Automation, AI, quantum computing: the TUC explores changing world of work
This year the UK-wide TUC is celebrating its 150th anniversary. It all started with Samuel Caldwell Nicholson, a typesetter and union officer. When a friend complained that the Social Science...
Cathcart Associates welcomes the best of machine learning to Scotland’s capital
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Scotland Machine Learning conference in Edinburgh, Cathcart Associates has announced the return of ‘ScotML’. ScotML provides the opportunity for people to meet and chat with the...
UK Commissioner investigating 30 organisations in Facebook scandal
The UK’s Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has said she is looking at the activities of 30 organisations as part of her investigation into the Facebook data scandal. Denham said her...
Facebook says data leak affected 87m, up from 50m, but user growth unaffected
Facebook has said that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from...
The Central Market Agency: harnessing data for customer benefit
The move to improve data quality and ensure water customers are billed accurately has been led in Scotland by the Central Market Agency (CMA). Ten years ago, the water industry...
UK information commissioner welcomes Facebook ending deals with data brokers
The UK’s Information Commissioner welcomed Facebook’s decision to end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on the social network. Elizabeth Denham said in a...
Facebook unveils new user controls governing privacy and data
Facebook, embroiled in a data scandal which has cost the company more than $100bn in market value, has announced a series of privacy changes it was making to give users...
Apple, IBM executives call for increased data oversight in the wake of Facebook row
Executives from Apple and IBM have called for more oversight on how personal data is used following the Facebook Inc breach that saw more than 50 million users’ data misused...
Financial services for good: ‘Data Nations’ team wins 24-hour Deloitte datathon
The overall winner of the second annual Datathon, hosted by business advisory firm Deloitte, was ‘Data Nations’, a team of data experts who developed FinTastic; a digital tool to help...
Cambridge Analytica suspends chief executive as Facebook faces crisis over data
Cambridge Analytica, the firm used by Donald Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign and currently embroiled in controversy over its use of Facebook data, has suspended its chief executive Alexander...
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