Social data refers to publicly shared information on social media platforms. Discover how it's used for marketing, its advantages, and the risks associated with data breaches.

Update: New information added to the end of the story. The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table leaked online.

MENOMONIE, Wis. (WEAU0 - Menomonie City Council voted unanimously Monday night to create a new zoning ordinance for data center projects. This comes after the city experienced major push back from a ...

A proposed 4.4-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant south of Homer City, intended to power a nearby data processing center, is drawing scrutiny over its possible massive water demands on a local ...

As artificial intelligence drives the need for vastly more computing storage and processing power, interest in space-based data centers has spiked. Although several startup companies, such as ...

Dredze, who has been serving as DSAI's interim deputy director, was selected following an extensive international search for an individual to lead an institute that brings together world-class experts ...

Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential solution, researchers say. Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity ...

The world runs on data. A hallmark of successful businesses is their ability to use quality facts and figures to their advantage. Unfortunately, data rarely arrives ready to use. Instead, businesses ...

A warehouse manager showed me his "secret weapon": Excel. He was a wiz; he knew all the tricks. But I kept thinking this single Excel file was the only thing connecting a $2 million monthly operation ...

For an exercise in irony, take a moment to ask ChatGPT why large data centers — noisy and voracious consumers of energy and water — are necessary. The answer it gives is long and complicated, but what ...

A Lady Writing (a cover letter) by Johannes Vermeer (1665) (edit Shari Flores/Hyperallergic, courtesy Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) Obtaining a computer science degree once seemed like ...

SALINE TWP., MI — Some residents and township planners are pushing back against a computer data center proposed in a rural community south of Ann Arbor, while others prefer it over potential housing ...