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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…

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Big technology companies are set to aid the UK's National Health Service (NHS) combat coronavirus by analysing data to determine where resources including ventilators, hospital beds and doctors will be needed most.According to a report by the BBC, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir will be part of the effort, as well…

Doctor at NHSData collected via the NHS's 111 telephone service is to be mixed with other sources to help predict where ventilators, hospital beds, and medical staff will be most in need.The goal is to help health chiefs model the consequences of moving resources to best tackle the coronavirus pandemic.Three…

Image copyright PA Media Data collected via the NHS's 111 telephone service is to be mixed with other sources to help predict where ventilators, hospital beds, and medical staff will be most in need.The goal is to help health chiefs model the consequences of moving resources to best tackle the…

The contract to help stem covid-19 will cause a stir. But if the work is done in the open, it could be a boonPALANTIR TAKES its name from crystal ball-like artefacts in the “Lord of the Rings” novels. The secretive Silicon Valley data-analysis company is used to working with governments.…

Chinese-style surveillance is coming to a neighborhood near you. From drones barking orders at park-goers to tracing people's movements through cellphones, Western governments are rushing to embrace sophisticated surveillance tools that would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago. In the European Union, home to the world's strictest privacy…