Big Data

(Variety) The last less-regulated corner of China’s highly censored internet is about to get a lot less interesting.Chinese authorities have issued new regulations to clamp down on live-streaming, one of the country’s most lucrative and fast-growing entertainment and e-commerce sectors, seeking to use AI and big data to promote only “positive”…

The Man Who Loved PhysicsBy Alan Lightman Several years ago, I attended a Buddhist retreat in which I was introduced to the idea of the “retinue,” a constellation of influential and supportive people whom one imagines in an enveloping cloud as one meditates. Mentors. I took the concept one step…

News Clint Chan Tack 9 Hrs AgoFaris Al-Rawi ATTORNEY General Faris Al-Rawi said the Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal provides the perfect lesson as to how data can be misused for nefarious purposes. In making this point during the virtual UN Big Data Forum on Tuesday, Al-Rawi also disclosed that Government…

Alibaba Group's film business branch announced during the Golden Rooster Awards that it has established a new imprint to explore original film content in the industry. The announcement came during this weekend's Golden Rooster Awards held in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian province.Dubbed Surprise Works, a subsidiary label under Alibaba Pictures,…

Finding medicines that can kill cancer cells while leaving normal tissue unscathed is a Holy Grail of oncology research. In two new papers, scientists at UC San Francisco and Princeton University present complementary strategies to crack this problem with "smart" cell therapies--living medicines that remain inert unless triggered by combinations…

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for idol groups! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 100 idol groups, using big data collected from October 20 to November 20. BTS held onto…

Individuals with expertise in master data management (MDM) are essential to helping organizations get the most out of their data and comply with regulations. Here are the MDM certifications that will give your career an edge. Getty Images As data and analytics become the beating heart of the enterprise, it…

In 2012, Factual, a Los Angeles–based technology company, had world-conquering ambitions. Intoxicated by the utopian rhetoric surrounding the growing field of big data, it planned to collect unprecedented amounts of information, enabling it “to identify every fact in the world,” as a New York Times profile put it. Whether cataloging…

Across industries, big data has joined traditional, structured data as a mission-critical element. Here's some advice for CIOs and big data leaders on how to get started.Data centers and disaster recovery are still structured around traditional transaction systems, but more companies are beginning to use big data in mission-critical ways.…

It was in Wisconsin in 2004 when I working on the campaign to thwart George W. Bush's second term that I first learned about how effective the conservative organizing machine was. Since then I have been a get-out-the-vote staffer for many U.S. elections, and have been consistently impressed by their…