9 Best Articles in 2021
NPR
The Big Idea Behind Big Data
NPR
9 min read · 126 saves · From 2017 · As we find our way in a world shaped by Big Data, it's not the reams of information we gather but the networks they illuminate that's the newest addition to science's index of things, says Adam Frank.
growthramp.io
What Is Big Data Marketing? And How Do Startups Use It to Grow Faster?
growthramp.io
6 min read · 86 saves · From 2018 · What exactly is big data, data science, and data mining? Click to learn how big data applies to marketing, and your startup.
Visual Capitalist
Why Big Data Keeps Getting Bigger
Visual Capitalist
9 min read · 56 saves · 2019-07-16 · Jeff Desjardins · Visualizing the vast amount of data produced every single minute, and why it's still early days in the big data era of technology.
Financial Times
Big data: are we making a big mistake?
Financial Times
~17 min read · 49 saves · From 2014 · Big data is a vague term for a massive phenomenon that has rapidly become an obsession with entrepreneurs, scientists, governments and the media
Kaggle
The State of ML and Data Science 2017
Kaggle
277 saves · From 2017 · A big picture view of the state of data science and machine learning that shares who is working with data, what’s happening at the cutting edge of machine learning across industries, and how new…
prestodb.io
Presto | Distributed SQL Query Engine for Big Data
prestodb.io
1 min read · 46 saves · From 2016 · Distributed SQL Query Engine for Big Data
Scientific American
Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?
Scientific American
20+ min read · 210 saves · From 2017 · We are in the middle of a technological upheaval that will transform the way society is organized. We must make the right decisions now
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A Complete Guide To Math And Statistics For Data Science
District CCTV ZONE
~12 min read · 213 saves · 2019-11-18 · In this article, we provide a comprehensive guide for individuals looking to get started with data science.
Financial Times
Big data, Google and the end of free will — FT.com
Financial Times
~14 min read · 132 saves · From 2016 · For thousands of years humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Jean-Jacques Rousseau summed up this revolution in Emile, his 1762 treatise on
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Silicon Republic
How cloud computing can unlock new data science possibilities
Silicon Republic
4 min read · 44 saves · Jan 15th · BitTitan’s Mark Rochester examines the benefits of the cloud in data science when big data keeps getting bigger.
Boston Review
Medicine's Machine Learning Problem
Boston Review
~11 min read · 78 saves · 2020-10-20 · As Big Data tools reshape health care, biased datasets and unaccountable algorithms threaten to further disempower patients.
ZDNet
From blockchain to big data and IoT, tech is trying to speed up vaccine supply chains
ZDNet
8 min read · 53 saves · Jan 18th · A lot more attention has been given to vaccine supply chains lately - and it didn't take long for big tech to realize that there was a lot to fix.
The Economist
The Big Mac index
The Economist
1 min read · 33 saves · Jan 12th · Our interactive currency comparison tool
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The New Yorker
How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide
The New Yorker
5 min read · 105 saves · From 2017 · At the University of Washington, students are learning to navigate the hazards of our information-addled age—fact, falsehood, and the half-truths in between.
The Guardian
'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine
The Guardian
9 min read · 238 saves · From 2018 · Sandy Parakilas says numerous companies deployed these techniques – likely affecting hundreds of millions of users – and that Facebook looked the other way
Matt Turck
Is Big Data Still a Thing? (The 2016 Big Data Landscape)
Matt Turck
20+ min read · 43 saves · From 2016 · In a tech startup industry that loves its shiny new objects, the term “Big Data” is in the unenviable position of sounding increasingly “3 years ago”. While Hadoop …
Guardian Tech
Big data for the people: it's time to take it back from our tech overlords
Guardian Tech
7 min read · 87 saves · From 2018 · A small number of companies have become extraordinarily rich by harvesting our data. But that wealth belongs to the many
The New Yorker
What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
The New Yorker
~13 min read · 210 saves · 2019-03-31 · In the era of Big Data, we’ve come to believe that, with enough information, human behavior is predictable. But number crunching can lead us perilously wrong.
CoinDesk
Google Now Provides a Big Data View of the Ethereum Blockchain
CoinDesk
4 min read · 111 saves · From 2018 · Internet search giant Google is providing a Big Data window into ethereum after adding the network to its analytics platform BigQuery.
Boston Review
The Why of the World
Boston Review
~17 min read · 68 saves · 2019-08-30 · Allured by the promise of Big Data, science has shortchanged causal explanation in favor of data-driven prediction. But ultimately we must ask why.
Matt Turck
Firing on All Cylinders: The 2017 Big Data Landscape
Matt Turck
20+ min read · 39 saves · From 2017 · It feels good to be a data geek in 2017. Last year, we asked “Is Big Data Still a Thing?”, observing that since Big Data is largely “plumbing”, it has been subject to enter…
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