NewsLetter

This week we begin with an article on the UK’s Public Health England (PHE) agency that oversees pandemic response, blaming an Excel spreadsheet error for its inability to add 16,000 confirmed coronavirus cases to the national COVID-19 tracker. Next, we...

This week we begin with an article on hackers leaking personal information of students and teachers of a school in Nevada, on account of school officials refusing to pay the ransom. Next, we have a piece by MIT Management Review,...

This week we begin with an article on a COVID-19 economic data tracker created by Raj Chetty, a Harvard economics professor, that tracks the state of the US economy in real-time, revealing soaring inequality. Next, we have a story on...

This week we begin with an article on a shift in the landscape of Artificial Intelligence from data to knowledge, due to advancements in data exchange. Next, we have a story about a leaked Chinese database that houses personal details...

This week we begin with an article in Brookings, on the role of data in implementing more regulation and oversight in the technology sector. The next story highlights the privacy concerns over the use of mask recognition software to ensure...

This week we begin with an article about an open-source climate data project called the OS-climate project, lead by the Linux Foundation, that seeks to disclose and minimize the “climate risk” faced by companies. Next, we have a video that...

This week we begin with an article on how a DNA database led to the conviction of one of the most notorious serial killers in US history. Next, we have a story on a major data leak of a data...

This week we start with a story on the biased nature of CoNLL-2003, an A.I. tool that has been in use for almost 2 decades helping machine learning models to identify and categorize entities in text. Next, we have a...

This week we begin with an article on the federal health advisory committee members warning about the consequences of the US government’s new virus data collection methods, on the integrity of data. Next, we have a story on the transformation...

This week we begin with an article on a British AI tool that was designed to predict gun and knife violence, but proved to be ineffective and inaccurate in serving the purpose. Next, we have a story about the surge...