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

  • Sunday, 12 December, 2021
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    Data from Finnish group Kone underline the growing power of unconventional data to reveal behavioural trends

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
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    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
    Health Care
    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Campaigners say plan to pool medical records ‘violates patient trust’

  • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
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    The technology’s potential to improve patient care has become clearer in the pandemic

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    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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