Politico

FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says

The FBI is buying up information that can be used to track people’s movement and location history, Director Kash Patel said during a Senate hearing Wednesday. It is the first confirmation that the ...
Nature

Dozens of AI disease-prediction models were trained on dubious data

The models are designed to predict someone’s risk of diabetes or stroke. A few might already have been used on patients.

New Infinity Stealer malware grabs macOS data via ClickFix lures

A new info-stealing malware named Infinity Stealer is targeting macOS systems with a Python payload packaged as an executable using the open-source Nuitka compiler.
TechCrunch

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified to lawmakers on Wednesday. This is the first ...
The New York Times

Local Opposition Is Slowing A.I. Data Centers. Wall Street Has Noticed.

Tech companies are running into resistance from neighbors and may not be able to build at the pace they promised investors. By Lydia DePillis The torrential wave of data center construction for ...
TechCrunch

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open source LiteLLM project

Mercor, a popular AI recruiting startup, has confirmed a security incident linked to a supply chain attack involving the open source project LiteLLM. The AI startup told TechCrunch on Tuesday that it ...
TechRadar

'Traces of unauthorized access': Mazda confirms data breach exposing employee and partner data — here's what we know

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mazda confirms December 2025 breach via warehouse management system Hundreds of employee and ...
The Guardian

Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data

Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacy Campaign groups rail against Palantir, but the UK contracts keep coming Palantir ...

New Google tool allow users to scrub more personal data to keep safe from online thieves

Google is making it harder for scammers to steal your identity — and the effort can’t come soon enough. The tech giant quietly updated its “Results about you” tool on Feb. 10, expanding it to allow ...
NPR

Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant

A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use that data to target ads. The same industry ...
CNBC

Arm releases first in-house chip, with Meta as debut customer

CNBC got an exclusive first look at Arm's first ever in-house chip, the AGI CPU, purpose-built for running AI inference in data centers. Meta is the first official customer for the new chip, with ...