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Congress.gov’s API Has Gone Dark, Impacting Data Access

Since Friday, developers who rely on Congress.gov’s official application programming interface (API) have been left staring at a dead end. Requests to api.congress.gov/v3 now spin into an infinite ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Visa Abandons Open Banking in US as Data-Access Debate Rages

Visa Inc. shut its open-banking business in the US amid regulatory uncertainty about consumer-data rights and the prospect of higher fees for customer information, according to people familiar with ...
9NEWS

Flock admits federal immigration agents have direct access to tracking data, despite previous claims

DENVER — Flock Safety, the company operating license plate reading cameras across the United States and in dozens of Colorado municipalities, now admits federal immigration agents have direct access ...
Forbes

U.K. Backs Down Over Backdoor Access To Worldwide Apple User Data

A message on an iPhone in London warning that Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) to its customers in the UK. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images) In an embarrassing ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Official Says U.K. Drops Access Request for Apple Data

The U.S. director of national intelligence said the U.K. agreed to withdraw a request to access encrypted data from Apple’s U.S. users. “Over the past few months, I’ve been working closely with our ...
Engadget

The UK will no longer require Apple to create backdoor access to users' data

UK officials will no longer compel Apple to create backdoor access to its users' data, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. She wrote on X that she, President Trump and ...
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Billions Flow Into AI Data Centers Despite Environment Risks

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, explains how private equity and credit lenders are pouring billions into AI data centers, despite their massive energy consumption and ...
WTVD

WCPSS using new student data system this school year, how you can get access for your child

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- With the new school year starting, Wake County Public School System has transitioned from using PowerSchool to Infinite Campus. Infinite Campus is a new online system for ...
9to5Mac

Apple won’t have to build an iCloud backdoor for UK access to American data

The UK has retreated from a controversial order that would have forced Apple to provide a backdoor to American users’ data, according to a statement from US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi ...
Engadget

Workday says hackers used social engineering to access personal data during a breach

Human resources technology company Workday has confirmed that a data breach has affected its third-party CRM platform. In a blog post announcing the breach, the company said that a social engineering ...
Bleeping Computer

HR giant Workday discloses data breach after Salesforce attack

Human resources giant Workday has disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to a third-party customer relationship management (CRM) platform in a recent social engineering attack.