Reality Bites
Score One for Farmers. The USDA Is Restoring Climate Change Data. https://www.vice.com/en/article/american-farmers-make-usda-republish-deleted-climate-change-data/ #farmers #USDA #climatechange #data #unitedstates View Original Article
Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle data privacy violation lawsuits https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-will-pay-texas-14-billion-to-settle-data-privacy-violation-lawsuits-120044844.html #google #texas #DataPrivacy #lawsuit View Original Article
Millions of Canadians’ health data available for sale to pharmaceutical industry, study shows | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/health-data-records-pharmaceutical-private-clinics-1.7529955 #health #data #private #healthcare #canada View Original Article
NOAA ends extreme weather database that tracked cost of disasters since 1980 | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/climate/noaa-ends-disaster-database #NOAA #weather #database #unitedstates View Original Article
Government Launching Database of Everyday People With Autism https://futurism.com/neoscope/government-launching-autism-database #RFKJr #database #tracking #autism #unitedstates View Original Article
Judge Temporarily Blocks DOGE from Social Security Data, Calls It a ‘Fishing Expedition’ https://gizmodo.com/judge-temporarily-blocks-doge-from-social-security-data-calls-it-a-fishing-expedition-2000578886 #judge #doge #SocialSecurity #data View Original Article
Alberta wants to use critical infrastructure defence law to block emissions data from Ottawa | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-critical-infrastructure-defence-danielle-smith-1.7488173 #alberta #DanielleSmith #emissions #data #conservatives #climatechange View Original Article
It’s more than likely you’ll live happily with your Google account until such time as Jeeves comes back from the dead to reassert dominance in the search market (forever, in other words). However, I’ve encountered a few weird instances lately of Google deleting users’ accounts without rhyme or reason, leaving them unable to access what they’d …
If you’re worried about your Google data history coming back to haunt you, you’ll be glad to hear that there’s now an easy way to keep that history brief. Source: Google will soon let you auto-delete activity and location data
FamilyTreeDNA Gives FBI Access to Its DNA Database This was posted on Google+
Here’s How to Save Your Google+ Data Before It Shuts down on April 1st Pour one out for Google+, the latest Google social property to be axed. There aren’t many who care to keep their Google+ history saved—that’s part of why it’s dying!—but if you want yours, here’s how to download it. This was posted …
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How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Stolen by Cambridge Analytica Roughly 87 million people had their Facebook data stolen by the political research firm Cambridge Analytica. And starting today, Facebook will finally notify the people who had their information scooped up. About 70 million are in the US, while the rest are …
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Back up your stuff! How to make sure you never lose your important data again When your phone is your life, the potential of losing essential photos, documents, music and other important things can be devastating. This was posted on Google+
How to View (and Edit) Photo EXIF Data on Android Photo EXIF data is useful for seeing pertinent information about a picture: shutter speed, aperture, exposure time, time taken, geolocation—the list goes on and on. Checking this sort of info directly from your phone is simple—so is editing (or removing) it. This was posted on …
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How to Automatically Clear Private Data When You Close Your Browser Web browsers normally save your private data—history, cookies, searches, downloads, and more—and only delete it when you ask. If you are constantly clearing it, you can have any browser automatically clear private data when you close it. This was posted on Google+
What Data Does Android Back Up Automatically? Much of the data on your Android phone or tablet is backed up by Google (or the individual apps you use) automatically, but what is being saved for you, and what do you need to save for yourself? This was posted on Google+
The single reason I trust Google with my data I’m a trusting person. Maybe it’s my age — having grown up as part of a generation that was still allowed to play outside unsupervised. Or maybe it’s a Southern thing. But Google? Google probably knows more about me than anyone. This was posted on Google+
Dr.Fone Recovers Deleted Photos, Messages, And Contacts Along With Even More Android Data Recovery Features [Sponsored Post] There are a lot of great things about Android, but one drawback is that deleted data is very difficult to get back. Thanks to the openness of the OS and th… by A Word From Our Sponsor in …
Not much of a surprise but it's good to see some data behind this. Android owners now more loyal to their OS than iPhone users The loyalty of Android users to their mobile OS has increased slightly in comparison to the steadfastness of iOS devotees, according to a new piece of research. This was posted …
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NSA claims that technology firms are aware of its data collection If you ask technology leaders like Apple or Google, the NSA has been snooping on their customers without permission. However, the NSA has a very This was posted on Google+