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Big Data and AI Working Together are the Future
Big data combined with artificial intelligence could be how Covid-19, and future diseases are controlled or eradicated, reports the Print.
As global COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the unmatched connectivity that defines our era serves as both bane and blessing. Our interconnected livelihoods allow for the rapid spread of both disease and cure.
Read more...Big Data is a Form of Wealth for Some
According to OZY, big data is becoming a new form of wealth for some countries.
At the G-20 summit last June, when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced a resolution endorsing the free flow of data across borders, India, South Africa and Indonesia refused to sign it. India’s then foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale described data as a “new form of wealth” to explain the country’s reluctance to part with it.
Read more...Big Data Powers Big Tech
Without big data other tech like IoT and machine learning wouldn’t function, reports Analytics Insights.
The future of big data is clear and unshakeable. If you have noticed, technologies like IoT, Machine Learning, artificial intelligence, and more are making their ways into our everyday lives. Behind all of these is Big Data sitting strong in an authoritative position.
Read more...China's Big Data Centers
China is building big data centers throughout the nation, reports the South China Morning Post.
China is doubling down on the digital transformation of its economy with a plan to build “industrial big data” centres nationwide, enabling massive amounts of information – mostly production data – to be used for developing more efficient industries.
Read more...India Turns To Big Data in Covid-19 Fight
According to the Hindustan Times, India is relying on big data in its fight against Covid-19.
“We are now at the bottom of the peak,” says Dr Deepak Agrawal, professor of neurosciences at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). What he means is that the Covid-19 pandemic in India hasn’t reached a stage in which the number of cases multiplies exponentially.
Read more...Big Data Can Be Useful to Retailers
Big Data can help retailers in a variety of ways, such as predicting the market, reports Marketing Technology Insight.
Playing in the online retail industry is increasingly difficult. Margins are becoming tighter, while the massive influx of newcomers further saturates a market that is already filled to the brim with established competitors.
Read more...Big Data Could Help Manage Diabetes
According to ZD Net, eventually big data could help diabetics manage their condition.
Almost one in every 10 people has diabetes, and the number of diabetics has nearly doubled over the past 20 years. Despite that increase, development of new technology to help diabetics to manage their condition has been limited. Many diabetics still test and retest their blood sugar manually and inject insulin accordingly, just as they did decades ago.
Read more...Is Tracking Covid Worth Losing Privacy
According to Read Write, how much of the emerging big data technology should be used to track Covid?
Big Data has emerged as a leading technological advancement that is fueling our efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. At the time of writing, the world has seen 2,585,197 cases of COVID-19, and many countries are still waiting to hit their peak. Here is how big data as a double-edged sword in the fight against COVID-19.
Read more...Is Personal Data Necessary to Track Covid
Use of personal cellphone data to track the spread of coronavirus has many concerned for the future of privacy, reports the Financial Times.
When the World Health Organization launched a 2007 initiative to eliminate malaria on Zanzibar, it turned to an unusual source to track the spread of the disease between the island and mainland Africa: mobile phones sold by Tanzania’s telecoms groups including Vodafone, the UK mobile operator.
Read more...Microsoft Sees Value in Sharing Data
Microsoft has shifted gears and is embracing sharing data, reports the Economist.
TWO DECADES ago Microsoft was a byword for a technological walled garden. One of its bosses called free open-source programs a “cancer”.
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