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.

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.

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.