Recreation Center in Logan Heights on July 24, 2023. In 2016, police arrested Jamie Wilson's son and his friends outside the Memorial Park recreation center and collected ...
LAist

Thousands of once-secret police records are now public. Here’s how you can use them

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Scientific American

First Comprehensive Plastics Database Tallies Staggering 16,000 Chemicals—And It’s Still Incomplete

Plastics are inescapable. That soda bottle or disposable razor or even the coating on your mattress may expose you to hundreds of different chemicals, some of which scientists know very little about.

University of New Mexico researchers plan to get better watershed data with $7 million NSF grant

New Mexico's watersheds are getting a checkup from University of New Mexico researchers, who plan to use a $7 million National Science Foundation grant to better understand how watersheds throughout ...