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How companies use tech that tracks you at home and on the road
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Finally tonight, a different take on some very big questions surrounding privacy focused on private companies and the technology you buy. Jeffrey Brown has...
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What’s the future of privacy in a big data world?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJEFFREY BROWN: So how do we weigh the appeal of these devices against their potential to intrude into our lives? We’re joined by Jules Polonetsky, executive director of...
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Ask The Headhunter: Big data in HR means big problems for job seekers
Relying on big data about job candidates doesn’t make for a good hiring process, says Nick Corcodilos. Photo by Flickr user Infocux Technologies. Nick Corcodilos started headhunting in Silicon Valley...
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New political TV ads can target individual homes
By targeting individual satellite receivers and cable boxes, Comcast, DirectTv and other TV providers hope to serve voters with targeted political ads this campaign season. Photo by Chip...
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WASHINGTON — The White House is asking Congress to pass new privacy laws that would add more safeguards for Americans’ data and provide more protections for emails sought in the course of a law...
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Your next mixtape could hold more songs than tens of thousands of iPods combined
Photo by Flickr user Andrew MaloneForget a playlist or a hard drive — a new spin on an old technology could let you fit as much music, or any other type of data, as you could ever want on a cassette...
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Republican data strategy for 2014: community organizing
Republicans hope to improve their groundgame to “locate, communicate with, persuade and turn out voters” in order to clinch close elections this November and beyond. At its annual spring meeting in...
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Many hospitals struggle to understand their own cost data
Photo illustration by Getty Images.SALT LAKE CITY – When a car rolls off an assembly line, the automaker knows exactly what parts, labor and facilities cost. Not so in health care, and now some health...
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Mistaken identity in background checks can cost applicants job offers
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioMEGAN THOMPSON: In 2012, Kevin a. Jones applied for a part-time job as a doorman in New York City. He was soon called in for an interview at the large property...
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How to get what you want from online dating
Photo by Chris Ryan/Getty Images. Editor’s Note: Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. So if you haven’t got a date, and you want one, grab your smartphone or laptop and start the hunt. But since you haven’t...
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Can big data save these children?
RISK BY THE NUMBERS — One social services office in Pittsburgh hopes to use data and predictive analytics to offer families support and prevent children from ever needing to enter foster care. But how...
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How drones raised privacy concerns across cyberspace
Drones in national parks are a safety hazard and nuisance to visitors and wildlife, said Jonathan Jarvis, the park service’s director. Photo by Flickr user Frank D’Amato With drones flying overhead,...
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Can the high-tech hunt for terrorists stop lone wolf attacks?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: This coming weekend marks 15 years since the 9/11 attacks. We will spend time in the coming days showing how the U.S. is pursuing its campaign against...
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Column: Why big data analysis of police activity is inherently biased
New research argues predictive policing tools reinforce, rather than reimagine, existing police practices, which could lead to further targeting of communities or people of color. Photo by Mike...
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