Microsoft Is Harvesting Your LinkedIn Data To Train AI Unless You Flip This Toggle

Last month, we reported that some users were unable to opt out of LinkedIn's scraping of user data to train AI. Since then, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Octopus Energy Opens Door for Chinese Wind Turbines in UK

Octopus Energy, the UK’s biggest supplier of power and gas, struck a deal that may bring Chinese wind turbines to Britain for the first time. Octopus agreed to cooperate on wind projects with Ming ...
Computer Weekly

EU Data Act prompts Google to scrap data transfer fees for UK multicloud users

UK-based Google Cloud customers will no longer have to pay data transfer fees when shifting data between competing cloud environments, following the launch of the search engine giant’s Data Transfer ...
walb

Scrap tire recycling event in Valdosta starts Monday

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - The city of Valdosta Public Works and Lowndes County are collaborating on a scrap tire recycling event. The event will last from Monday, Sept. 8, through Friday, Sept. 19, from ...
The Hill

Disney settles FTC allegations of unlawful collection of children’s data for $10M

Disney has agreed to pay the federal government $10 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company illegally collection the personal data of millions of children. The suit, filed by the Federal ...
New Scientist

Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars?

A new way to recycle the metal from scrap cars could eliminate millions of tonnes of waste each year and cut the carbon emissions from producing virgin aluminium. For decades, much of the scrap ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Sweden to Scrap Uranium Mining Ban With Nuclear Buildout Looming

The Swedish government proposed to remove a ban on uranium mining to reduce the need for imports as the country eyes a renaissance in nuclear power. The change is due to take place from Jan. 1 next ...
The Hill

DOGE put Social Security data in ‘vulnerable cloud environment’: Whistleblower

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) put important Social Security data in a “vulnerable cloud environment,” a whistleblower with the Social Security Administration (SSA) said in a report ...
ZDNet

ChatGPT is reportedly scraping Google Search data to answer your questions - here's how

Reports reveal that OpenAI uses Google Search data to answer some of users' questions. The topics that use Google Search data mostly surround news, sports, and financial markets. OpenAI retrieves the ...
Town & Country

LinkedIn Releases List of 50 Top Colleges

LinkedIn is getting into the college rankings game—with a twist. Their “Top Colleges” list, released today, is a new data-backed ranking of the 50 best U.S. colleges, specifically for long-term career ...
WAFF

Boy, 6, suffers bruises after octopus latches onto his arm at aquarium, mother says

SAN ANTONIO (KABB/WOAI) - A mother is calling for change after an octopus at a Texas aquarium latched onto her son’s arm, leaving bruises, during an interactive exhibit. Britney Taryn took her ...