How the Future Fund got lost investing in big data
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How the Future Fund got lost investing in big data

This is one big data bet that hasn't paid off for one of Australia's biggest investors.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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How comfortable are you with your phone tracking your every move?

How comfortable are you with your phone tracking your every move?

Someone on jury duty arrived home to find a Facebook friend suggestion - from the person whose trial they were sitting on.

  • byStuart Layt
'Extremely risky'$1.2 million voter data project abandoned by Liberals

'Extremely risky'$1.2 million voter data project abandoned by Liberals

The Liberal Party has spent more than $1 million building a powerful campaign tool. But it isn't using it this federal election.

  • byMax Koslowski
Sky's no limit for Queensland satellite data researchers

Sky's no limit for Queensland satellite data researchers

Queensland researchers will join academic and industry partners in a new body which has been set up to establish Australia's eyes in the sky.

  • byStuart Layt
Welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism

Welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism

The big Japanese investment bank Mizuho predicts digital assistants will generate $US11 billion a year by next year.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Scientists use quantum computer to predict the future

Scientists use quantum computer to predict the future

Researchers have developed a quantum prediction device which can predict the future of a point of light and soon,it's hoped,much more.

  • byStuart Layt
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A randomised route to better government

A randomised route to better government

An evaluator-general would help policymakers understand which policies work,and which to drop.

  • byAndrew Leigh
Digital bank Volt eyes business customers as fintechs chase data

Digital bank Volt eyes business customers as fintechs chase data

Business customers can expect to see their information shape new products.

  • byEmma Koehn
Data wizard exodus potentially harmful to WA economy

Data wizard exodus potentially harmful to WA economy

WA is losing skilled data science graduates to over east and overseas but one of WA’s biggest IT employers is fighting for them to stay.

  • byHamish Hastie
Millions are on the move in China,and Big Data is watching

Millions are on the move in China,and Big Data is watching

China's high-speed rail network appears to be at the centre of the state's experiment in harnessing technology to not only watch its citizens,but shape their behaviour.

  • byKirsty Needham
Details of 1 million Australians added to giant marketing database without their knowledge

Details of 1 million Australians added to giant marketing database without their knowledge

More than 1 million Australians have had their name and address automatically passed to global marketing giants without their knowledge.

  • byEryk Bagshaw