Data

US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid reports data used to target forces in Middle East

The disclosures highlight a growing national security concern: that location data collected by the advertising industry and sold by data brokers can be used to track and target military personnel.

US troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division wait at Green Ramp before they head out for a deployment to the Middle East on January 4, 2020 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
When every microsecond matters, visibility becomes performance.

The Race to Microseconds: Rethinking Observability in RDMA Systems

The California State Capitol building on Sunday, March 29, 2026 in Sacramento, CA.

California could make Jewish an ethnic identity under groundbreaking new bill

Lines at the Ben-Gurion airport.

More porters, fewer passengers: What really caused Ben-Gurion Airport’s staff strike? - analysis


Greenfield Partners secures $400m. in latest funding round

Leading institutional investors from the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific have brought Greenfield’s total assets under management to over $1 billion.

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Still a long way to 2%: Inflation surges again


Study finds two-thirds of species losing genetic diversity

Researchers led by Grueber analyzed genetic data from 628 species, revealing declines even in non-threatened populations.

 Red Strawberry poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio, in nature habitat, Costa Rica.

Gaza life expectancy decreased by half since Oct 7, study claims

This constitutes a 51.6% decrease for men, and a 38.6% decrease for women.

 Palestinian houses stand badly damaged during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.

Business data company Lusha acquires Israeli startup Novacy

This move aims to add call analysis capabilities and transform Lusha into a comprehensive end-to-end sales intelligence platform.

 Uria Franko, Or Biderman and Yair Giwnewer

Fresh pressures on businesses to practice transparency with user data


WHO renews call for China to share data on COVID-19 origins

"Without transparency and cooperation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics," the WHO stated.

 WHO renews call for China to share data on COVID-19 origins. Shanghai, China, 2020.

Quantum information transmitted over conventional internet lines

"Our work shows a path toward the next generation of quantum and classical networks sharing a unified fiber optic infrastructure."

 Researchers at Northwestern University successfully achieved quantum teleportation over a 30-kilometer fiber optic cable.

Middle children are the most cooperative siblings, data from 700,000 adults shows

Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness both showed the highest means for middle-borns, followed in order by last-borns (youngests), firstborns (oldests), and only children.

 Middle children are the most cooperative siblings, data from 700,000 adults shows. Illustration: Taras Grebinets.

Google shares soar amid breakthroughs in quantum computing