Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters

A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify ...

Judge Kills Trump’s Voter Database Plan—Says Administration ‘Trampled’ On Americans’ Privacy

The judge noted states accessing the SAVE database has resulted in some citizens being kicked off the voter rolls by ...

Judge blocks Trump administration's overhauled database of Americans' personal information

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the administration violated the law when it created a centralized database of Americans' personal records.
Phys.org

From exporting spyware to surveilling activists—how democracies became the new digital authoritarians

"Digital authoritarianism" refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. China remains the master practitioner. There, sweeping surveillance and censorship ...
USA Today

Where are data centers in Georgia? Erin Brockovich data counts six

The data center fight has come to Georgia, and from the governor's race to private industry, communities across the state will have to prepare to navigate what a new data center could mean for their ...
Crude Oil Prices

China’s Export Prices Jump as Oil Shock Hits Factory Costs

China’s export prices saw their biggest gain in three years in April as the oil price surge filtered through the goods manufactured in the world’s biggest exporter of goods. Chinese export prices ...
The Washington Post

Blocking the construction of data centers is a national security risk

David A. Deptula, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, is the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Debates over data center construction have generally targeted the issue as a ...
The New York Times

Valie Export, Who Made Art With Her Naked Body, Dies at 85

In provocative performance pieces and films, she forced viewers to confront misogyny in the media and society at large. Valie Export, “Tap and Touch Cinema.” With an empty box strapped to her chest, ...
Wall Street Journal

How Much Do You Know About Data Centers? Take Our Quiz

Artificial intelligence has become a fact of life in the U.S., with people increasingly using it at work, school and home. Growing demand for this transformative technology means more data centers ...
GitHub

start-the-sql-server-import-and-export-wizard.md

To use the 64-bit version of the [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Import and Export Wizard, you have to install [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) are ...
Artnet

Valie Export, Avant-Garde Icon and Feminist Trailblazer, Dies at 85

Valie Export, the brave performer, sculptor, and filmmaker who pushed the global vanguard of feminist art, died yesterday. She was 85. “The artist’s groundbreaking films and performances in the 1960s ...
Hyperallergic

Artist Valie Export, Who Saw Right Through the Male Gaze, Dies at 85

Austrian artist Valie Export, a powerfully provocative yet playful force in feminist art, died on May 14, three days before her 86th birthday. The news of her passing was confirmed by Thaddaeus Ropac ...