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The pandemic has accelerated society’s shift to a more digital world
Recyclers turn to AI-powered robots to counter China’s plastic import ban; historians harness machine learning to solve ancient puzzles; and farmers pick high-tech robotics to help bring in the harvest
Digital humanities battles for funding against future-focused applications of artificial intelligence
We must take social context into account if we are to stop the spread of the disease
Machine learning is only effective if it is based on accurate sources
Pharma groups hope troves of patient records hold key to faster cures and bigger profits
What Florence Nightingale can teach us about the best ways to map the spread of disease
We already use data mining to prevent terrorism and money laundering, why not to stop infection?
Tech group wants to prevent concentration of digital power in US, China and Silicon Valley
Folding@home is the world's largest networked supercomputer
Continent’s capacity has doubled in the past three years as global investment surges
Move comes after makers of smart speakers faced criticism for sharing data without consent
Consumers may not welcome their information being widely shared
A new look at old maps reveals how cities grew and spread over the past 200 years
Improvements in machine learning and computing power make it a technology to watch
Change could have implications for firms reliant on fast access to market-moving data
Governments should make companies more accountable for the AI they provide for the public sector
Plans by EU commissioner Thierry Breton are part of effort to build up digital sector
It is already time to think about regulation in a post-GDPR world
The chess grandmaster shows what you can do with the clever analysis of numbers
The problem with bad data is that it lures us into believing false truths
With 47m global users Strava has the potential to generate big data for public development
Maptastic: the FT’s Alan Smith looks at the most unequal parts of the UK
These trends are already pervasive within public healthcare systems and private medical contexts. Digital tools and advice websites change how patients engage with medicine
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