Cambridge Analytica: Hijacking Democracy
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock this past week, you’ll know about the recent scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Many of you will, like us, not be all that surprised. It’s questionable how such in-depth data insights have been used by the analytics firm. Particularly in following the surprise success of the Trump […]
Will Big Data Open a Pandora’s Box of Injustice?
Databases are not confined to big business. Big data has its uses in a variety of ways but how organisations choose to use it – for good or for ill, is going to play a huge part in the future of data and analytics. Remember that rogue traffic warden? The one who gave you a […]
Political Uses of Big Data
The race for the next President of the United States rumbles on. A lot of attention is being placed on how Data Analytics is playing a role in the campaigns. Social media scraping and audience analytics. An Artificial Intelligence Twitter account that tweets like Donald Trump. Political elections and the data that surrounds them are […]
A Potted History of Big Data
Quantifying the world around us has been a critical activity from our prehistoric roots. The earliest recorded tools to count inventory have been carbon-dated right back to 18,000 BC. You might imagine hunters counting their kills on their fingers right back in the mists of the early Stone Age!Somehow we have an innate desire to […]
Do You Know Who is Sharing Your Data?
Who knows you best? Your Mum? Your partner? Maybe your best friend? That may be the case for the moment. However, with the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data industries developing at breakneck speeds, it might not always be the case. Regulation of where your data goes and what companies can do with it […]
IoT, Big Data and Preventative Predictions
The leading car manufacturers are currently investing huge amounts of money integrating Big Data know-how into their manufacturing processes. In the future, it will also undoubtedly have a direct impact on the driving experience – and before long your car will drive itself. If your in-car computer tells you that your engine is 70% likely […]