Report takes issue with error-prone Chicago gang database
CHICAGO — A poorly managed police database of 130,000 purported street-gang members in Chicago is rife with errors and offers no practical way for those wrongly entered into it to purge their names,...
View ArticleGerman students have algorithm for Game of Thrones deaths
BERLIN — Spoiler alert: Computer science students at the Technical University of Munich have developed an application that scours the internet for data on the popular Game of Thrones series, and uses...
View ArticleAsian stocks rise as Chinese trade data beats expectations
SINGAPORE — Asian financial markets advanced Monday after China released better-than-expected trade data for May, though worries remain over trade negotiations between the Washington and Beijing....
View ArticleInsider Q&A: Data management CEO mulls state of data laws
SAN FRANCISCO — So many people routinely give away sensitive information about themselves to use free digital services on their phones and computers that it even worries the leader of a major...
View ArticleSecret’s out on hard-hitting Air Force linebacker
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Air Force senior linebacker Kyle Johnson did some mapping and data collecting during his confidential summer internship at a think tank in the nation’s capital. Sorry, that’s...
View ArticleHow major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
Technology companies helped pull stocks broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday as disappointing economic data and the latest escalation in the U.S.-China trade war put investors in a selling mood. The...
View ArticleOnce ridiculed, index funds now hold the reins in US stocks
NEW YORK — They’re simple, cheap and now the most popular way for many people to invest in the U.S. stock market: index funds. Last month, for the first time, the number of dollars invested in funds...
View Article‘OK’ hand gesture, ‘Bowlcut’ added to hate symbols database
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The “OK” hand gesture, a mass killer’s bowl-style haircut and an anthropomorphic moon wearing sunglasses are among 36 new entries in a Jewish civil rights group’s online database of...
View ArticleBusiness events scheduled for the coming month
Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming month: All times are Eastern. TUESDAY, Oct. 1 WASHINGTON — Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for September,...
View ArticleBusiness events scheduled for the coming month
Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming month: MONDAY, Dec. 2 WASHINGTON — Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for November, 10 a.m.; Commerce...
View ArticlePrivacy firm finds unsecured cannabis patient information
SEATTLE — An internet privacy firm says it was able to access private personal information of more than 30,000 medical marijuana patients, recreational pot customers or dispensary employees in several...
View ArticleTwitter, Facebook fined for not moving user data to Russia
MOSCOW — A court in Moscow fined Twitter and Facebook 4 million rubles each Thursday for refusing to store the personal data of Russian citizens on servers in Russia, the largest penalties imposed on...
View ArticleCosta Rica presidency rocked by data collection scandal
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica’s presidency has been rocked by federal investigators’ search of presidential offices and four high-level resignations, including President Carlos Alvarado’s mentor...
View ArticleNursing homes represent more than 1 in 4 COVID-19 deaths
WASHINGTON — Nursing home residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths, according to an Associated Press analysis of...
View ArticleUS police registry would fail without changes in states
HOUSTON — Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyd’s death would fail to account for...
View ArticleAnalysis: Racial inequity in who takes career, tech courses
Alphina Kamara wonders what might have happened if she’d been introduced to science and engineering careers at her high school in Wilmington, Delaware. Kamara, who is Black, was enrolled in an “audio...
View ArticleIowa’s use of pandemic aid for 2nd IT project draws scrutiny
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa is planning to use millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funds on a long-term plan to improve data management across state agencies, a second information technology...
View ArticleEXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden
WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. Read full story at TheRepublic.com
View ArticleHow major US stock indexes fared Monday
Brimming hopes that people will again return to office buildings, shopping centers and normal life sent markets rallying worldwide on Monday, following encouraging data about a potential coronavirus...
View ArticleMinority-owned companies waited months for loans, data shows
NEW YORK — Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as many struggled to find banks that would accept their applications...
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