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Scott Bade is a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and co-author of "More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First." More posts by this contributor Tuesday afternoon saw two big announcements from the tech world in the fight against COVID-19. First, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, announced…

Palantir Technologies, Peter Thiel’s software company that specializes in big data analytics, expects to generate around $1 billion in revenue during the current year. As a refresher, the Palo Alto-based Palantir’s business hinges on big data aggregation. The company’s software collects, analyzes and interprets vast conglomeration of information from diverse…

At least 30 countries are ramping up surveillance to combat the coronavirusPhoto Illustration. Photo Source: Getty Images / Andrew Brookes / Peter Steuart / Dimitri OtisIn an attempt to stem the tide of the coronavirus pandemic, at least 30 governments around the world have instituted temporary or indefinite efforts to…

Google is creating instruments helping health officials track people’s movements to help them determine if citizens are complying with social distancing guidelines, according to the company’s website. The big tech company plans to regularly update the so-called “community mobility reports,” Google noted in a post late Thursday. The reports display the change…

NHS England and NHSX are working with tech giants to develop a data platform to better inform the national response to coronavirus. Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Google have been be drafted in to help the NHS ensure the platform is secure, as have Palantir Technologies, a UK-based data processing…

The NHS is working with US tech companies Palantir, Microsoft and Amazon to develop a data platform to inform the COVID-19 response.  According to a blog posted on Gov.UK, NHS England and Improvement will collate data from across NHS and social care organisation sources, including the NHS 111 call centre,…

We're starting another new series of interviews in 2020; in addition to our open-source community interviews, we're now introducing the Business Leaders Interviews series! This is the place to get to know more about the digital and agency business, and get exclusive insights into the unique approaches and challenges of some of…

Zoom is being used by U.S. government agencies handling the coronavirus crisis, despite concerns ... around the security of the videoconferencing tool. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Towards the end of March, three of the American government’s key coronavirus response organizations…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- There are no atheists in foxholes, and no tech regulators in a coronavirus lockdown.What was once thunderously described as “surveillance capitalism” is now a pandemic necessity. Twitch is where our children go to school; Twitter where epidemiological models are debated; and WhatsApp where we have drinks with friends. Some…

DAVOS, Switzerland, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarah Zhang, founder and CEO of Points Technology, was invited to attend World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020, held from January 21 to 24 in Davos, Switzerland. The theme for Davos 2020 is Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World. A new paper, Reimagining Digital…