data collection

IBM CEO Latest To Pile Onto Big Tech
IBM CEO Latest To Pile Onto Big Tech
November 27, 2018  |  Facebook

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is the latest tech executive to criticize web platforms, such as Facebook and Google, over their data collection practices. Rometty pointed...

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TRENDING: Tracking Customers Without Giving Them The Creeps
TRENDING: Tracking Customers Without Giving Them The Creeps
October 24, 2018  |  Intelligence of Things

By 2020, 30 billion Intelligence of Things (IoT) devices are expected to be connected worldwide — a figure anticipated to skyrocket to 100 billion by 2025....

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Kirk Bresniker On Why Naivete Is Key To Tapping Into AI’s Potential
Kirk Bresniker On Why Naivete Is Key To Tapping Into AI’s Potential
October 22, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

An increasingly non-controversial point is that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been — and will continue to be — major boons to...

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US Census Approach Brings Commerce Worry And Anticipation
US Census Approach Brings Commerce Worry And Anticipation
October 15, 2018  |  Big Data

It’s (almost) that time again: The next U.S. Census, scheduled for 2020. The decennial data collection effort often sparks some debate about the methods and...

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Google Could Be In Hot Water Again Over Location Tracking
Google Could Be In Hot Water Again Over Location Tracking
August 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Google could be hit with a class-action lawsuit and calls for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate its location tracking initiatives. According to Fortune, the...

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Crowdsourcing Data’s Double Edge
Crowdsourcing Data’s Double Edge
July 13, 2018  |  Matchmakers

Nearly everyone carries a mobile phone, the absence of which can produce a sharp sensation of dread and perhaps even spark panic. A growing number...

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HP Enterprise Chief Architect: Computing’s New Dawn Beyond the Twilight of Moore’s Law
HP Enterprise Chief Architect: Computing’s New Dawn Beyond the Twilight of Moore’s Law
May 04, 2018  |  Big Data

No doubt you’ve heard of Moore’s Law. The premise put forth by Gordon Moore states that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated...

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Facebook Admits Most Of Its 2B Users Had Their Public Profiles Scraped Without Permission
Facebook Admits Most Of Its 2B Users Had Their Public Profiles Scraped Without Permission
April 05, 2018  |  Facebook

Another data issue for Facebook: The company announced that “malicious actors” were able to use search tools to discover the identities and collect information on...

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