Attitudes about data entry are complex, despite a recent study suggesting it’s the most despised workplace task.
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Personal data is valued primarily because data can be turned into a private asset. That has significant implications for political and societal choices.
US lawmakers and regulators are beginning to investigate big tech’s growing power, but they need to look beyond size and into their very natures.
The General Data Protection Regulations have been in force since May 2018. Analysis of its four key measures: labels, liability obligation, portability and pseudonymisation.
Experts describe their research into how smartphones collect and share private personal information with tracking companies and advertisers.
Information extracted from copyrighted material should not be seen as an infringement. Such analytical use is good for society.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal wasn’t a data breach – it was a violation of academic ethics. Maybe it’s universities, not social networks, that need to update their privacy settings.
Women are underrepresented in academic science. New research finds the problem is even worse in terms of who authors high-profile journal articles – bad news for women’s career advancement.
What governments and companies think they know about us – whether or not it’s accurate – has real power over our actual lives.
When smartphone apps get permission to access your location or other activity, they often share that data with other companies that can compile digital profiles on users.
To ease the stress of commuting, don’t ditch the bus – just make it smarter.
Embracing more rigorous scientific methods would mean getting science right more often than we currently do. But the way we value and reward scientists makes this a challenge.
Companies are excellent at offering apps and services in exchange for users’ data. This approach can also be a big boost to scholarly research.
Big data is all well and good, but if we want medical breakthroughs, we’ll need big theory too.
New research shows that behaviorally targeted ads can do more than figure out what kind of person you are – they can also shape how you see yourself.
There is a way to ensure online advertising, the free web, and privacy can all coexist together.
An unedifying row over “stolen” data has the Democrats’ political staffers at loggerheads.
Modern biological research relies on big data analytics. Vast reservoirs of memory and powerful computing ability mean machines find patterns and make meta-analyses and even predictions for scientists.
By simulating cities from the “bottom-up”, scientists can help us plan for the future.
David Anderson’s report on surveillance isn’t a charter for online privacy but it could create problems for a government set on capturing all our data.
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