by admin | Nov 19, 2025
The study took the groundbreaking approach of leveraging online data from Meta to provide the most comprehensive and timely estimates of migration’s true global sweep to date. The co-author of the research, Professor Guy Abel from the Department of Sociology,...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
Dried blood spot cards contain tiny blood samples from newborns that allow for early detection of disease. They also contain valuable information for medical research. But using the cards for research is not a given. Parents worry that if the cards are shared or...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
‘The more data you have, the better the result’ is an idea that underpins AI and machine learning. By collecting huge amounts of data, it becomes possible to discern patterns and make accurate predictions or decisions. But that approach often fails to consider that...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
Companies collect lots of data about their customers and try to use that to their benefit. 25 years ago, Amazon was discovered to be charging existing customers higher prices than new ones. Other firms soon followed suit. Orbitz, for instance, offers cheaper hotel...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
The prospect of having one’s personal information taken and used without consent has become an ever more urgent problem. Prior to the proliferation of computers, and later digital networks, such information could only be accessed in physical form. Now, with an...
