Some state attorneys general are worried about the dominance of the big tech leaders and could launch joint inquiries into the likes of Google and Facebook. The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. AGs that attended a meeting hosted by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, reported...
Set lists do much more than determine the songs heard in concert. They also signal to fans the mindsets of their favorite bands and musicians – Are they trying to move past an overplayed classic? Are they feeling nostalgic for their garage days? Does the lead...
It’s all about the context — that stands as one of the oldest lessons passed along by teachers and mentors, lest a single fact or event take on oversized, or undersized, importance. Now, as financial institutions (FIs) embrace Big Data and the algorithms, the idea...
No doubt you’ve heard of Moore’s Law. The premise put forth by Gordon Moore states that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated chips double every year. That’s held true over decades, and now the length of time is about one and a...
Shopify, the maker of technology for merchants to sell online, saw its stock face pressure in trading Monday (March 26) after Andrew Left, the famed short seller and head of Citron Research, issued a new negative report on the company. According to CNBC, Left contends in...
Data is everywhere. Data is not static. Fraudsters are everywhere, and they are never static, never at rest. Taking data in and making decisions — whether about customers or hackers, products or web traffic — may be a simple concept, but it is hard to...
Big Data is no longer the purview of big banks. CO-OP Financial Services Chief Data Officer Matthew Maguire tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that credit unions can benefit from the far-flung bits of information that can enrich customer service — but only if the dots are...
The average car generates gigabytes of data already — between the engine, infotainment and other computerized systems. And that is only today — before the addition of things like cameras, in-car commerce applications and self-driving car radar systems that experts say are right around the corner. Tomorrow that data will...
Young adtech startup Narrative looks to change the way user data is bought and sold. Founded in 2016, Narrative has created a marketplace platform that connects buyers and sellers of data. “There’s a pent-up demand for folks looking to buy data and a pent-up supply...
