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A third of new webpages written with AI

It is trivial to generate bodies of text on infinite topics, so of Tags: Internet , Pew Research , writing

28 Aug 2026 3:21 pm
Visualization tools, datasets, and resources August 2026 roundup

Here is what happened in August. Tags: roundup

27 Aug 2026 6:36 pm
When politicians turned against data centers

For the Washington Post, Jeremy B. Merrill analyzed newsletters and social media posts Tags: data center , politics , Washington Post

27 Aug 2026 1:18 pm
Mathematical rivers

There is a simple law from John Hack that says the length of Tags: drainage , Quanta , rivers

26 Aug 2026 4:11 pm
Who is not working and why

Older people are working later in life and younger people are not entering the labor force as early. Tags: labor force , work

25 Aug 2026 4:35 pm
Trustworthy data visualization

Kieran Healy, a professor of sociology at Duke University, gives an enjoyable lecture Tags: Kieran Healy , trust

24 Aug 2026 4:39 pm
Steep rise in electric vehicle sales

For the New York Times, Mira Rojanasakul and Brad Plumer report on the Tags: electric vehicle , New York Times

21 Aug 2026 9:23 pm
How the U.S. national debt got to $40 trillion

When you spend more than you make, you get debt. For the Washington Tags: debt , government , revenue , spending , Washington Post

20 Aug 2026 6:46 pm
Seeing data from different perspectives

This week is about changing perspectives so we can find and visualize new insights. Tags: perspective

20 Aug 2026 6:36 pm
Google buys Spirit Airlines data in bankruptcy sale

Spirit Airlines went bankrupt for real this time, and Google bought the data. Tags: Gizmodo , Google , Spirit Airlines , training

19 Aug 2026 9:51 pm
Trillions of dollars in AI spending not in the balance sheet yet

For the Wall Street Journal, Peter Rudegeair and Peter Santilli report on the Tags: spending , technology , Wall Street Journal

19 Aug 2026 3:28 pm
Amazon buying rare books in bulk for training

Suspecting that an anonymous order of 1,000 books was headed to an AI Tags: 404 Media , Amazon , tracking , training

18 Aug 2026 1:21 pm
Tariff avoidance in solar manufacturing from China

To avoid heavy solar tariffs, China allegedly moved manufacturing to other countries. When Tags: Bloomberg , China , solar , tariff

17 Aug 2026 3:34 pm
Emoji usage and age generations

For NYTs the Upshot, Eve Washington, Larry Buchanan, and Claire Cain Miller examined Tags: emoji , New York Times

14 Aug 2026 2:34 pm
OpenAI accidentally makes attack bots

Multiple bots exploited a vulnerability in OpenAIs security system to gain internet access. Tags: attack , bot , OpenAI

13 Aug 2026 11:11 pm
Set expectations and verify

This week, we talk flimsy results and how to work on things that build trust over content. Tags: Large Language Model , mistakes , trust

13 Aug 2026 6:36 pm
Origins of American city names

In the early 1900s, Henry Gannett cataloged the origins of city names in Tags: cities , Henry Gannett , history , names , Wall Street Journal

13 Aug 2026 2:39 pm
Where to see the total solar eclipse in Europe

The last total solar eclipse over Europe was in 1999. One will be Tags: eclipse , Europe , Reuters

12 Aug 2026 5:32 am
Eclipse path in Europe

A total eclipse path is passing through Europe this week. The New York Tags: eclipse , Europe , New York Times

11 Aug 2026 12:47 pm
Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data

To augment its network of license plate readers, surveillance company Flock drew up Tags: 404 Media , Flock , privacy , rideshare

10 Aug 2026 2:47 pm
Mapping rooftops after an earthquake

For sheets.works, Akash Wadhwani visualized the mapping efforts of volunteers after an earthquake Tags: Akash Wadhwani , buildings , earthquake , OpenStreetMap

7 Aug 2026 12:44 pm
Flowing into the future

This is issue No. 400 of the Process. Four hundred. It only took me eight years. Tags: future , past , present

7 Aug 2026 1:50 am