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EU accused of hiding environmental impact of data centers
A formal complaint says the European Commission is keeping data center energy and water use under wraps, breaching the public's right to know.
Podcast | The fight over Europe’s promise to save forests
A landmark EU law was meant to ensure that products such as coffee, soy, and timber do not fuel deforestation globally. However, the legislation has been watered down and delayed twice – with Brussels blaming IT issues. Journalist Hans Wetzels found that the story went far beyond technical failures.
The bloody birth of the bond market
The US Treasury market - the world's largest government bond market - is worth about $32tn today, making it the largest pile of debt accumulated in history. But its roots lie in medieval Venice, a bloody military disaster and a leader who was forced to raise a loan to fund a war against the Byzantine Empire.
NNSA, counter-drone task force create framework for data sharing
The National Nuclear Security Administration is expanding its partnership with the Department of Defense-led Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the agency said Tuesday.
Agencies largely stonewall GAO on audit of DOGE’s data practices
The watchdog isn’t sure if the public’s data was protected after the CFPB, SEC, NOAA and Education provided incomplete information and the SBA and VA didn’t engage with it.
Trump launches AI-fueled America.gov in bid to tie government services together
The new AI-chatbot is intended to provide Americans with one place for all of their needs from the government. The platform reportedly leverages Gemini and Grok.
Andy Burnham keeps his options open on Brexit
The U.K. prime minister said he would lay out different paths for the future EU relationship at a summit later this year.
How to break down barriers and not accept limits
What can't Candace Parker do? A two-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion, Parker knows what it takes to fight for your dreams. In this inspiring talk, she shares what she's learned during a career spent not accepting limits -- and how her daughter taught her the best lesson of all. "Barrier breaking is about not staying in your lane and not being something that the world expects you to be," she says. "It's about not accepting limitations."
Websites ‘in jeopardy’ amid U.S. Web Design System takeover, coalition tells GSA
A coalition of dozens of software developers and former government employees is calling on the General Services Administration to reverse recent actions related to the U.S. Web Design System, warning that its current direction could have widespread impact on website accessibility.
Periodic Labs: A chatbot walks into a laboratory
Listen now (60 mins) | With Liam Fedus and Dogus Cubuk
FAA asks Congress for $30B to finish air traffic control modernization
The Federal Aviation Administration is asking Congress for an additional $30 billion to reach its modernization goals tied to the overhaul of air traffic control systems and aviation infrastructure.
Data documentation for IRS’s AI use cases is lacking, watchdog finds
The IRS needs better and more consistent data documentation for entries in its AI use case inventory, according to a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report published Monday.
IRS launches new mobile app for individual tax services
Users can check refund statuses, balance statements and more in the app that replaces IRS2Go and that the agency’s CEO says advances the IRS’s “digital-first agenda.”
Why I’m building libraries inside prisons
At age 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts was sentenced to nine years in prison. He turned to books to help hold onto his sanity — and developed a belief that we find what we look for, even in the toughest places. Now a lawyer and poet, he’s opened hundreds of Freedom Libraries inside prisons across the US, putting books he once dreamed of reading into the hands of incarcerated people. In this profound talk, he makes the case that hope is something people pass on to one another. “We put millions of people in prison. I would put millions of books inside,
Andy Burnham to go ‘further and faster’ than Keir Starmer on Brexit reset
LIVERPOOL, England — Andy Burnham’s government will go “further and faster” in rebuilding links with the European Union, his EU relations minister has said.
How to break through fear and become a leader
Vigilance. Grit. Resilience. Valerie Montgomery Rice, the president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, shares where she learned these key qualities of successful leadership, offering three lessons for anyone who wants to overcome their fears, stand up for what’s right and build opportunity for all. (This episode originally aired in 2024.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to escape your obsession with productivity
Why are we so obsessed with productivity? Horticulturist Rebecca McMackin (who wants people to let their lawns grow wild) and author Catherine Price (who wrote a book about the power of fun) come together to discuss the relief of giving up control. From growing milkweed to taking up unproductive hobbies, they dig into the benefits of rest — and why doing something for its own sake shouldn’t need defending.
A Trump team wants to automate U.S. Web Design System accessibility testing. Experts are worried
GitHub community and accessibility experts are concerned about a reversal of progress amid potential AI reliance and plans to “automate as much accessibility testing as possible.”
What’s really behind AI ‘super intelligence’
This week on the podcast, we pull back the curtain on the AI extinction narrative, and interview the humans working long hours behind the scenes to make this “powerful AI” possible.
I thought I was lazy. Turns out I had a sleep disorder
For more than two decades, sleep health educator Lindsay Scola attributed her never-ending exhaustion to long hours and demanding jobs. When she was diagnosed with narcolepsy, she finally got the wake-up call that transformed her life. In this rousing talk, she discusses the epidemic of undiagnosed sleep disorders and encourages you to ask yourself: Is your tiredness different? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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