Using official statistics to train AI could ensure that quality information shapes public life
Data may be this century’s oil, but it doesn’t come in barrels at a daily-benchmarked price
Every company should think about its strategy to capture emerging opportunities
Public records my be monetised as part of National Data Library within a decade, says science secretary Peter Kyle
Reinsurance trade group lobbies US commerce secretary about potential impact to monitoring hurricanes and drought conditions
Finreg by AI
Eye-catching boosterism about employment from new projects does not always stand up to scrutiny
Access to information could be increased by centralising anonymised records
Genetic code technique for preserving huge amounts of digital information could be ‘cheaper than hard drives’
How elite clubs are using the latest technology to help unearth the perfect player
Improvements to data infrastructure are needed if AI is to help fix the UK national health service
Landlords stand to gain from higher rents due to growing demand for storage space
Enhancing data collection and streamlining recruitment helps to build more creative and innovative teams
Move by Alex Gerko’s market maker bucks trend among financial firms to outsource to Big Tech
Ireland, Germany, Singapore and China are imposing rules on building new server farms over energy usage fears
Dozens of marketplaces have sprung up since a 2020 initiative but most transactions still happen on the black market
US space agency may enlist ‘citizen scientists’ in drive to find out more about unexplained anomalous phenomena
Greater focus on location of storage in Europe means more facilities are required, according to Japanese group
Machine learning works in the same way as human learning: repeating a process and making adjustments after mistakes, to gradually improve outcomes
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Nursing facility operator Sompo is tapping technology to help solve staff shortages
Driven by fears of espionage and geopolitical tensions, experts say the infrastructure underpinning the internet is in danger of dividing into eastern and western blocks
Simon Winchester takes a lively, digressive look at how humans have ordered and passed on knowledge over time
What we have are innumerable different collections of information, each of them specific to a particular application
The COO’s goal at Canadian data provider Canalyst is to maintain its triple-digit growth
