Data overload can stand in the way of new discoveries in conservation efforts
When it comes to conservation, more data is better—except when it's not.
Evolution
Mar 11, 2020
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News tagged with personal data
The census goes digital: 3 things to know
The U.S. Census Bureau is hoping that most people who live in the U.S. will use the internet to answer census questions, rather than filling out a paper form or providing those answers to a census taker in person, at their ...
Other
Feb 25, 2020
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Would people be willing to give their personal data for research?
New research led by the University of Bristol has found that over half of people would be willing to donate their personal data for research to benefit the wider general public.
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2019
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'Google of microbes' could provide digital data from bacteria to solve world problems in health, crops
It may be an unsettling thought for some—but the human body is home to trillions of "good and bad" bacteria, viruses and other tiny organisms called microbes. But the scientific big data communities recognize the value ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2019
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Researchers deploy new tech to explore depths of Gulf of Mexico
A multi-institution research team will deploy experimental technology next week to explore the deep scattering layers of the ocean.
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2019
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Reports: Facebook faces $5B FTC fine, largest ever in tech
At $5 billion, the fine the FTC is about to levy on Facebook is by far the largest it's given to a technology company, easily eclipsing the second largest, $22 million for Google in 2012.
Internet
Jul 12, 2019
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UK plan to control online porn is watched as test case
The global push to more tightly regulate the internet and big tech firms is spreading to one of the web's biggest and least visible corners: porn.
Internet
Jul 10, 2019
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Facebook US data transfer case goes to Europe's top court
An Austrian privacy campaigner's long-running legal battle against Facebook over its data transfers to the U.S. reached the European Union's highest court on Tuesday.
Internet
Jul 9, 2019
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Data scientist drops Facebook defamation suit
Aleksandr Kogan, the data scientist at the center of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, said he is dropping a defamation lawsuit against the social network rather than engage in an expensive, drawn-out legal ...
Internet
Jul 2, 2019
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Delaware insurer says 95K people's data could've been taken
Delaware's insurance department says social security numbers and other personal data of almost 100,000 people may have been comprised over nearly a decade due to a breach at a large vision and dental insurer.
Security
Jun 27, 2019
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