big data

The biggest key is to ask questions. It's only through asking questions that we can begin to uncover the secrets our data hides.

China is aggressively trying to expand its power by dominating Big Data. How President Biden responds will have broad implications for the economy and privacy.

How big data has given the world its new king.

The lawsuit argues Meta should pay its 44 million British users compensation for taking all their personal and private data between 2015 and 2019.

Prince Harry said "policymakers" should act on his Aspen Institute report which also called for Congress to fund an independent body to counter misinformation.

Data collected by a Norwegian student shows Bluetooth devices could be used to track their wearer's location and even build a picture of their habits.

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The urgency of tracking coronavirus carriers calls for relaxing rules on data privacy. But unless these changes are ringfenced for this emergency, every aspect of our physical lives could soon be traded by Big Tech.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal shows Facebook users need to know which apps have their data.

Former White House adviser says America needs to catch up with Europe in protecting its citizens' data.

Hawking wants to create an "ultimate theory to predict everything in the universe."

A Wall Street lawyer believes that a legal case involving the purchase of data for trading purposes is only a matter of time.

For finance analysts, data has always held intrinsic value. But there's never been so much of it.

Might market analysts succeed in putting Twitter to a more lucrative use than its owners?

Finance is a latecomer to the crowdsourcing game, but the benefits it brings are already on show.

Numerai has established the highest paid data science competition in the world.

Political operatives used fake news, Big Data and Facebook to suppress the vote and rile up racists in 2016. It's going to be even uglier next time around.

Apps aren't required to declare who they share data with—and when they do, it's often buried in long legal documents that a typical customer won't read, much less understand.

Data, as pundits like to say, is the new oil. And Apple is falling behind its competitors, just as it moves into a gleaming $5 billion headquarters.

Cambridge Analytica has bragged about the role it played in helping Trump win the election.

Humans are generating more information than ever before and the music industry is paying close attention: They know what you're listening to and where, how and for how long.

UCL's Professor Philip Treleaven will be presenting his work at Newsweek's forthcoming Regtech and Identity event in London.

The CEO of Estimize says you need to understand every part of your audience when discussing big data to avoid causing offense.

Tammer Kamel, founder and CEO of Quandl, explains the difference between good and bad data.

Dr. David Hand was the keynote speaker at Newsweek's AI and Data Science in Capital Markets conference.

People can use the urban data they help to create to better understand their city and inform their actions.

The data scientist highlights the benefits of a hybrid environment in improving the speed of analysis.

"The value of data is in the eyes of the beholder," says ClearMacro CEO Mike Simcock.

Big data just got bigger.

Big data verdicts are often as unjust as human judgments. But, worse than this, they are less accountable.