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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…
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Apple and Facebook CEOs square off over “weaponized” data
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday said customer data was being “weaponized with military efficiency” by companies to increase profit and called for a federal privacy law in the United States. Read more…
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Microsoft buys into the Grab gravy train
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Microsoft is investing in Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab as part of a partnership that the two companies said will allow them to collaborate on technology projects, including big data and artificial Read more…
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Friday Futures: future history, moon bases and DNA playlists
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: a history of the future; Moonbase 2040; quantum computers in five years; social credit scoring may Read more…
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Personal data should be protected as aggressively as copyright
Record labels and movie production companies work hard to protect their copyrights, especially when it comes to digital distribution solutions, which has resulted in all kinds of restrictions in how content can be copied, distributed Read more…
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GSMA calls for free-flowing data across APAC borders
The GSMA has put its weight behind the concept of letting data flow freely across borders with a new research report that claims governments in Asia-Pacific can expand the region’s digital economy and unlock further Read more…
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Amazon wants to harvest big data from outer space
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Amazon is in talks with Chile to house and mine massive amounts of data generated by the country’s giant telescopes, which could prove fertile ground for the company to develop new artificial Read more…
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Can big data replace free speech? China is keen to try
From time to time Disruptive.Asia posts stories about China’s increasing use of digital technologies like big data, AI and facial recognition to create a digital panopticon state of sorts. But it’s not just about spying Read more…
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Google faces class-action lawsuit over mobile tracking
(Reuters) – Google has been accused in a lawsuit of illegally tracking the movements of millions of iPhone and Android phone users even when they use a privacy setting to prevent it. According to a Read more…