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The Atlanta City Council passed legislation to ban data centers along the Atlanta Beltline to prioritize space for residential use. Atlanta Beltline/Facebook

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Atlanta City Council bans data centers along BeltLine

The Atlanta City Council voted Tuesday, Sept. 3, to ban data centers along and near the Atlanta BeltLine and within a half-mile of MARTA stations.

September 04, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Savannah College of Art and Design

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  • Economy

SCAD generated $1.3 billion in economic impact for Georgia in 2023

The Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) economic impact on Georgia has reached an all-time high, according to a study conducted by Tripp Umbach, a national consulting firm for not-for-profit, arts, and tourism sectors.

March 18, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. Britain's privacy watchdog has hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty for a slew of data protection breaches including misusing children's data. The Information Commissioner's Office said Tuesday, April 4, 2023, that it issued a $15.9 million fine to the the short-video sharing app, which is wildly popular with young people.

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A U.K. agency has fined TikTok nearly $16 million for handling of children's data

The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said there were up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 on the app in 2020, despite TikTok's terms of service saying users must be 13 to sign up.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. TikTok on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, rolled out updated rules and standards for content and users as it faces increasing pressure from Western authorities over concerns that material on the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be used to push false information.

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  • Technology

TikTok CEO says company is 'not an agent of China or any other country'

The boss of the hit video-sharing app will testify on Capitol Hill on Thursday in an attempt to assuage growing fears about the app's connections to China.

March 23, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Workers at Google's parent company Alphabet want to better protect people's abortion-related location data and search history.

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  • Business

Google workers sign petition asking company to protect people's abortion search data

Workers are asking Google to protect user location data and search history from law enforcement agencies that might attempt to prosecute abortion seekers.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell maintains the central bank has the tools it needs to bring high inflation under control.

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  • Economy

As Fed battles inflation demon with aggressive rate hikes, economy hangs in balance

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by another three-quarters of a percentage point amid fears of a looming recession.

July 27, 2022
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  • David Gura

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  • Technology

Period tracker app Flo developing 'anonymous mode' to quell post-Roe privacy concerns

The period tracker app Flo is developing an "anonymous mode" in the wake of privacy concerns after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade.

June 30, 2022
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  • Amina Kilpatrick
Whitney Turner, an employee of the U.S. Census Bureau, holds an "I count" sign at a 2020 census advertising campaign event in Washington, D.C., in January 2020.

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What The New Census Data Can — And Can't — Tell Us About People Living In The U.S.

No census has been perfect. COVID-19, Trump officials' interference and the Census Bureau's new privacy protections have raised concerns about the reliability of demographic data from the 2020 count.

August 12, 2021
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
People holding umbrellas walk through New York City's Times Square in 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to change how it protects the confidentiality of people's information in the detailed demographic data it produces through the 2020 count.

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  • National

For The U.S. Census, Keeping Your Data Anonymous And Useful Is A Tricky Balance

The Census Bureau must protect people's privacy when it releases demographic data from the 2020 count. Plans to change how it does that have sparked controversy over how it may affect redistricting.

May 19, 2021
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
U.S. Census Bureau worker Marisela Gonzales adjusts a sign at a walk-up counting site for the 2020 census in Greenville, Texas, in July.

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  • National

Running Out Of Time, Census Scales Back A Critical Step: Checking Its Own Work

With just three months to review the 2020 census results because of a last-minute change by the Trump administration, Census Bureau officials are scrambling to decide what quality checks to toss out.

August 30, 2020
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Diners place a takeout order inside a Macon Waffle Hosue on the first day restaurants were open to dine-in customers again during the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 Data From Georgia’s Health Department Could Be ‘Misleading,’ Experts Say

Public health and data experts have raised concerns about the clarity of some COVID-19 data published by the Georgia Department of Public Health less...

May 05, 2020
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  • Nick Wooten/The Macon Telegraph
A woman uses her phone while wearing a face mask in New York City. With so many people searching for information on coronavirus, cybersecurity experts warn that it has provided new channels for phishing and malware attacks.

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  • News

How The Coronavirus Pandemic Invites Digital Dangers — From New Hacks To Privacy Concerns

While online scams are always a danger, malware and phishing attacks have skyrocketed in the past two weeks. Many of these schemes have found new...

March 27, 2020
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  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
"The fact is, these algorithms are learning from us, and we're not perfect," says Dr. Ayanna Howard, chair of the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech.

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  • Technology

How Artificial Intelligence Reflects Human Biases - And How It Can Improve

Whether you're searching something on Google, assessing a mortgage rate, or applying for a job, much of our lives today is informed by artificial...

January 14, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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  • Mental Health

Georgia Suicides Up, Facebook Aims To Help With Mental Health

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15 to 29-year-olds in the United States. A 2018 study from the Centers For Disease Control and...

January 08, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

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