The File System’s Role In Governing Agentic AI Context

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard allowing AI agents to securely connect to external tools and data sources ...
FedScoop

Sen. Peters pushes for new probe of DOGE’s Social Security Administration data dives

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., attends a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security ...
Education Week

Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology

Roughly one in five student interactions with generative artificial intelligence on school technology involved cheating, self-harm, bullying, and other problematic behaviors, according to data ...
Bleeping Computer

LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files

American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information. The company's ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
IEEE

Whole-File Chunk-Based Deduplication Using Reinforcement Learning for Cloud Storage

Abstract: Deduplication is the process of removing replicated data content from storage facilities like online databases, cloud datastore, local file systems, etc. It is commonly performed as part of ...
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Anglers use chunks of meat to catch diverse river species

Fishing duo Cole & Jay utilize large chunks of meat as bait to target and land a diverse variety of powerful river species. Heavy snow warning as up to 18 inches set to hit Prediction: The Trump bull ...
New York Magazine

Trump Is Releasing the UFO Files Next

As Americans continue to peruse the chaotically organized Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump announced late on Thursday that he would release more previously unseen files, ...
Computerworld

Windows shortcut files targeted by ransomware gang Global Group

When Microsoft patched a vulnerability last summer that allowed threat actors to use Windows’ shortcut (.lnk) files in exploits, defenders might have hoped use of this tactic would decline. They were ...
Houston Chronicle

How much water do AI data centers use? A new survey could help Texas regulators find out.

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...
AZ Central

We estimated data centers' water and power use. Here's how

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...