LinkedIn secretly scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data

A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan ...
Fast Company

Why the industry that feeds 8 billion people still can’t read its own data

Agricultural data is “fragmented, distributed, heterogeneous, and incompatible.” That’s the verdict from a major Council for Agricultural Science and Technology report published barely a year ago, and ...
Geeky Gadgets

Create Dynamic Excel Data Validation Lists Using Table Spill Ranges

Traditional methods for creating dynamic drop-down lists in Excel, such as using INDIRECT or named ranges, often come with significant limitations. These approaches can break when tables are renamed, ...
The Atlantic

Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...
Reading Eagle

3 Reading men charged in scheme using Lowe’s customer accounts at 5 Pa. stores

State authorities have charged three Reading men with stealing customer account information, then making purchases to the tune of $50,000 at five Lowe’s stores across Pennsylvania. Joel ...
Wall Street Journal

Your Data Has Been Breached! (And This Notice Is a Scam!)

With cyberattacks on the rise, chances are you’ve received at least one email in recent years telling you that your personal data was stolen in a breach and offering advice on what to do in response.
New Scientist

Start-up is building the first data centre to use human brain cells

Data centres use huge amounts of energy and chips are in high demand – could brain cells be the answer? Australia-based start-up Cortical Labs has announced it is building two “biological” data ...
Yahoo

Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlights industry's vulnerability to physical disasters

LONDON (AP) — Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well as the industry's ...
Wired

Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses

A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
Education Week

Reading Instruction Must Use Whole Books

The Oct. 27, 2025, article “Novels vs. Excerpts: What to Know About a Big Reading Debate ” and related reporting about reading instruction resonated with me. I’m fortunate enough to spend time in ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...