Somebody’s Watching Me
There is a widespread belief that our “smart” devices are listening to everything we say. To most people this is the only plausible explanation for why we are served up content that is uncannily connected...
There is a widespread belief that our “smart” devices are listening to everything we say. To most people this is the only plausible explanation for why we are served up content that is uncannily connected...
Collaborations like the XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge illustrate how to share data while ensuring data privacy to accelerate AI development.
The Facebook CEO's 3200 word paean to privacy is fraught with implications, not all of them necessarily intended. For all the words, this company is not yet devoted to privacy. Investors looking at all this...
Do you want your photo flashed on a sign at an intersection? If not, don't jaywalk in China. Leave aside what happens if you're a dissident traveling in a new region. Here's a headline the...
If companies fail to meet heightened data protection standards and other growing customer expectations around privacy and respect for their data, they may be fined, lose customer trust, and possibly put the entire company at...
Donald Trump has referred to "closing" the Internet in areas where the U.S. has enemies, while China's president, Xi Jinping, reasserted last week that each state has a sovereign right to control what its citizens...
Companies like Facebook and Google are developing new technologies to mine our data, to assess who we are and what we want, and – to hear the Internet giants tell it – deliver elegantly tailored...
As healthcare systems worldwide become increasingly digitized, medical scientists and health researchers have more data than ever. Yet much valuable health information remains locked in proprietary or hidden databases. A growing number of open data...