Public trust in the media and in data has been undercut by information overload, relentless social media cycles, and targeted influence campaigns. Whether driven by politics, social movements, or ...

This is how we play fetch… golf club edition. Teenager, 18, dies after exiting ambulance on motorway Border Force to get new powers to take migrants’ clothes off them Thousands without water after ...

The trustworthiness of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) data on inflation, employment, wages, productivity, and consumer spending has historically been a concern only for cranks and conspiracy ...

A data center under construction in Loudoun County, Va. (David Kidd/Governing) Headlines have been full of misunderstood and misrepresented claims about data centers. If you only looked at this ...

Dr. Kasy is the author of the book “The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits).” Imagine applying for a job. You know you’re a strong candidate with a standout résumé. But you don ...

Strong encryption is the backbone of digital privacy and secure data. Pressure on the government to weaken encryption is mounting, which raises some serious concerns. How do we preserve strong ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on ...

Data centers are proliferating in Virginia and a blind man in Baltimore is suddenly contending with sharply higher power bills. The Maryland city is well over an hour’s drive from the northern ...

Talk of data centers has become commonplace in West Virginia. These facilities are seen by many as part of the state’s future. They may not create large numbers of jobs, but they promise significant ...

Over the course of his career, Ian McEwan has become known for a variety of memorable set pieces: events, random or spectacular or apparently banal, that seem to crystallize, or catalyze, his ...

In our fiercely tribal and divisive culture, when consensus is illusory and we can’t seem to agree on even the most fundamental facts, the notion of shared history as a societal precept has left the ...