Big data refers to large, diverse sets of information from multiple sources that can provide strategic information for ...

New findings show how the sources of data are concentrating power in the hands of the most powerful tech companies. AI is all about data. Reams and reams of data are needed to train algorithms to do ...

When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in business and society today, what we really mean is machine learning (ML). This refers to applications that use algorithms (a set of instructions) to ...

To serve the public good, data needs to help us see our world more clearly, make better decisions, and respond intelligently to complexity. We live in a galaxy of data. From satellites and ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Kelsey Morgan The biggest ...

(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

The environment for obtaining information and providing statistical data for policy makers and the public has changed significantly in the past decade, raising questions about the fundamental survey ...

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Richard Harris had received funding from various organisations, including ESRC-UKRI, to develop research that uses census data. Every ten years since 1801 – save for a wartime interruption in 1941 – ...

A 30-year veteran in retail technology, Sensormatic Solutions President Tony D’Onofrio is leading the charge to redefine retail. Over the past few years, organized retail crime (ORC) has become retail ...