big data
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U.S. Justice Department Admits: We Don’t Even Know How Many Predictive Policing Tools We’ve Funded
Several of the nation’s largest cities use federal tax dollars to fund the development of software promising to predict the locations of future crimes. They’ve done so for the better part of a decade. For the first time, though, the agency overseeing the distribution of that money has formally acknowledged it has little idea of…
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Microsoft’s Underwater Data Centre Rises From the Seafloor a Grimy Success
Microsoft’s underwater Northern Isles data centre has risen again from the ocean depth, the company announced on Monday, and it is remarkably intact other than being covered in sea scum.
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Google’s Fitbit Deal Reportedly To Be Scrutinised By U.S. Antitrust Office
Google’s $US2.1 ($3) billion deal to acquire fitness tracker manufacturer Fitbit has attracted the scrutiny of antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice, according to reports that first emerged in the New York Post tabloid and were subsequently verified by Reuters.
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Head Of Russian Orthodox Church Warns Big Data Will Usher In The Antichrist And, Well, Hmm
The devil is in the downloads, says Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. In a recent interview with the state-run Russia-1 TV network, Kirill warned that smart devices like cell phones and social networks could enable the rise of Satan’s chosen and the rule of darkness until the end times.