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  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Rohinton P Medhora
    We need a new era of international data diplomacy

    Global standards on collection, storage and use would improve health while protecting privacy

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Blame not the robot but the human behind it

    Building public trust in artificial intelligence systems is essential

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Surging cloud market spells clear skies for datacentre owners

    Industry is attracting growing numbers of property investors — but sellers are scarce

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    John Thornhill
    Covid-19 will change healthcare forever

    In the crisis innovation came to the rescue. Now the data companies must be forced to change

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Financial services
    S&P Global’s $44bn deal shows data is the oil of the 21st century

    Joint entity with IHS Markit might be big enough to take on Bloomberg as data drives finance sector

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Marietje Schaake
    Weakened democracy is another harm caused by Big Tech

    Using antitrust regulations to repair and prevent such damage is not enough

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    FT SeriesNew Cold War
    From AI to facial recognition: how China is setting the rules in new tech

    In its bid to rival the US, Beijing wants to establish the industrial standards that will shape future industries

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    How to Make the World Add Up — a welcome guide to statistics

    The economist offers useful rules to help understand the data behind the headlines

  • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
    Palantir Technologies Inc
    Palantir takes aim at Silicon Valley in IPO filing

    Data group’s listing prospectus makes a virtue of controversial government work

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
    Leo Lewis
    China is far ahead on drilling for data

    Allegations of information theft in Houston point to the importance of ‘the new oil’

  • Sunday, 12 July, 2020
    Wolfgang Münchau
    Covid-19 will finally mark the end of the analogue age

    The pandemic has accelerated society’s shift to a more digital world

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Special Report
    AI & Robotics

    Recyclers turn to AI-powered robots to counter China’s plastic import ban; historians harness machine learning to solve ancient puzzles; and farmers pick high-tech robotics to help bring in the harvest

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Special ReportAI & Robotics
    How AI helps historians solve ancient puzzles

    Digital humanities battles for funding against future-focused applications of artificial intelligence

  • Wednesday, 20 May, 2020
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    We need more than Big Data to track the virus

    We must take social context into account if we are to stop the spread of the disease

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Benjamin Fels
    Time for healthcare to make better use of data

    Machine learning is only effective if it is based on accurate sources

  • Saturday, 16 May, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    Drugmakers get hooked on data

    Pharma groups hope troves of patient records hold key to faster cures and bigger profits

  • Friday, 8 May, 2020
    News in-depth24 min
    Coronavirus coxcombs to waffles

    What Florence Nightingale can teach us about the best ways to map the spread of disease

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Piyush Gupta
    Collective action trumps privacy rights in a pandemic

    We already use data mining to prevent terrorism and money laundering, why not to stop infection?

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
    Microsoft Corp
    Microsoft throws weight behind open data movement

    Tech group wants to prevent concentration of digital power in US, China and Silicon Valley

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
    ExplainerWorld5 min
    Coronavirus: how your computer could help find a vaccine

    Folding@home is the world's largest networked supercomputer

  • Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
    Technology sector
    Africa’s cloud computing boom creates data gold rush

    Continent’s capacity has doubled in the past three years as global investment surges

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook offers to pay users for their voice recordings

    Move comes after makers of smart speakers faced criticism for sharing data without consent

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    EU faces tough battle over Big Tech’s hold on data

    Consumers may not welcome their information being widely shared

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
    ExplainerRail15 min
    Mapping how railroads built America

    A new look at old maps reveals how cities grew and spread over the past 200 years

  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
    Anjana Ahuja
    The promise of synthetic data

    Improvements in machine learning and computing power make it a technology to watch

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