InfoQ

Tracking and Controlling Data Flows at Scale in GenAI: Meta’s Privacy-Aware Infrastructure

Aware Infrastructure (PAI) to support generative AI development while enforcing privacy across complex data flows. Using ...
InfoQ

Java Concurrency from the Trenches: Lessons Learned in the Wild

Hugo Marques explains how to navigate Java concurrency at scale, moving beyond simple frameworks to solve high-throughput IO ...
IEEE

SSAVI-GMM: An Automatic Algorithm for Mapping Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Shallow Lakes Using Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 MSI Data

Abstract: Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is crucial for maintaining a clear-water state in lakes. Tracking the spatiotemporal changes in SAV is crucial for understanding the ecological evolution, ...
Forbes

Why Abstractions Matter More Than Ever In The Enterprise

Modern enterprises are drowning in tools, platforms and frameworks. Every year, we add another layer—a new cloud service, data stack or platform that promises to simplify everything—yet somehow the ...
Hosted on MSN

Data types vs abstract data types (ADT) — types of data structures explained

Understand the difference between Data Types and Abstract Data Types (ADT) in this clear breakdown of data structure fundamentals. Learn how they are defined, how they work, and why ADTs are essential ...
The New York Times

Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

The Transportation Security Administration is flagging passengers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders. The Transportation Security ...
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 ...
International Monetary Fund

Better Economic Measurement Is About Wiser Use, Not Just More Data

We live in a galaxy of data. From satellites and smartwatches to social media and swipes at a register, we have ways to measure the economy to an extent that would have seemed like science fiction ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
TechCrunch

Rising data center electricity use risks blackouts during winter storms

The explosive growth of data centers could threaten the stability of the electrical grid this winter, according to an industry overseer. Across North America, demand for electricity this winter is ...
Fast Company

Adam Grant on lessons from the pandemic, datum versus data, and how abstract numbers can lead to very real human outcomes

In this excerpt, organizational psychologist and best-selling author Adam Grant reflects on how we interpret and communicate data, especially in moments of uncertainty, and why stories and emotions ...
Inside Climate News

Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...