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HW6: Build a Database App

Goal: Build a small app that uses a SQLite database to store, retrieve, update, and delete data. You'll choose something personally interesting to track and build a working app around it using Python ...
Geeky Gadgets

Create Dynamic Excel Data Validation Lists Using Table Spill Ranges

Traditional methods for creating dynamic drop-down lists in Excel, such as using INDIRECT or named ranges, often come with significant limitations. These approaches can break when tables are renamed, ...
CNET

AI Data Centers: What to Know About Their Water and Energy Use

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...
Dayton Daily News

Data centers get big tax breaks. Do they create jobs?

Bobby Angst, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 648 — which covers Butler County and much of Warren County — said proposed data centers represents hundreds ...
Engadget

Anthropic beefs up Claude's free tier as OpenAI prepares to stuff ads into ChatGPT's

Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize on OpenAI's planned integration of ads into ChatGPT. On Wednesday, Anthropic said free Claude users can now create files, connect to ...
KXAN

Texas regulators will ask data centers to begin reporting their water usage

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Utility regulators in Texas will start asking data centers and crypto-mining operations statewide within a narrow timeframe to share information about how much water they’re using and ...
Action Reporter Media

Meta aims to be 'water positive' with $1B Beaver Dam data center

Meta is building a $1 billion, 700,000-square-foot data center in Beaver Dam, expected to be operational in 2027. The facility will support Meta's apps and will be optimized for artificial ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Activists warn proposed Ellenwood data center could create 'wasteland'

DeKalb commissioners vote Dec. 15 on data center rules amid backlash to a one-million square-foot Ellenwood project. PCC DeKalb seeks a land use permit for a 95 acre data center site near a school and ...
ConsumerAffairs

What is a ‘data center’ and how much electricity does it use?

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...
TweakTown

Notepad now lets you create tables, but is it one feature too many for this simple app?

TL;DR: Microsoft Notepad for Windows 11 now supports table creation with an easy toolbar grid and enhanced AI-powered Write, Rewrite, and Summarize tools for faster text generation. While these ...
ssir.org

The Urgent Need for Data Equity, Justice, and Sovereignty

Imagine trying to navigate an unfamiliar city with a broken compass. The needle appears steady and reliable, instilling confidence in each turn you take. But unbeknownst to you, every step leads you ...