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A container of strawberries nearing expiration is discounted, allowing a customer to save money while the store reduces food waste. A supply shock—such as avian flu—drives up egg costs, and retailers adjust prices accordingly. These are routine examples of how prices respond to supply and demand. Yet lawmakers in states such as New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee are consider...

Japan has spent years building a well-earned reputation as one of the world’s most thoughtfully calibrated AI regulatory regimes. Its AI Promotion Act, enacted in 2025, is explicitly pro-innovation, and the

This week’s roundup of data news highlights from April 18, 2026, to April 24, 2026, featuring an AI platform that helps investigators analyze cold cases for overlooked clues and a robotic arm that can compete with professional table tennis players.

1. Solving Cold...

The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Emilia Helin, Product Director of IXI, a Finland-based company developing autofocusing eyeglasses. Helin explained how the glasses respond to eye movements and continuously adjust how the lenses focus in real-time, using built‑in sensors to shif...

NASA has created a new global map of the seafloor using data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, an Earth-observing satellite that uses high-resolution radar to measure changes in sea-surface height. These measurements reveal variations in Earth’s gravity caused by underwater features, allowing scientists to map deep-sea mountains, ridges, and other terrain...