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Apr 28 2024
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Musk makes surprise visit to Beijing as Tesla's China-made cars pass data security rules
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 16, 2023. BEIJING — Local Chinese authorities have removed restrictions on Tesla cars after the company's China-made vehicles passed the country's data security
CNBCFeb 29 2024
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US to probe if Chinese cars pose national data security risks
WASHINGTON, Feb 29 (Reuters) - The United States is opening an investigation into whether Chinese vehicle imports pose national security risks and could impose restrictions due to concerns about "connected" car technology, the White House said on Thursday.
The U.S. Commerce Department probe is needed because vehicles "collect large amounts of sensitive data on their drivers and
ReutersApr 29 2024
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Oregon sued on behalf of 3.5 million whose private driver license, ID card data was stolen in data breach
A pair of Oregonians have filed a lawsuit that could force the state to pay up – to the tune of many millions of dollars – for a massive international data breach last year that victimized 3.5 million Oregon residents whose driver license and ID card information was stolen. The plaintiffs, Caery Evangelist and Brian Els, are seeking class-action status for all affected state residents whose
The OregonianMar 14 2024
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Plano data center firm secures $600 million in backing from Blackstone unit
Aligned Data Centers has received a sizable financing infusion from a New York heavyweight. The Plano-based technology infrastructure company this week announced an initial $600 million credit facility with Blackstone Credit & Insurance. The money will go toward development of Aligned’s newest and largest data center, a two-story, 80-megawatt hyperscale campus in West Jordan, Utah. The
The Dallas Morning NewsMar 20 2024
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Colorado public defender ransomware attack may have exposed Social Security numbers, personal data
The Office of the Colorado State Public Defender has acknowledged personal data may have been stolen during a ransomware attack that crippled the statewide agency in early February — but won’t say much else about the ongoing effort to restore its systems after the hack. Files “were copied without permission” during the cyberattack, which was discovered on Feb. 9, and those files may have
The Denver PostApr 24 2024
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Hot Inflation Data Weighs on Federal Budget
Meanwhile, federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the drop in annual inflation occurred under Labor. Australia’s worse-than-expected inflation data in the March quarter could pose a challenge for the federal budget, according to analysts. Despite this, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers still touted figures showing annual inflation has dropped under Labor. However, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor
The Epoch TimesApr 27 2024
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Exploring the history of data-driven arguments in public life
Political debates today may not always be exceptionally rational, but they are often infused with numbers. If people are discussing the economy or health care or climate change, sooner or later they will invoke statistics. It was not always thus. Our habit of using numbers to make political arguments has a history, and William Deringer is a leading historian of it. Indeed, in recent years
MIT NewsApr 03 2024
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Data-Dependent Wall Street Tries to Come to Terms With Data It Hates
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Central bankers keep saying they’re highly “data dependent.” Today was a good example of how difficult it is to gauge what that means.
BloombergApr 26 2024
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Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It
The latest retail sales data suggests a robust consumer, leading economists to become even more optimistic about more robust economic growth this year. To wit: “It has been two years since forecasters felt this good about the economic outlook. In the latest quarterly survey by The Wall Street Journal, business and academic economists lowered the chances of a recession within the next year to
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