Category: new media
‘Hearables’ could soon help with work and school while remaining invisible
2 Sep, 2021Hearables are wireless smart micro-computers with artificial intelligence that incorporate both speakers and microphones. They fit in the ears and …
3 biggest reasons why a company’s digital transformation fails
14 Oct, 2020Watching technology spread throughout almost every industry has been one of the most fascinating things I’ve watched over the course …
Test your Python skills with these 10 projects
3 Oct, 2020Did you know Python is known as an all-rounder programming language? Yes, it is, though it shouldn’t be used on every single project, You …
Credit Scores Could Soon Get Even Creepier and More Biased
17 Jun, 2019Algorithms and surveillance can bring down your credit score. Illustration: Lia Kantrowitz There are lots of conversations about the lack …
10 key principles for data-driven storytelling
10 Feb, 2018Over the summer, I tweaked our findings – and conclusions from our classroom conversations – into a short book chapter …
‘We get audience data at virtually no cost’: Confessions of a programmatic ad buyer
20 Jan, 2018Data leakage is becoming a huge problem for publishers as ad dollars shift toward programmatic. For the latest installment of …
Blockchain-powered medical AI Skychain promises to beat IBM’s Watson Health
25 Dec, 2017Since its creation, artificial intelligence (AI) has found use in many different industries, including healthcare. The amount of medical data …
10 Best Data Visualizations of 2016: Elections, Olympics and Climate Change
28 Jan, 2017Data journalists, scientists, and tech professionals pulled out all the stops last year when it came to creating incredible visualizations. …
Big data project reveals the worst place to be poor in the US
1 May, 2016The richest men in the US outlive the poorest by a whopping 15 years, according to a new big data …
Engineers Smash Record for Fiber Optic Data Transmission With New Kind of Laser
14 Apr, 2016Think your fiber’s is fast? Think again: A team of engineers has smashed the world record for sending data down …
Is your data being used against you?
21 Mar, 2016We’ve had several decades of platforms and apps collecting data about us – and in a heavyweight panel on Sunday at SXSW, the debate …