August 20, 2014 A Life in Data: Nicholas Felton’s Self-Surveillance by AXEL GERDAU By AXEL GERDAU A designer who used to work at Facebook tracked and compiled all of his daily activities for the past year as…
August 20, 2014 No Photos: Parents Opt to Keep Babies Off Facebook by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Behold the cascade of baby photos, the flood of funny kid anecdotes and the steady stream of school milestones on…
August 19, 2014 Citing Outside Duties, Steve Ballmer Resigns From Microsoft’s Board by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The tech company’s former chief executive said new responsibilities, including ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, have made him too busy…
August 19, 2014 Uber Picks David Plouffe, Obama’s Former Campaign Manager, to Wage Its Regulatory Battles by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Mr. Plouffe, who ran President Obama’s 2008 campaign, will be in charge of policy and strategy for the car service start-up….
August 19, 2014 Uber Wins a Reprieve in Berlin by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT A local court will now weigh whether Uber can legally operate in the German capital. Published: August 18, 2014 at 12:00AM…
August 19, 2014 Computer Eyesight Gets a Lot More Accurate by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Machines still can’t see and identify objects as well as humans, but researchers participating in a contest say error rates have…
August 19, 2014 Hack of Community Health Systems Affects 4.5 Million Patients by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH On Monday, a hospital network said personal data for 4.5 million patients had been stolen in a cyberattack by a group…
August 18, 2014 XRay: A New Tool for Tracking the Use of Personal Data on the Web by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR A team of computer scientists at Columbia has developed a research tool for tracking the use of personal data online. Published:…
August 18, 2014 For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The analysis of giant data sets promises unique business insights, but much manual effort is still required to prepare the information…
August 17, 2014 LiketoKnowit Lets You Shop Looks on Instagram by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM LiketoKnowit plugs into Instagram and gives people a way to browse the items that they view in their Instagram feeds and…