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These deadly diseases are not extinct, despite common belief

The rise in anti-vaccination has led to a resurgence of many ancient diseases in recent years. The US suffered a measles outbreak, and the spread of hepatitis in young children around the world was so ...

Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they?

From Amarillo to Waco, College Station to Harlingen, Texans are raising concerns over the proliferation of data centers — and ...

New data and privacy bills introduced at Colorado Capitol

Lawmakers at the Colorado Capitol introduced new bills to put parameters on how businesses use the data they collect from ...

A judge says she’ll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients

A judge says she plans to rule that President Donald Trump’s administration still cannot force states to hand over detailed information on people who have applied for or received SNAP food aid.

Doorman waits in line for hours as NYC's 'first free grocery store' opens for 4 day pop-up. How it works — and what it reveals about rising food costs

By the time the doors opened around 2 p.m., a four-block line had formed along 7th Avenue South in the West Village. Shoppers shuffled forward with blue Polymarket tote bags as staff handed out coffee ...

Mall retailer gets surprise $7 million bid amid bankruptcy

With Chapter 11 filings and mass store closures continuing to reshape America's mall-based retail sector, it's beginning to feel like old news. Brands including Altar'd State, Claire's, Forever 21, ...

iOS 26 adoption rate isn't the crisis some analysts are portraying

Apple's February 2026 App Store data shows iOS 26 adoption closely tracking the pace set by iOS 18 in January 2025, and iPadOS 26 is ahead of iPadOS 18, undercutting claims that the upgrade cycle is ...

Microsoft Store gets a new command-line interface for power users

The new command-line interface for the Microsoft Store is designed to provide developers with a novel approach to app management. Officially named Store CLI, the tool ...
Science Daily

Twisted 2D magnet creates skyrmions for ultra dense data storage

As data keeps exploding worldwide, scientists are racing to pack more information into smaller and smaller spaces — and a team at the University of Stuttgart may have just unlocked a powerful new ...
Technical.ly

Here’s how Maryland built its new small biz data tool in under 5 months

Now, a new tool unveiled last December by the Maryland State Innovation Team aims to tackle the hurdles the Steeles and others like them faced. The Maryland Community Business Compass is a statewide ...

DNA provides a solution to our enormous data storage problem

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

VeraCrypt is a free, open-source disk encryption software that is available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. With VeraCrypt, you create a virtual encrypted disk on your internal drive that can then be ...