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    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      Benedict Evans
      There is no such thing as ‘data’

      What we have are innumerable different collections of information, each of them specific to a particular application

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
      Birgit Troy: the tech start-up scene proves hard to resist

      The COO’s goal at Canadian data provider Canalyst is to maintain its triple-digit growth

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      Special ReportNavigating Cyber Risk
      Customer data platforms step up to the challenge of cyber crime

      New systems let businesses record every touchpoint with consumers — but must add extra security

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
      Big Tech jockeys for position in scramble for health data primacy

      As medics strive to harness health information, Silicon Valley is stepping in with tools, though regulation is a concern

    • Tuesday, 28 December, 2021
      Lex
      Data: attempts to trade information like any other commodity fall short Premium content

      Products on Shanghai Data Exchange are not only limited but also have multiple restrictions

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Trade Secrets
      Can Big Data help fix the supply chain crisis? Premium content

      Information on global logistics has suddenly got a lot more valuable, but knowledge gaps remain

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Pooja Rao
      Health tech industry learns true value of medical data

      With the emergence of artificial intelligence, health data has become gold

    • Sunday, 12 December, 2021
      Lex
      Left-field data: lift trips nail office use better than financial reports Premium content

      Data from Finnish group Kone underline the growing power of unconventional data to reveal behavioural trends

    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
      Lex
      China big data/AI: $470bn expansion will offer safe bets for investors Premium content

      A fresh batch of companies could recreate the success of Beijing’s first generation of listed tech giants

    • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
      Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
      Antibiotic accountability: how countries and companies perform

      FT dashboard tracks responses to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      China
      China blocks access to shipping location data

      Number of identification signals drops dramatically after new data law is introduced

    • Friday, 19 November, 2021
      HMRC chief insists new data grab will bring taxpayer benefits

      ‘If we’d had the data during the pandemic, we could have helped more people’

    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      Healthcare
      Ungoverned digital advances undermine global healthcare gains

      Too much is at stake for the future of health and wellbeing to leave digital transformations unregulated

    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
      Tougher public safeguards urged for digital health data

      Lancet report argues that governments should limit data extraction of powerful tech companies

    • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
      Lex
      Flood risks: big data is helping business keep its head above water Premium content

      As threat to wealth and health grows, expect predictive technology to become equally vital

    • Monday, 20 September, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plans for digital dictatorship

      Beijing has pushed through reams of regulations and policies to shore up China’s data security

    • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      How to spot scientists who peddle bad data

      Fraudulent research wastes the time of scientists who try to build on it and the money of agencies who support it

    • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
      The Big Read
      China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship

      By controlling a huge volume of data, Beijing is conducting a grand experiment in 21st century authoritarian governance

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Markets InsightUlrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
      Investors need to prepare for the ‘Yotta Age’ of data

      The scale of future growth is immense and investors need to ask where and when the tide of disruption will strike next

    • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
      Naomi Lee
      The public must have more clarity on government plans for NHS data

      We need greater detail about how this immensely valuable information might be used to prevent patients from opting out

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      Data protection
      NHS delays GP data scheme following backlash

      Plans to pool full medical histories of 55m patients in England pushed back to September

    • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
      Martin Sandbu
      A new era of corporate transparency is dawning

      G7 tax deal and EU breakthrough on disclosure highlights shift in the openness democratic societies expect

    • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
      Data protection
      NHS hit by legal threat over GP data ‘grab’

      Campaigners say plan to pool medical records ‘violates patient trust’

    • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
      Brooke Masters
      AI prompts a scramble for healthcare data

      The technology’s potential to improve patient care has become clearer in the pandemic

    • Friday, 28 May, 2021
      The Weekend Essay
      The human factor — why data is not enough to understand the world

      Companies are turning to anthropology to balance the insights of algorithms and AI

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