Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Environmental groups skeptical of Microsoft's vows on data centers

Microsoft President Brad Smith has pledged more transparency regarding the company's data center operations. The company previously faced community backlash in Caledonia, Wisconsin, for a secretive ...
Morningstar

ComEd Announces New Agreements Signed to Ensure Large Load Customers Pay their Fair Share to Connect with and Use the Grid

ComEd today announced the first set of new Transmission Security Agreements (TSAs) designed to protect customers and ensure fairness in the cost of connecting and providing transmission service to new ...
Ars Technica

The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin

Californians are getting a new, supercharged way to stop data brokers from hoarding and selling their personal information, as a recently enacted law that’s among the strictest in the nation took ...
NPR

Pine needles help researchers track how forever chemicals get into the environment

Volunteers in Minnesota are collecting pine needles to help researchers determine how PFAS — the substances commonly called forever chemicals — find their way into water, soil and air. In Minnesota, ...
ExtremeTech

Windows 11 File Explorer Will Finally Use Less RAM

Microsoft is rolling out an update to Windows 11 File Explorer that reduces RAM usage during file searches. The company announced improvements in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7523, which is ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China Issues Draft Rules to Govern Use of Human-Like AI Systems

China plans to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence by requiring providers to ensure their services are ethical, secure and transparent ...
wwmt

Michigan bill would require parental permission for minors to use social media

A camper fire claimed the life of one person in Lockport Township Saturday morning. Baby delivered in car as police rush to reports of screaming woman in Portage, MI A Southwest Michigan couple’s plan ...
CNBC

U.S. to mandate checks of some tourists' social media history from past 5 years

President Donald Trump has implemented several measures to curb the movement of foreign travellers in recent months. Some tourists will be mandated to provide five years of their social media history ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Group sues PSC to get projected energy use at Beaver Dam data center

An environmental group is suing the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to force greater transparency in the development of Meta's new data center in Beaver Dam. Meta is the parent company of ...
E&E

States push to end secrecy over data center water use

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas is restricting the bathrooms trans people can use in government buildings. Here’s how the law works.

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The Connecticut Mirror

Can health care providers in CT require you to keep a credit or debit card on file to receive care?

Under Public Act 25-97, Section 4, health care providers in Connecticut can no longer require patients to give a credit or debit card number, or provide bank account information, as a condition to ...