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Judiciary and Commerce committees move to checkmate Facebook

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On April 10th and 11th, the Senate and House committees on the Judiciary and Commerce held a rare joint open hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook. The topic was Facebook’s handling of the data of US citizens. The peripheral, but more important matter, was use of Facebook data in election interference around the world. Very few commentators differ …

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How sensor tech, big data, and advanced algorithms will drive strategic intelligence

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In Why Software Will Never Replace Strategic Analysts, I laid down a theme I’ll be covering in my closing keynote for the Business Forecasting and Analytics Forum in Chicago on September 20: That data and information may belong to computers, but that knowledge, wisdom, and leadership will remain a uniquely human endeavor. Some took this to mean that I didn’t think …