News

News

All the news

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...

Visit other PMG Sites: