Tag: huge data

• Analytics are reshaping fashion’s old-school instincts

  February 14, 2019

  When Detroit-based luxury goods brand Shinola began working on its new Vinton watch, the team designed with a woman in mind, but testing the product through analytics platform MakerSights, which… more ›

• Pornhub Is the Kinsey Report of Our Time

  December 15, 2018

  Pornhub Is the Kinsey Report of Our Time Waking up on a Sunday morning, I received a text about what happened after I left the previous night’s party. “Everyone got… more ›

• Porn sites collect more user data than Netflix or Hulu. This is what they do with it.

  December 15, 2018

  Porn sites collect more user data than Netflix or Hulu. This is what they do with it. The biggest and perhaps best source of data about what people like to… more ›

• Amazon has everything it needs to make massively popular algorithm-driven fiction

  November 17, 2018

  Amazon has everything it needs to make massively popular algorithm-driven fiction Amazon is the Voldemort of book events—”our friends in Seattle,” the ominous euphemism goes. The Seattle-based company is famous… more ›

• Is This Mysterious Silicon Valley Company Helping…

  March 20, 2018

  Is This Mysterious Silicon Valley Company Helping The NSA Spy On Americans? » Last night we learned about PRISM, a classified National Security Agency program that involves huge, wide-ranging data… more ›

• Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: 'We spent $1m…

  March 17, 2018

  Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: 'We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles' – video » <p>Christopher Wylie, who worked for data firm Cambridge Analytica, reveals how personal information was taken without… more ›

• India’s biometric database is a massive…

  September 7, 2017

  India’s biometric database is a massive achievement and a dystopian nightmare » Seven years ago nearly 400 million people in India did not exist in the eyes of the government.… more ›

• Pre-talk

  January 26, 2017

  Pre-talk “And the company took even more radical measures: starting in July 2016, a new app was prepared for Trump campaign canvassers with which they could find out the political… more ›

• Trump Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself

  January 26, 2017

  Trump Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself » Read the information carefully and ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions. The Antidote Writers Collective seeks to… more ›

• Human Data Banks and Algorithmic Labour Facebook…

  October 2, 2016

  Human Data Banks and Algorithmic Labour Facebook Algorithmic Factory (2) » This is the second story in our investigation trilogy titled Facebook Algorithmic Factory, created with the intention to map and… more ›