Alphabet, Inc’s life insurance company Verily will use big data, reports Bloomberg. 

Verily, the Alphabet Inc. life sciences unit that’s previously targeted mosquito-borne illness and launched Covid-19 testing programs, is getting into the health insurance business.

According to ZD Net, companies are embracing big data and adding chief data officers, but often are unsure what duties the CDO should have. 

The rise of chief data officers (CDOs), who are responsible for organisation-wide governance, management and exploitation of information, has been rapid.

According to Venture Beat, StreetLight Data is on step closer to bringing big data insights to cities looking to upgrade their transportation infrastructure. 

StreetLight Data, a big data platform that helps cities unlock mobility insights from location data from smartphone apps, has raised $15 million in a series D round of funding.