For the Census Bureau, the timing of national shutdowns due to the pandemic could not…
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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…
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…
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,…
UH Law Center Professors Urge Tighter Controls on Data Held by Health Tech Companies
In an article published in Science magazine, University of Houston Law Center Professors Jim Hawkins and…
How Cities Can Leverage Citizen Data While Protecting Privacy
India is on a path with dual — and potentially conflicting — goals related to…
Chasing Storm Data: Machine Learning Looks for Useful Data in U.s. Thunderstorm Reports
Bill Gallus has been known to chase a summer storm or two. But he didn’t…
How Much Is Your Data Worth to Tech Companies? Lawmakers Want to Tell You, but It’s Not That Easy to Calculate
New proposed legislation by U.S. senators Mark R. Warner and Josh Hawley seeks to protect…
Data Privacy Isn’t Just About Keeping Your Personal Details Safe – It’s Also About Economic Justice
Congress may finally be on the verge of passing a comprehensive federal privacy law after…
Filling in the Gaps of Connected Car Data Helps Transportation Planners
If you have a new or late model car, most likely it’s connected: GPS navigation,…
