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Data as a Commodity: Shenzhen Data Exchange Launches Trading

Data is now being traded as a commodity in China. The Shenzhen Data Exchange, a state-run data exchange, launched in November with an inaugural ceremony and exhibition in Shenzhen. Official trading began after a year- Read more…

China Passes Strict New Data Privacy Law

The Chinese government today announced that it will institute a strict new data privacy law on November 1. Dubbed the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), it is said to be among the most stringent data privacy law Read more…

How the Coronavirus Response Is Aided by Analytics

The rapid emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has alarmed people around the world. While the possibility of a global pandemic is real, people can take some solace in the fact that public health offi Read more…

AI, Analytics Help to Propel Wind Power

Clean energy sources such as wind turbines are among the edge devices being incorporated into the Internet of Things. Once connected, the growing number of wind turbines sprouting up across Asia, Europe and the American Read more…

U.S., China Jockey for AI ‘Lead’

The U.S. is maintaining its lead in AI development as China hustles and spends to catch up, outpacing its rivals in areas like AI funding, adoption and access to data. Still, a report released this week by the Center Read more…

China and Iran Hacks Demonstrate Need for Better AI-Based Defense

Two events that were uncovered recently -- the cyberattack waged by Iran against the United States and the hack of 10 global telecommunications firms suspected by China -- underscores the growing need to improve security Read more…

Let’s Accept That AI Leadership Is Everywhere

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new space race, or at least that’s how it’s being perceived in the general population, and being presented by the movers and shakers of this world. That’s why it was no surpri Read more…

Filling Policy Void, U.S. AI Report Outlines Stakes

Who’s ahead in the race to win the global AI race is the subject of intense debate, much of it centered on China’s all-out effort to dominate AI development and whether the U.S. can get its act together in time to ke Read more…

China Ahead on AI Strategy, Behind on Data Access

Policy makers continue to bemoan the fact that the U.S., unlike its economic rivals, lacks a coherent government strategy for accelerating AI development and adoption. While the Trump administration has taken some early Read more…

Machine Learning: No Longer the ‘Fine China’ of Analytics, HPE Says

Machine learning has become a core component of companies' analytic initiatives and is no longer the "fine china" only brought out for special occasions, according to a manager with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, which toda Read more…

Spy vs. Spy: China Eyes Data Mining

The timing is interesting: China's official Xinhau News Agency moved a story this week about government agencies embracing big data. The dispatch came weeks after the United States accused China of hacking a U.S. personn Read more…

As Pollution Worsens, China Turns to Big Data

You've got to see, smell, feel Beijing's smog to believe it. Looking out a high window of a tall building, the air is opaque. Despite rules against them, vendors cook and sell food on side streets using charcoal grill Read more…

Huawei, CCTV Partner to Dev on High Density ‘Big Data’ Storage

Chinese company, Huawei Technologies, will not be sitting on the sidelines as the world rolls out solutions aimed at supporting the big data technology trend. According to a report this morning, the company is partnering on a media storage device with energy efficiency aims that may turn heads. Read more…

Live from GTC Asia: Accelerating Big Science

This week we were on-site in Beijing, China for the NVIDIA GTC event, which showcased innovations in GPU technology to accelerate scientific and enterprise applications. While the focus this year was mainly on science, with the growing datasets in industries like oil and gas and the life sciences, it is clear that accelerators could play a critical role as the era of big data unfolds. Read more…

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