Under public health emergencies, and particularly the COVID19 pandemic, it is fundamental that data is…
Pandemic, Privacy Rules Add to Worries Over 2020 Census Accuracy
For the Census Bureau, the timing of national shutdowns due to the pandemic could not have been much worse. Stay-at-home orders in March coincided with the period when millions of Americans received…
IBM Gets Out of Facial Recognition Business, Calls on Congress to Advance Policies Tackling Racial Injustice
Lauren Hirsch, CNBC IBM CEO Arvind Krishna called on Congress Monday to enact reforms to advance racial justice and combat systemic racism, while announcing the company was getting out of the facial recognition business.…
Britain Gave Palantir Access to Sensitive Medical Records of Covid-19 Patients in £1 Deal
Sam Shead, CNBC The U.K. Government gave Peter Thiel’s Palantir access to sensitive NHS patient data. A contract published online on Friday shows that Palantir is charging the NHS just £1 for…
COVID-19 Highlights South Africa’s Need for Local Level Social Data
The COVID-19 pandemic is a fundamentally social and societal event. The virus spreads between people, and impacts individuals, households and communities. Any country’s response to the pandemic must be guided by social…
European Satellite Data Shows Extreme Methane Emissions from Permian Oil & Gas Operations
Findings published today in the journal Science Advances show that oil and gas operations in America’s sprawling Permian Basin are releasing methane at twice the average rate found in previous studies of 11 other major…
