“Mayor, don’t be ugly,' councilmember says in debate over expediting plan to name risky apartments

Council Member Letitia Plummer wanted a database of Houston's most dangerous apartments but that proposal has since been ...

Valley residents may be owed part of $125 million in unclaimed Texas funds

More than $125 million owed to Rio Grande Valley residents is sitting unclaimed, and Texas officials want people to know it's ...

Florida’s new reporting system is shining a light on human trafficking in the Sunshine State

To address this problem, Florida in 2023 passed Senate Bill 7064, a law requiring all state and local government agencies and nongovernmental organizations that receive federal or state funding to ...
InfoQ

MySQL Repository Analysis Reveals Declining Development and Shrinking Contributor Base

A recent report has analyzed the repository statistics of the MySQL server to evaluate the project's status, Oracle's commitment to MySQL, and the future of the community edition. Julia Vural, ...

Meta is building a massive data center. Why it's fueling fears of an AI bubble

In a rural pocket of northeastern Louisiana, Meta is building a $30 billion data center called Hyperion. The project highlights an opaque system of financing that's fueling fears of an AI bubble.

US mass killings are down in 2025, but experts say it's likely just a return to more typical levels

Seventeen mass killings have occurred this year in the U.S., the lowest since 2006. Experts say this probably isn't the start ...
The News-Times

Qatar sets sights on 2036 Olympics by creating bid committee for the Games

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Qatar Olympic Committee on Wednesday announced the creation of a bid committee for the 2036 Olympics and Paralympic Games, confirming its intention to host the events that would ...
Nextgov

Democrats press Palantir about reported creation of IRS ‘mega-database’

The possible creation of a shareable, governmentwide database of Americans’ personal information would be a “surveillance nightmare,” 10 House and Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to the tech ...
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Is Palantir creating a national database of US citizens?

On May 30, 2025, The New York Times published an article titled "Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans," detailing a supposed combined effort between the U.S. federal government and the ...