Concerns about the energy used by digital technologies are not new. Near the peak of the dot-com boom in the 1990s, a Forbes article lamented, “Somewhere in America, a lump…
A Los Angeles jury found in 2015 that “Blurred Lines”—Pharrell Williams’ hit song with Robin Thicke—had illegally infringed on the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.” This…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office arguing that training artificial intelligence (AI) systems on copyrighted materials or using AI to produce creative works…
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Abhay Kumar, CEO of the Helium Foundation. The San Francisco-based nonprofit oversees the Helium Network, a decentralized wireless network that provides connectivity in…
The last few years have seen some users gravitate toward decentralized Internet services–such as Mastodon and Peertube—as alternatives to centralized “Big Tech” platforms. But recent bills and regulations from the…
Estonia achieved full independence in 1991, when a referendum declared the termination of the illegal Soviet occupation. In subsequent years, this country of only around 1.3 million people has made…
Virginia’s Governor Glenn Youngkin recently issued Executive Order 30, a five-part directive intended to boost the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within state government agencies, law enforcement, and education. Notably,…
Report Urges Crackdown on Digital Pill Mills Among Reforms to Strengthen and Expand Legitimate Telehealth Services
WASHINGTON—Telehealth services became invaluable to millions of Americans struggling with mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, but bad actors are tarnishing the reputation of the expanded telehealth industry by…
The Civic Mapping Initiative, in partnership with Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation based in Delaware, have created a dataset to map community and technical colleges in the federal Postsecondary Education Participant Systems (PEPS).…
The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has introduced a new version of the global surface temperature NOAAGlobalTemp dataset. This update incorporates information from an artificial neural network (ANN) to…