Seattle votes to ban grocery 'surveillance pricing'. Your data shouldn't set your food bill.Seattle's City Council voted 7-2 on September 22 to prohibit certain grocery pricing practices that use personal information to decide what customers pay. Consumer Reports supported the measure and helped the mayor's office develop it. The concept of "surveillance pricing" is straightforward. A company finds out about you, uses that information in a…The Blaze1d agoWhole story →CommerceTechnologyseattle surveillance pricing ban
Dems Blocking Data Center Electricity Bill for 'Politics'On Wednesday's broadcast of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power," Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) said that Senate Democrats are blocking the Ratepayer Protection Act, | ClipsBreitbart News Network5d agoWhole story →EconomyPlanetAmi BeraHR 9340ratepayer protection act vote
Senate adjourns until after the 2026 midterm electionsThe chamber's last day in session was filled with quibbling over data centers and election reform — issues primed to shape the campaign trail.USA TODAY6d agoWhole story →GovernmentCulturesenate pre election recess
Warren Pushes Data Center Moratorium, Says Senate Dems Are 'All Pretty Much There, That We Want to See Regulations'On Tuesday's broadcast of CNBC's "Squawk Box," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) argued for a national data center moratorium until certain conditions are met | ClipsBreitbart News Network7d agoWhole story →EconomyCultureElizabeth Warrendata center regulation debate
It's Not a Bug, It's the DefaultThe Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that companies routinely use personal data to set individualized prices for online consumers, with pricing signals drawn from location, browsing history, device information, and credit background.Gizmodo14d agoWhole story →EconomyCommerceftc personalized pricing study
Lawmakers discuss the data center industry in ArkansasGoogle Inc., the technology giant building a huge data center campus at West Memphis, is taking time to visit with residents who will be neighbors of the billion dollar project, Rachel Wilson, a Google energy market development employee, told the Legislature's Joint Energy Committee on Tuesday.Arkansas Online21d agoWhole story →PlanetEducationarkansas data center development
NY data center bill should be amended to protect researchNewYorkBIO respectfully urges Governor Hochul to veto data center legislation and work with stakeholders to develop a more targeted approach that does not inadvertently impact biomedical research.Buffalo Buffalo News29d agoWhole story →EducationTechnologynew york data center bill veto consideration
