Google’s announcement as owner of the controversial Hermantown data center project didn’t change a thing. The location of the project is still deeply problematic. Situated next to the Canadian ...

The FBI has confirmed to the Senate it is once again buying data which can be used to track the locations of US citizens. That may have surprised the people who thought the precedent in Carpenter v.

The FBI is once again buying location data on Americans, confirming a surveillance method that had largely faded from public view. During a Senate hearing this week, Director Kash Patel said the ...

During a Senate hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that his agency has bought information that could be used to track individuals' movement and location. "We do purchase commercially available ...

ICE, CBP, and the Secret Service had purchased and used commercial geolocation data in ways that violated internal privacy policies and federal law, according to a September 2023 report by the DHS ...

If there weren’t enough reasons to be concerned about the U.S. government’s recent actions, here’s another: According to a report by 404 Media, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been purchasing ...

More than 70 Democrats in the House and Senate are pushing the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general to open a new investigation into the agency’s “warrantless purchases of Americans’ ...

Lawmakers in Virginia's house on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would ban businesses from selling data that can pinpoint people's locations within a 1,750-foot radius. The state senate ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Dozens of trades workers rallied at the State Capitol on Thursday, pushing back against a Senate budget proposal that would eliminate a sales tax exemption for data centers in Virginia ...

If you want to understand the progressive mess in Illinois, follow the numbers. The state’s public pensions are 54% funded. Thirty-one percent of third-graders are reading at or above grade level, and ...

Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. February ...