DNA databases unite to create a fully open resource for transposable element research

For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as Repbase and, more ...
KREM

Avista confirms 'large load' customer is a data center

SPOKANE, Wash. — Avista confirmed on Tuesday that a potential "large load" project that the company is considering is a data center development. According to recent filings with the U.S. Securities ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft backpedals: Edge to stop loading passwords into memory

Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." This behavior was ...
Wired

The US Government Will Ask Data Centers How Much Power They Use

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.
USA Today

Here's how to qualify for a payment from a Google data settlement

Android phone users can now claim their portion of a class-action settlement connected to Google's collection of their data. The lawsuit, Taylor v. Google LLC, alleged that Google needlessly collected ...
Diginomica

SUSE wants to take the cognitive load out of infrastructure – and Liz is how it plans to do it

How many vendors at KubeCon Europe 2026 said they were not an AI company? I only found one. Peter Smails, General Manager of Cloud Native at SUSE, was fairly insistent about it – and what he said ...
Dallas Morning News

ERCOT: Data centers cause Texas' large load queue to balloon

ROUND ROCK — The size of ERCOT’s large load interconnection requests — the majority of which are data centers wanting to connect to the grid — soared by nearly 150 gigawatts to 410 gigawatts in just ...
Time

How One Virginia County Turned Data Center Money into Affordable Housing

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Pew Research Center

How Americans view data centers’ impact in key areas, from the environment to jobs

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ impact in ...
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Integrating Data and Computing into K-12 Education Is Critical and Requires Coordinated Approach To Be Effective, Says New Report

WASHINGTON — While computing and data shape nearly every aspect of modern life, efforts to expand data and computing education in K-12 settings have grown rapidly but unevenly, says a new report from ...
KSHB Kansas City

How will KC's data center boom impact electric bills? Evergy discusses new load rate for large customers

DATA, DOLLARS & DEMAND: The metro's power supplier implemented a large load service power plan with protections in place for regular customers. KSHB 41 reporter Isabella Ledonne reports on stories in ...