5 ways to scour the dark web for your data after Google kills its free report

Google's support page has confirmed the closure, of which some users were initially notified via email. Scans for new dark web data breaches will stop on Jan. 15, 2026, and by Feb.16, 2026, the report ...
SpaceNews

Managing space domain awareness data has become a greater challenge than collecting it

Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe movement. The number of active satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) has surged from less than a ...
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 ...
Futurism

Secret Elon Musk Lab Is Collecting Data on Every Human Activity to Train Robots

Elon Musk’s Optimus Robots are currently Looney Tunes slapstick disasters. But there’s a massive effort behind the scenes to make sure they don’t stay clumsy clankers forever. Enter Tesla’s secret lab ...
WFSB

States collect millions by selling drivers’ data to private investigators, data brokers

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (InvestigateTV) — When victims of crime, battered women, and teenagers just learning to drive apply for a driver’s license or a car registration, they are unknowingly forfeiting ...
Bleeping Computer

Experian fined $3.2 million for mass-collecting personal data

Experian Netherlands has been fined EUR 2.7 million ($3.2 million) for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) says that the ...
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 ...
Android Authority

Data privacy: Here's how to limit what your carrier collects

If you’re a Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile customer, you might be surprised by how much information you agree to share with your provider the moment you sign up. Some of this is expected, such as your ...
Grist

The EPA is ending greenhouse gas data collection. Who will step up to fill the gap?

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop ...
Newsweek

Trump Administration Barred From Collecting SNAP Data in 21 States

A California judge has temporarily blocked the federal government from collecting personal information about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in 21 states and Washington, ...
Seattle Times

EPA to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the air. The EPA ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases. By Maxine Joselow ...