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Decision-makers in APJ ‘get’ data, but where are the skillsets?
Enterprise decision-makers believe their firms have excellent data capabilities – but many of their own employees don’t. Read more…
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Speedcam Anywhere turns cars into speed cameras – it’s very unpopular
An AI-powered app called Speedcam Anywhere crowdsources everyone on the road to identify and report speeders. Even Google and Apple hate it. Read more…
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We know connected vehicles collect data – but who has access to it?
The crown jewel of the connected car era is vehicle data – and everybody from carmakers to insurers and repair shops wants some. Read more…
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Maybe they should call it the Data And AI World Congress now
Phone OEMs are launching their latest smartphones at MWC, but people aren’t talking about them. They’re talking about data and AI. Read more…
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Give people the data they need to shift to sustainable lifestyles
Fighting climate change requires people to adopt sustainable lifestyles – data can show them that their actions are making a difference. Read more…
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China escalates ‘golden share’ strategy to access more company data
The Chinese government has been expanding its practice of taking a ‘golden share’ in private companies possessing large amounts of key data. Read more…
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Apple’s user privacy policy is better for its ad business than for its users
Is Apple really interested in user privacy, or is this really just a way to tighten control of user data to strengthen its ecosystem? Read more…
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Here’s an idea of how much data Amazon collects on its customers
Spoiler: it’s a lot. Amazon customer files reveal the company’s ability to amass strikingly intimate portraits of individual consumers. Read more…
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AI was going to save us from the pandemic but it failed for a simple reason
It turns out that AI is not great at everything – yet. We all thought that, somehow, AI would save the world from the pandemic. It didn’t. Read more…
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Big data is now so big and so fast, we need a new term to describe it
Big data used to be, with hindsight, pedestrian. Conferences on data (in those days data warehousing) used to be about companies showing off. Read more…
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Big data becomes explosive – will 5G networks be shell-shocked?
Big data is becoming explosive data. Data volumes are growing continually and in danger of overwhelming systems, processes and organisations. Read more…
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UN decries use of ‘big data’ collected via AI to reinforce racial bias
Police, border guards must combat racial profiling and ensure that ‘big data’ collected via artificial intelligence does not reinforce biases Read more…
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The COVID-19 data surge isn’t a temporary blip – it’s probably permanent
Thanks to COVID-19, data traffic is spiking as more people work from home and stay indoors. But telcos shouldn’t count on volumes returning to normal. Read more…
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Why US cellcos don’t want FCC’s broadband map to include 5G
US mobile operators like FCC’s idea to create a crowdsourced geospatial map for mobile broadband – as long it doesn’t include 5G. Here’s why. Read more…
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In HK, Octopus tracking is the least of our worries
Can the Hong Kong police track you with your Octopus card? Not accurately, but thanks to the likes of Google and Facebook, they probably don’t have to. Read more…
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There must be 50 ways to break up Big Tech
If we’re going to break up Big Tech, what’s the most effective remedy? There are lots of ideas, but we’ll probably need a combination of them. Read more…
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First there was big data, now there is space data
New developments in the space industry and advances in cloud computing are presenting opportunities to improve people’s lives at a scale not seen before. Read more…
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Satellites and AI could track carbon emissions in real time
ITEM: A non-profit AI firm has revealed plans to combine AI with satellite imagery to track carbon emissions from every power plant on Earth in real time – and it could be a game changer Read more…
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Ethics and AI driven buzzwords. Try common sense
Ethics seems to be the new fashionable thing. There is ethics in AI, which we believe is a lost cause. If bad people want to use it, they will. Read more…
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Big data is becoming heavy data – and that’s a problem
Data mass is beginning to exhibit gravitational properties – it’s getting heavy – and eventually it will be too big to move. How will networks handle this? And what does it mean for digital identity, Read more…