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Palantir provides COVID-19 tracking software to CDC and NHS, pitches European health agencies Big Data

Palantir provides COVID-19 tracking software to CDC and NHS, pitches European health agencies

As the floor drops out from under many startups, some tech companies are finding a path forward by meeting new government needs. Among them is Palantir, a secretive government-friendly big data operation that’s able to ingest vast amounts of information to visualize trends and track individuals — useful tasks as…
bubmag
April 1, 2020
The Simple Joy of Learning on the Job Big Data

The Simple Joy of Learning on the Job

Tascha Rassadornyindee/EyeEm/Getty Images Much of the joy has been snuffed out of learning. Schools, workplaces, and their associated compliance drills make a series of mandatory demands from near the start of our lives to near the end. Worse still, we associate those experiences with arbitrary pass/fail cut-offs and sinister, official…
bubmag
March 27, 2020