Sparse-data method estimates sea surface temperatures 40% more accurately than conventional approach

Researchers have developed a method for extrapolating sea surface temperatures from sparse data that is significantly more ...
Wall Street Journal

FTC Warns Retailers on Using Private Consumer Data to Raise Prices

Merchants have become increasingly skilled at using consumers’ personal data, including their online shopping habits and smartphone use, to calculate an individual’s tolerance for higher prices. Now ...
InfoQ

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra for Coding and Computer Use

Astra, a new model focused on coding, computer use, long-running agentic tasks, and cybersecurity, with availability across ...
The Straits Times

Forget silicon chip servers, Singapore’s newest data centre needs to be fed

Unlike traditional server farms running on silicon chips, this facility processes data using living human brain cells. Every three days, laboratory technicians feed the brain cells a cocktail of sugar ...
CNBC

Nvidia backing $105 billion in financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio

Nvidia will provide up to $105 billion for the credit and compute for an OpenAI data center in Ohio SB Energy will build and manage the data center in Pike County, Ohio The deal is Nvidia's latest to ...
PC Magazine

Check Your Phone Now: These 10 Data-Hungry Apps Are Secretly Tracking You

Think your phone is private? A look at over 5,000 app disclosures reveals the surprisingly sneaky ways big tech collects and profits off your data. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...