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This chart should make you extremely hopeful about the future of income...
America may not be moving any closer toward equal distribution of wealth, but around the world the trend is clear: Poverty is disappearing.Those are the findings of Tomas Hellebrandt and Paolo Mauro,...
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We sent men to the moon in 1969 on a tiny fraction of the data that's in the...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video The amount of digital data in the universe is growing at an exponential rate, doubling every two years, and changing how we live in the world.“The rate at...
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Going to the doctor will be very different in the not-so-distant future
Sometime in the not-so-distant future, getting a checkup will be very different.When the doctor writes down your symptoms, it will be cross-checked with others in your area, making it easier to...
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Here's what happened in IoT this week
Happy Weekend! IoT Weekender is a collection of our favorite internet of things news of the week from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s paid research service.BP'S CONNECTED OIL WELLS CAN...
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Going to the doctor will be very different in the not-so-distant future
Sometime in the not-so-distant future, getting a checkup will be very different.When the doctor writes down your symptoms, it will be cross-checked with others in your area, making it easier to...
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Seed by seed, acre by acre, big data is taking over the farm
The digital farmInside the cab of Brian Marshall’s tractors is a glimpse into the future of farming. Through the windows, he sees his 4,000 acres of corn and soybean crops. He also sees a slew of...
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Cancer treatment is on the brink of a data revolution
Imagine picking three people from a group of 100 with a certain kind of cancer, based on who you think might respond well to a certain experimental medication, then forming an opinion of the remaining...
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IBM just launched a new 2,000-employee consulting business to dominate big...
Although there have been rumors all year that IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is undertaking a major re-org of the company, she's actually dolling out big changes in smaller bits and drabs.For instance, on...
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Oceans of Information: How Big Data Tackles the Sea
Please enable Javascript to watch this video The planet is a vast expanse of ocean covering 70% of the globe. And that expanse is now awash in sophisticated sensors monitoring the water’s vital signs,...
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Our electric grids are equipped with a 'tsunami' of data, but they're still...
On August 14 2003, a major blackout hit Northeast America, causing more than 40 million people in eight states and 10 million people in Canada to lose power for up to several days. The cause was traced...
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Your anonymous cell phone data might be used to break up traffic jams
Those 42 hours a year you spend sitting in traffic may not be wasted, after all.City officials are starting to use cell phone towers to find out where people spend the most time idling in traffic, all...
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How Facebook code infiltrated the Fortune 50 (FB)
When you're running at Facebook's scale, you're going to run into problems that no other tech company has ever encountered before. Which means that it falls on Facebook itself to build the tools it...
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Apps are going to get a lot smarter with help from Microsoft Office (MSFT)
Today, Microsoft officially released the Microsoft Graph, a nerdy solution that opens the doors wide for developers to do a lot more with Microsoft Office.The critical idea here is the "application...
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Microsoft hopes you never see its most world-changing technology
There's a lot of hubbub right now around using data to make apps smarter. For instance, Microsoft has given itself a mandate to develop "more personal computing," with algorithms that crunch tremendous...
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Tech billionaire Michael Dell says 'big data' is the next trillion-dollar...
Michael Dell is trying to orchestrate the biggest tech acquisition in history, and to pull it off, he'll most likely have to go up to his eyeballs in debt to pay $67 billion for EMC.Why would he be...
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A computer-storage exec explains why that once hot market is melting down...
Earlier this week, storage giant Hitachi Data Systems made a big move in the flash-storage market by introducing new system that uses 100% flash technology.This is another nail in the coffin for the...
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The aerial data revolution is approaching
The aerial data revolution is fast approaching.The ability to match on-demand data with powerful analytics allows businesses to make more informed decisions faster. But most Americans still view drone...
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After his company took a $2 billion haircut in one day, Tableau CFO explains...
On Thursday, the darling of the big data enterprise software world, Tableau Software, shared some painfully disappointing news that sent its shares tumbling.It expected a soft 2016 in both revenue and...
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Billionaire CEO Marc Benioff remains a big Fitbit supporter even after it...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is a huge fan of Fitbit, the fitness tracking device maker that went public last year. He was an early investor and has been an ardent supporter of the company for many...
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These maps of 1.1 billion New York taxi rides reveal Manhattan’s allure like...
Services like Uber and Lyft may be rattling the taxi industry across the US, but there are still a lot of people hailing cabs in New York City.Try 1.1 billion rides over the last six years.Late last...
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