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Farming and environmental groups are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for removing…

Generative AI is readily accessible these days, which has led to an influx…

Welch Labs explains how the perceptron, an algorithm developed by Frank Rosenblatt in…

The DOGE site has a “wall of receipts” that claims $55 billion in…

The Department of Government Efficiency claims data in the Social Security Administration database…

Robert Santos, who resigned last month, wrote a heartfelt open letter to Census…

For the Washington Post, Jacob Bogage and Jeff Stein report:
Under pressure from…

While government data remains in limbo, for Slate, Lizzie O’Leary highlights the sectors…

Hank Azaria, who does the voices for many characters on The Simpsons, wrote…

The Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab is archiving Data.gov and making the…

The data portal for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was…

As of this evening on February 4, 2025, the TIGER/Line shapefiles, which provide…

For The Verge, Justine Calma reports on the recent takedowns. Some groups have…

The New York Times used a programmatic approach to estimate the number of…

In preparation for days like this, MIT Libraries has a guide for making…

Groups at universities and research labs are forming to preserve data. Naseem Miller…

As of this evening on January 31, 2025, the data portal for the…

The Census Bureau director Robert Santos announced his resignation on Thursday:
Santos —…

GeoSpy is an AI tool that geolocates outdoor photos. It’s currently pitched as…

Possibly related, Kashmir Hill for The New York Times tells the story of…