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New bill would require women to collect medical waste in a 'catch kit' after using abortion pills

WISCONSIN (WDJT) -- A new bill introduced in the state Legislature would require women to collect their abortion waste. Rep. Lindee Brill says she believes abortion waste is contaminating our water, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

BLS Cancels October Jobs Report, Couldn’t Collect Some Data

The Bureau of Labor Statistics won’t publish an October employment report, and instead will incorporate those payrolls figures into the November report set to be published after the Federal Reserve’s ...
Inside Higher Ed

5 Reasons Faculty Should Collect Class Data

I know, I know. Here comes this guy saying that I should add more to my plate. I can’t deny that there’s effort involved, but I plan to make a case that you should collect, analyze and act on a wide ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Google Accused in Suit of Using Gemini AI Tool to Snoop on Users

Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs. In the past, ...
The Conversation

Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Wall Street Journal

Data-Center Power Use to Become Major Antitrust Issue

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.
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 ...
Los Angeles Times

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...
dbta

FormAssembly Atlas Supercharges the Next Era of Data Collection

FormAssembly is launching FormAssembly Atlas, the next generation of its enterprise data collection and automation platform, introducing FormAssembly AI (Fai)—an agentic AI assistant built directly ...
Los Angeles Times

Amid the AI boom, California looks to address water use by massive data centers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest. New ...
AOL

Dave Ramsey Encourages Retirees To Collect Social Security at 62 - 7 Pros and Cons

Deciding when to claim Social Security can be challenging. You can start taking benefits at 62, but you won't get full benefits unless you wait until your full retirement age. That being said, there ...
CNN

Dept. of Labor launches investigation into data collection process at BLS

The Department of Labor is initiating an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports “closely watched economic data,” according to a letter the department’s Assistant ...