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UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.BBC News - Feb. 7 -
Noem defends Musk’s access to personal data
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended tech billionaire Elon Musk’s access to sensitive data housed within DHS’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), saying he’s ...The Hill - Feb. 9 -
NHS productivity plunged after the pandemic, data shows
ONS figures ‘in development’ highlight challenge facing government in improving health service performanceFinancial Times - Feb. 10 -
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Judge tells health agencies to restore website data
Presented by American Medical Association — A federal judge has directed health agencies to restore webpages and online datasets that were recently removed in response to an executive order from ...The Hill - 6d -
House gives data privacy another go
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story House forms data privacy working group House Republicans are going back to the drawing board as they look ...The Hill - 5d -
DeepSeek 'shared user data' with TikTok owner ByteDance
South Korea's data protection regulator says user data was sent to the Chinese owner of TikTok.BBC News - 10h -
Physician Group Sues Trump Health Agencies Over Scrubbed Sites, Data
This is a MedPage Today story. Physicians have launched a legal challenge against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and federal health agencies for removing webpages from health-related ...ABC News - Feb. 5 -
Lawmakers question Musk’s ‘infiltration’ into Education Dept. and student loan borrower data
Senators expressed concern that Elon Musk's DOGE had "infiltrated" the U.S. Department of Education and possibly gained access to federal student loan data.CNBC - Feb. 7 -
Harvard Law’s Innovation Lab Scrambles to Save Government Data
The unit is saving more than 300,000 data sets from Trump’s purges.Inc. - Feb. 7 -
Major cancer research group calls on Trump administration to restore data access
The American Cancer Society is calling on the Trump administration to restore access to comprehensive scientific data.ABC News - Feb. 7 -
Big Tech Keeps Its A.I. Data Center Spending Boom Alive
An apparent breakthrough in efficiency from the Chinese start-up did not make tech’s biggest companies question their extravagant spending on new data centers.The New York Times - Feb. 8 -
Judge blocks DOGE from accessing personal data at Treasury
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk and his new Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive treasury department records, including the personal data of millions of ...NBC News - Feb. 8 -
UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data
Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu gives Donald Trump a golden pager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise blames Russian government hackers for a breach, and more.Wired - Feb. 8 -
Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
Meta accounts of those affected flooded with ads for casinos and betting sites We didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been? . . Gambling companies ...The Guardian - Feb. 8 -
Scientists, researchers work to archive federal health data purged by Trump administration
Scientists, researchers and private health organizations scrambled to preserve as much federal public health data and guidelines as possible last week after news reached them that the Trump ...The Hill - Feb. 8 -
Judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Americans' sensitive data
Elon Musk and his team of cost-cutters at the Department of Government Efficiency have found their next target, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But security concerns about their actions - ...CBS News - Feb. 8 -
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s access to US Treasury data
Order follows legal challenge by 19 Democratic state attorneys-general over risk to sensitive informationFinancial Times - Feb. 9 -
Judge blocks DOGE team from accessing Treasury data on taxpayers
The lawsuit alleged the breach of sensitive Treasury Department data "poses huge cybersecurity risks" and violates multiple federal laws.ABC News - Feb. 9 -
Congress should stop researching data center threats and start protecting them
It’s crucial that data center operators be prepared to counter adverse events.The Hill - Feb. 9 -
Trump tracker: the latest data on US trade, tariffs and economy
As the president threatens a trade war, follow the latest data on how the country’s economy is performingFinancial Times - Feb. 10 -
How to avoid surveillance pricing scams that target you based on your data
A new investigation from the Federal Trade Commission reveals that companies may be using your data against you. Surveillance pricing is when a company sets the price you see based on your unique ...CBS News - Feb. 10 -
Treasury yields finish mixed as investors await Powell testimony, inflation data
Yields on U.S. government debt held to a tight range despite President Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25% tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, with investors looking ahead to a busy week of ...MarketWatch - Feb. 10 -
Who’s using AI the most? The Anthropic Economic Index breaks down the data
Anthropic uncovers AI's true workforce impact: 57% augmentation vs 43% automation across industries, based on 4 million Claude interactions.VentureBeat - Feb. 10 -
Trump tracker: the latest data on US trade, tariffs and economy
As the president threatens a trade war, follow the latest on tariffs and executive ordersFinancial Times - Feb. 11 -
As Trump hits delete, the race is on to save LGBTQ and climate data
The race is on to try to stop vital information from being rewritten or scrubbed from U.S. government websites, with researchers warning that the loss of key data could create risks for the ...NBC News - Feb. 11 -
Judge orders health agencies to restore data scrubbed by Trump administration
A judge ordered federal health agencies Tuesday to restore online datasets taken down after President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting the government from promoting “gender ideology.” ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Federal Workers Launch New Lawsuit to Fight DOGE’s Data Access
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed the complaint on behalf of US federal workers, arguing that DOGE’s data access is illegal and should be cut off.Wired - 6d -
Democratic lawmakers question Energy Department over DOGE nuclear data access
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote Wednesday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright about reports that staffers with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have ...The Hill - 6d -
House Commerce chair launches data privacy working group
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday announced the creation of a data privacy working group as policymakers work toward a national privacy standard. “We ...The Hill - 6d -
Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency site adds data from controversial rightwing thinktank
Website of ‘Doge’ includes information published by thinktank CEI, which claims to fight ‘climate alarmism’. Flanked by Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, Elon Musk claimed his ...The Guardian - 5d -
What does new inflation data mean for Americans' wallets?
New data out Wednesday shows U.S. inflation accelerated faster than economists had predicted in January. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady breaks it down.CBS News - 5d -
Some CDC health data and webpages still offline after judge's order
Only a handful of webpages on federal health agency sites were ordered to be restored.CBS News - 5d -
SAP integrates Databricks to enhance AI readiness with new Business Data Cloud
SAP's Databricks-powered Business Data Cloud will give teams a faster, simpler way to unify and mobilize their business data assets.VentureBeat - 5d -
AI’s biggest obstacle? Data reliability. Astronomer’s new platform tackles the challenge
Astronomer launches Astro Observe, an AI-powered data observability platform that combines orchestration and monitoring.VentureBeat - 5d -
How China's DeepSeek could boost the already booming data center market
Despite an initial knee-jerk reaction from markets, experts told CNBC that cheaper and more efficient AI models could ultimately boost the data center market.CNBC - 4d -
US politicians furious at UK demand for encrypted Apple data
They say the US should re-evaluate its cyber-security partnership with the UK unless the "dangerous" request is withdrawn.BBC News - 4d
