Mining the deep ocean

Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?

Company admits it diverted private patient records to law firms

The nation’s largest health records company, Epic Systems, sued firms including GuardDog Telehealth, alleging they improperly ...
The Lancet

An uncommon cause of recurrent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in a young athlete: an osteochondroma compressing the popliteal vein

Venous thromboembolism includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, which have incidence rates of between 1 and 2 cases per 1000 people for the first episode.1,2 Strong, provoking risk ...
Grist

Mining rush for critical minerals threatens Amazon land reform settlements

A survey of mining records found dozens of requests for copper, manganese, and nickel targeting land reform settlements in ...
Devdiscourse

AI in audit workflow brings big gains and big challenges

Opportunities, Architecture, and Challenges: A Systematic Review,” published in Account Audit, the authors argue that AI is expanding audit coverage and improving anomaly detection, while also ...
Business Journal Daily

The Dilemma Over AI Data Centers

Local communities are navigating rapid AI data center growth amid rising utility concerns and local opposition.
9NEWS

FBI recovery of 'residual data' in Guthrie case raises privacy concerns on doorbell cameras

DENVER — The FBI's recovery of surveillance footage from Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera has sparked concerns among technology experts who question whether companies like Google/Nest and Amazon/Ring ...
Houston Public Media

Public Utility Commission of Texas to study water usage at data centers as they expand across state

Aerial view of Cheryl Shadden's home with the Marathon Digital bitcoin mine in the background in Hood County. The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) plans to conduct a survey to study the water ...
C&EN

Lithium mining study is retracted despite authors’ protests

The authors of a study about the environmental effects of exploratory drilling for a proposed lithium mine in Serbia say their analysis was retracted at the behest of employees working for the mining ...
The New York Times

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Warrants for Phone Location Data

The case involves a challenge to so-called geofence warrants, which permit law enforcement officials to sweep up location data of people near crime scenes. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington ...
Benzinga.com

Mining Deals Surge, But Majority Goes To Latin America, Study

Global mining mergers and acquisitions are accelerating, and the trend has overwhelmingly targeted Latin America, according to McKinsey’s latest research. Of the roughly $30 billion in global mining M ...
Reuters

Health Rounds: AI uses sleep study data to accurately predict dozens of health issues

Jan 7 (Reuters) - (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up ...