HONG KONG — Chinese officials announced Tuesday that they would temporarily stop publishing the youth unemployment rate, which has reached record highs in recent months, saying the way it is calculated needs refinement. Youth unemployment is just one of the problems facing China, the world’s second-largest economy after the United States, as it recovers more… Continue reading China, facing record youth unemployment, says it will stop releasing data on it
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NatWest offers compensation to customer affected by data breach exposed by whistleblower
NatWest has offered compensation to a former customer after he was informed by a whistleblower that his personal information has been compromised for 14 years. The former customer praised the whistleblower for bringing to his attention the fact that sensitive data about him and around 1,600 others has been insecurely stored in a former… Continue reading NatWest offers compensation to customer affected by data breach exposed by whistleblower
CDC data finds that suicides reached all-time high in 2022
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet calculated a suicide rate for the year, but available data suggests suicides are more common in the U.S. than… Continue reading CDC data finds that suicides reached all-time high in 2022
Northern Irish police expose staff data in botched FoI response
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is today rushing to contain and explain a major data breach that saw a spreadsheet containing the surname, initial, rank, location and department of every serving officer and civilian staff member posted and shared online. The data breach was a botched response to a Freedom of Information… Continue reading Northern Irish police expose staff data in botched FoI response
UK voter data hacked in cyber attack on election watchdog
The UK’s Electoral Commission has fallen victim to a major cyber incident that saw electoral registers containing the personal data of millions of voters accessed by an as-yet undisclosed threat actor. The election watchdog said the attacker first accessed its systems in August 2021 but was able to avoid detection for over 12 months,… Continue reading UK voter data hacked in cyber attack on election watchdog
Zoom responds to privacy concerns raised by AI data collection
On Monday, videoconferencing app Zoom addressed privacy concerns being raised by a growing number of customers in response to new language included in the app’s terms of service. In a statement, the company said it will not use customers’ data without their consent to train artificial intelligence. In Section 10.4 of Zoom’s terms of service,… Continue reading Zoom responds to privacy concerns raised by AI data collection
Scottish NHS trust ducks fine after staff shared patient data via WhatsApp
NHS Lanarkshire has been issued a reprimand by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after 26 staff at the trust used a WhatsApp group to share patient data, including names, phone numbers and addresses, on over 500 occasions between April 2020 and April 2022. Staff at the trust, which oversees three hospitals near Glasgow in… Continue reading Scottish NHS trust ducks fine after staff shared patient data via WhatsApp
Nose-picking healthcare workers more likely to catch Covid, data suggests | Coronavirus
Nose-picking should be given greater consideration as a potential health hazard, researchers have said, after finding healthcare workers who engaged in rhinotillexis were more likely to catch Covid than those who refrained. Scientists in the Netherlands say research has previously found healthcare workers who had direct with Covid patients were more likely to catch Covid… Continue reading Nose-picking healthcare workers more likely to catch Covid, data suggests | Coronavirus
Wirral Council set to deploy Microsoft Fabric data platform
Wirral Council has begun work on using Microsoft Fabric as its data platform, in a bid to deliver machine learning and advanced data analytics for council services, operations and planning. The council is one of the five metropolitan boroughs in Merseyside, and is responsible for delivering most of the local government services. The data… Continue reading Wirral Council set to deploy Microsoft Fabric data platform
Vast Data Platform aims at storage everywhere for AI/ML workloads
Vast Data aims to get vaster with the launch of the Vast Data Platform that will provide customers with AI/ML-focused storage infrastructure that is intended to replace existing database, data lake and data warehouse functionality. In terms of scale and outcomes, it aims at “global learning” and “constant realisation” from the AI systems it… Continue reading Vast Data Platform aims at storage everywhere for AI/ML workloads