
Why is Hadoop failing?
Have companies adopted Hadoop without understanding it? How can companies access more data whilst protecting customer privacy? Is data socia


Is a shift in power over how data privacy is handled overdue?
Should online data collection be opt-in? Can Yahoo ever make a comeback from breaching one million users' data? Do you know how to tell what company has sold your data? Would you infect two friends with ransomware to free yourself? Do you need a digital detox? A carefully curated summary of the top data-news from the week: Privacy Edward Snowden stressed in an interview there needs to be a shift in power over how personal data and privacy is handled. ✅ Key points: Citizens ne

What will 2017 bring for the world of data?
How will Brexit effect data protection? Will Obama's tech legacy live on? Have charities exploited your personal data? Are your kids' internet-connected toys collecting unnecessary personal information? Have you played with Google's newly open sourced data vis tool? A carefully curated summary of the top data-news from the week: Looking forward James Kobielus, Big Data Evangelist @ IBM, lays out his big data and analytics predictions for 2017. INTRIGUING READ. Most notably: P
What does the USA election mean for data privacy?
Should tech giants be scrubbing servers so they can't be forced to hand over users' personal data? How much more will data breaches cost in two years time? Why are consumers accepting data breaches as the norm? How can GDPR revamp attitudes towards the use of personal data? A carefully curated summary of the top data-related news from the week: Privacy What will a Trump presidency mean for the future of tech companies that collect and store personal data? Worthwhile read by D
Is de-identification a broken system?
How can partial bank account details be classified as non-personal data? Have you heard of the digital age Medusa? Is Ireland ready to police the data world? Should more companies be considering data a "byproduct" - which can be maximised through a data sharing economy? How can big data reduce police misconduct? Or save the planet? Would we understand climate change data more if we ate it? What role can AI have in healthcare and the judicial system? A carefully curated summar
Are we getting data wrong?
As more data breaches and unlawful data collections hit the news, it's no wonder people are reluctant to share their personal data. Do you know where all your data is stored? Is the future sharing datasets through an open infrastructure? 🔍 Can sharing data improve healthcare? Or even cure cancer? 💭 What can people do better than machines? Has this changed since 1951? 🤖 A carefully curated summary of the top data-related news from the week: Personal data It was ruled this w
Major social networking sites stopped giving social media data to the police - but who really knew t
Are your IoT devices are vulnerable to malware? Or if your Skype connection is really private? Or what a data leak smells like?! Data breach fines are predicted to have increased by 175% by 2018. 💰 As more industry-leading companies join the virtual reality market (PSVR), will 2017 be the year the world FINALLY 'gets' VR? Can VR change the traditional model of storytelling - with the reader driving the narrative instead? 📚 A carefully curated summary of the top data-relate