Modern businesses run on data. Companies regularly capture, store and analyze large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data on consumer behavior, to which they can apply predictive analytics to ...

Commercial vessels are deploying high-tech sensors to map a shifting sea, providing critical data for scientists and some help for the industry. Bob Hersey Jr. fishes for lobsters and dives for sea ...

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I’ve spent years collecting most of what’s displayed and used in my home from my local thrift store, and when I’m not there, you can usually find me at a nearby antique mega mall or the weekly flea ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday the University of Pennsylvania has to comply with a subpoena from the Trump administration requesting lists of Jewish faculty, students and organizations and their ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned Americans against using foreign-developed mobile applications, particularly those created by Chinese developers. In a public service announcement ...

The widow of a Parkinson's sufferer has told how her husband was changed into a 'sex addict' overnight by one of his prescribed drugs. Jane Ryde said he began collecting pornography and demanded sex ...

The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families. A brief notice from the Office of Personnel ...

The human genome comprises both our protein-coding genes and the regulatory information that controls when, and to what extent, those genes are expressed. While humans mostly share the same repertoire ...

PCWorld explains how Google Chrome collects extensive user data for targeted advertising, even in incognito mode, raising significant privacy concerns. Users can reduce tracking by disabling telemetry ...

The Global Financial Development Database is an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 214 economies. It contains annual data, starting from 1960. It has been last updated in ...