Big data
Dubai Wants to Use Data to Become the 'Happiest City on Earth'
Dr. Aisha Butti Bin Bishr, director of Smart Dubai, tells us about the city's efforts to harvest customer data to improve government services. But who defines what happiness is?
Digital Surveillance Is Class Warfare
The poor are victimized by devices and the companies who profit from them.
Google’s Handling of Public Health Data Should Serve as a Cautionary Tale, Report Says
Academic paper assesses DeepMind’s ‘inexcusable’ approach to British patients’ data privacy.
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
How Cambridge Analytica used your Facebook data to help the Donald Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
Researchers Accurately Predicted the Future of a Quantum System
In a big step forward for quantum applications, big data could be used to fix quantum systems before they break.
Big Data's Unexplored Frontier: Recorded Music
The open-source Digital Music Lab aims to fill a hole in the Big Data frontier.
Meet the Farm Hackers Working to Make Growing Food More Efficient
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working out ways to make the farm of the future as efficient as possible.
The Hidden Power of the Privacy Policy, the Text We All Ignore
The recent saga Evernote faced with its privacy policy proves the document’s necessity. But did you know there’s no single federal law mandating its use?
1996 in Music: A Completely Pointless Analysis of Old Polling Data
Looking back at a time when everyone was mad at Courtney Love.
Finally, a Mood Ring for the 21st Century
Thanks to analytics, this mood ring can let you know when your stressed.
Twitch Commenters Talk About Games on Men’s Streams, 'Boobs' on Women’s
A new study quantifies Twitch's sexism problem.