Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Bezos’ biggest legacy could be “Bezosism”, using surveillance, algorithms, and data to supercharge old management systems and squeeze performance out of workers — The e-commerce giant has supercharged systems of management invented a century ago with surveillance, algorithms and data, leading to a new …
Read More »Gamesight data shows a dip in Twitch viewership on Wednesday, possibly 5%-15%, as some streamers took #ADayOffTwitch to bring awareness to "hate raids" (Ash Parrish/The Verge)
Ash Parrish / The Verge: Gamesight data shows a dip in Twitch viewership on Wednesday, possibly 5%-15%, as some streamers took #ADayOffTwitch to bring awareness to “hate raids” — It seems as if the Twitch walkout was a success — Streamers took a day off Twitch on September 1st to …
Read More »CAIT urges IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to ban Battlegrounds Mobile India, citing data security reasons | Technology News
Battlegrounds Mobile India Battlegrounds Mobile India, which is almost a repackaged version of PUBG Mobile comes with several features that are quite similar to the banned game in India. The trader body further claimed that the game would endanger India’s national security and, with it, the data and privacy of …
Read More »Fund managers can leverage ESG-related data to generate insights – TechCrunch
Georges Archibald Contributor Georges Archibald is head of Americas at the Apex Group. Almost two centuries ago, gold prospectors in California set off one of the greatest rushes for wealth in history. Proponents of socially conscious investing claim fund managers will start a similar stampede when they discover that environmental, …
Read More »India drug regulator asks Dr.Reddy’s for more data on Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
An expert panel of India’s drug regulator on Friday sought additional data from drugmaker Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories on its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine trial, in its second such request after an initial evaluation in February. The committee asked the company to submit a comparative analysis of late-stage immunogenicity data from both …
Read More »In a first, China defines the "necessary" info that apps can collect from users, closing a "bundled consent" loophole and limiting unauthorized data collection (Xinmei Shen/South China Morning Post)
Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: In a first, China defines the “necessary” info that apps can collect from users, closing a “bundled consent” loophole and limiting unauthorized data collection — Users of live-streaming, short video, news, browser and utility apps can access basic services … News Source link
Read More »pfizer covid vaccine: Researchers urge delay in administering second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, cite strong data
Two Canada-based researchers on Wednesday urged governments to delay administering the second dose of Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, which they said had an efficacy of 92.6% after the first dose, as it was not significantly beneficial in the short term. Danuta Skowronski and Gaston De Serres said their findings were derived …
Read More »Study of 130+ facial recognition data sets compiled over 43 years: driven by ML's data needs, researchers gradually abandoned asking for people's consent (Karen Hao/MIT Technology Review)
Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: Study of 130+ facial recognition data sets compiled over 43 years: driven by ML’s data needs, researchers gradually abandoned asking for people’s consent — The largest ever study of facial-recognition data shows how much the rise of deep learning has fueled a loss of …
Read More »WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger Take A Lot More Data Than Other Similar Apps, Apple’s Privacy Labels Show
WhatsApp. (Image Credit: Pexels) The privacy labels on the Apple App Store are based on the submission made by developers themselves to Apple. News18.com Last Updated: January 08, 2021, 09:11 IST FOLLOW US ON: Cupertino-based giant Apple recently rolled out its data and privacy information labels that show users the …
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