Google to disable Customer Match uploads in Ads API

From April 1, 2026, Google will block inactive developer tokens from uploading Customer Match data via the Google Ads API.
InfoQ

Hybrid Cloud Data at Uber: How Engineers Solved Extreme-Scale Replication Challenges

Uber’s HiveSync team optimized Hadoop Distcp to handle multi-petabyte replication across hybrid cloud and on-premise data ...
CNET

Starlink Is Using Your Personal Data to Train AI. Here’s How to Opt Out

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...
FedScoop

Federal judge blocks ICE from using IRS taxpayer data in enforcement

Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Vibe-Coded Moltbook Exposes User Data, API Keys and More

A self-styled social networking platform built for AI agents contained a misconfigured database which allowed full read and write access to all data, security researchers have revealed. Moltbook was ...
Wired

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...
Benzinga.com

From Integration To Orchestration: Architecting The Partner Ecosystem For The Agentic AI Era

The architecture diagram on the whiteboard in Boston looked less like a workflow and more like a crime scene. It was a brisk morning in late 2024, and Vara Imandi stood before a partner's leadership ...
VentureBeat

Why MongoDB thinks better retrieval — not bigger models — is the key to trustworthy enterprise AI

Agentic systems and enterprise search depend on strong data retrieval that works efficiently and accurately. Database provider MongoDB thinks its newest embeddings models help solve falling retrieval ...
The Verge

Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube

With Personal Intelligence, Gemini can give you more personalized answers to your questions, though it requires you to opt in. With Personal Intelligence, Gemini can give you more personalized ...
InfoQ

Vercel Open-Sources Bash Tool for Context Retrieval Using Local Filesystems

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...
MPR News

How ICE uses phone and internet data to identify and track people

People listen to clergy and faith leaders call for accountability at the site where Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 8. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our ...