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Big Data Can Help Farmers
Big data can help farmers increase crop yield and manage their livestock more efficiently, reports Daily Nation.
The current locust menace is now a real threat to Kenya’s food security efforts in the coming months.
Read more...Big Data Helps South Korea with Covid-19
According to the Daily Star, technology played a big part in helping South Korea slow the spread of Covid-19.
South Korea is fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by relying on its technological forte.
Read more...Big Data Helps Slow Covid-19
Big data played a big part in helping Taiwain mitigate the spread of Covid-19, reports IEEE Spectrum.
In late January, as the novel coronavirus began spreading through China, computer scientists modeling the outbreak ranked Taiwan the region with the second highest risk of importation of the virus.
Read more...Big Data Could Revolutionize Healthcare
Big data in healthcare could mean more personalized treatments and shift care from treatment to prevention, reports Health Europe.
In the US alone, healthcare costs are surging. In 2017, the spending amounted to $3.5 trillion (€3.2 trillion), with the average hospital stay day valued at $3,949 (€3,658), and the average hospital stay costs at $15,734 (€14,577).
Read more...The American Military Has a Big Data Problem
The U.S. military is generating more big data than it can possibly begin to use, reports War of the Rocks.
How can you beat an adversary without overpowering them? One strategy is to overwhelm it with information. The Russian government has successfully executed several cyber attacks against European countries in the past decade that did exactly that, most notably against Ukraine as part of a coordinated ground attack to seize Crimea in 2014.
Read more...China Used Technology to Stop Spread of Covid19
According to Asia Times, China used data from smartphones to contain the spread of Covid19.
China used location and other data from hundreds of millions of smartphones to contain the spread of Covid-19, according to Chinese sources familiar with the program.
Read more...Using Big Data to Quarantine
As China quarantines its citizens using big data, could the US do something similar, reports Newsweek.
Technology has played a large role in China's efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak—but how will the U.S. response compare as the virus continues to spread?
Read more...Learning About Ancient Civilizations with Big Data
Big data can be used to give insight into how ancient civilizations lived, reports Ancient Origins.
Centuries of archaeological research on the Inca Empire has netted a veritable library of knowledge. But new digital and data-driven projects led by Brown University scholars are proving that there is much more to discover about pre-colonial life in the Andes.
Read more...Caterpillar Uses Big Data to Stop Downtime
According to Built in Chicago, Caterpillar uses big data to ensure that heavy equipment doesn’t have down time.
In a desolate and dry corner of the Chilean desert, a mining truck with a 400-ton payload runs close to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week over treacherous terrain, transporting the minerals required to build cell phones, car engines, and home heating systems.
Read more...How Data is Used is Becoming Important
With Intuit’s announcement that it is buying Credit Karma, regulators are beginning to look at how tech companies are using big data, reports ARS Technica.
The announcement earlier this week that Intuit, the financial software giant, would be buying the personal finance company Credit Karma for $7 billion was striking.
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