California residents can use new tool to demand brokers delete their personal data

A new tool should make it easier for California residents to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal ...

California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint

Californians now have access to a free online tool that deletes all of their personal data stored by data brokers.

Delete Act: How you can request your personal information be purged by data brokers in the New Year

California legislative analysts concluded that data brokers offer valuable services, but also threaten people’s rights and ...
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How California's Delete Act will protect personal information from data brokers in the New Year

Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and ...

California just made it much easier to delete your data across 500 brokers

Starting January 1, 2026, Californians can submit requests for data brokers to erase their sensitive information through the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP). The new ...
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How To Use Factory Resources In Civ 7

Once you reach the Modern Age in Sid Meier's Civilization 7,you'll notice that the Economic Legacy Path requires 500 Railroad Tycoon points acquired from "manufacturing goods in your factories." This ...
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Virginians won’t be able to use SNAP benefits to buy junk food

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: December 11, 2025 | Last updated: December 11, 2025 This ban is part of the federal government’s initiative to “Make America Healthy Again.” Why Republicans in ...
Washington Examiner

Six more states sign pledge to ban use of SNAP payments on junk food

Six more states signed a pledge to ban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments from being used on sugary foods or drinks. Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and ...
The Washington Post

Supersized data centers are coming. See how they will transform America.

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...
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You have days left to claim your AT&T data breach settlement of up to $7,500 - here's how

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File your claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail ...
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Leonardo DiCaprio says even ‘brilliant’ AI music ‘dissipates into the ether of other internet junk’

Leonardo DiCaprio. CREDIT: Antony Jones/Getty Images for Warner bros. Leonardo DiCaprio has spoken out about the use of AI in entertainment, believing it can only be of use if humanity is driving it. ...
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Can We Agree Kids Don’t Need Doritos at School?

Dr. Smith Taillie is a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a director of the U.N.C. global food research program. When my daughter started kindergarten, I was ...