Everything you need to know about the Facebook data leak The news: The personal data of 533 million Facebook users in more than 106 countries was found to be freely available online last…
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Live Updates –Building a better data economy
Building a better data economy It’s “time to wake up and do a better job,” says publisher Tim O’Reilly—from getting serious about climate change to building a better data economy. And the…
Live Updates –Hawkfish, Mike Bloomberg’s data and tech firm for Democrats, is closing
Hawkfish, Mike Bloomberg’s data and tech firm for Democrats, is closing Hawkfish, the data and tech firm started by Mike Bloomberg and backed with tens of millions of dollars from the billionaire,…
Live Updates –Training data that is meant to make predictive policing less biased is still racist
Training data that is meant to make predictive policing less biased is still racist In their defense, many developers of predictive policing tools say that they have started using victim reports to…
Live Updates –“You can’t just give people more data and expect them to act differently”
“You can’t just give people more data and expect them to act differently” Digital contact tracing apps first emerged early in the pandemic. They’d let you know if you’d been around anyone…
Live Updates –Analysis of Layoffs.fyi data: tech companies have cut over 40,000 jobs during the pandemic, led by the travel and transportation sector with 14,250 layoffs (Bloomberg)
Analysis of Layoffs.fyi data: tech companies have cut over 40,000 jobs during the pandemic, led by the travel and transportation sector with 14,250 layoffs (Bloomberg) Bloomberg: Analysis of Layoffs.fyi data: tech companies…