Data disasters and human error

Data disasters resulting from cyberattacks and ransomware dominate news headlines. However, the most consistent and costly ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

Empty Stocking Fund volunteers come together to give back to 3,050 families in need

The News Sentinel Charities Empty Stocking Fund made Christmas a little brighter for 3,050 families this holiday season ‒ 50 more families than last year to meet the needs of East Tennesseans ...
London Evening Standard

Number of prisoners released in error more than doubled in a year, data shows

A report by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service said 262 prisoners were released in error from April 2024 to March 2025. Some 262 prisoners were released in ...
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Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to give thousands of students at Atlanta HBCUs scholarships

Thousands of students at HBCUs in Atlanta are set to receive scholarship funds over the next 10 years thanks to a donation from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Ohio parents don't have access to their kids' online medical records. That could change

Katie DeLand didn't realize she had no access to her 15-year-old son's medical records until a debt collection agency called her about a missed payment for a sports-related procedure. "The mere fact ...
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Columbia County Commission gives remarks on proposed data center project

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Columbia County Board of Commissioners released a joint statement Tuesday, Oct. 21 in regards the proposed data center project. It reads in part: “The Columbia County ...
TwinCities.com

Hermantown gives an initial OK to sprawling data center despite opposition

HERMANTOWN, Minn. — Seating was in unusually short supply at the Hermantown City Hall on Monday night, as councilors took up a rezoning request that could open the door for the construction of a ...
Detroit Free Press

Watch Orion Kerkering error that gave Dodgers walk-off win vs. Phillies in NLDS

The Los Angeles Dodgers managed to get the best of the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Thursday, Oct. 9. The Dodgers and Phillies needed to go to the 11th ...
TechRadar

Anthropic signs multi-billion dollar Google deal that gives it access to a million TPUs

Anthropic strikes deal worth “tens of billions of dollars” with Google Cloud Claude maker will add more Google TPUs to its Nvidia GPU and Amazon Trainium portfolio Amazon remains Anthropic’s “primary ...
WBAL-TV

Software error leads to double payments to state workers who took buyouts — but they can't keep it

KATE. THANK YOU. ALSO AT TODAY’S BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE STATE APPROVED THE BUYOUTS OF HUNDREDS OF STATE EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN 300 EMPLOYEES LEFT THEIR ROLES IN SEPTEMBER. THEIR POSITIONS WERE THEN ...
NPR

At least 27 states turned over sensitive data about food stamp recipients to USDA

Since late July, most Democratic-led states have refused to give in to an unprecedented demand from the Trump administration to turn over personal information on federal food assistance recipients ...