Mar 31 Data: How does the U.S. women’s soccer team pay compare to the men? By Laura Santhanam Members of the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a complaint with the federal government this week for being paid less than their male counterparts. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 9:20 In Boston, tracking data to score government progress By PBS NewsHour Boston plans to use data and analytics to help improve operations, better measure performance and increase efficiency under a forthcoming initiative called CityScore. A single number is issued daily, measuring how the city is meeting its goals on a variety… Continue watching
Dec 04 Infographic: Where America’s mass shootings happened in 2015 By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger Following this week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, the PBS NewsHour analyzed news reports of 354 shootings where at least four people were killed or wounded to understand where and when gun violence erupts in America. Continue reading
Aug 30 Looking for a way to store data for millennia? Try DNA. By Carey Reed, Andrew Mach The breakthrough could lead to the creation of digital archives, storing everything from ancient texts to Wikipedia pages in DNA form that could survive for hundreds of thousands of years without the loss of any data. Continue reading
Apr 21 Americans use more government data than they think By Colleen Shalby A new report from Pew Research Center shows that a majority of Americans don’t trust the government, but plenty use its open data -- often without knowing they’re doing so. Continue reading
Mar 30 Studies suggest that with age comes a willingness to trust By Laura Santhanam Despite what conventional wisdom may suggest, new research has revealed that people tend to be more willing to trust others as they age. Continue reading
Feb 27 White House introduces bill to protect consumer data privacy By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Amid "rapid growth" in the collection of data on Americans, the White House has drafted legislation that calls on businesses to do more to help consumers protect their personal information. Continue reading
Feb 20 Is your child’s personal data safe at school? By Kyla Calvert Mason Earlier this month, students and parents in Washington, D.C. and Miami learned that massive amounts of student information gathered by schools had been compromised or stolen. In Miami, a man was arrested with students’ names, social security numbers… Continue reading
Jan 29 Your ‘anonymous’ credit card data is not so anonymous, study finds By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Out of an anonymous set of credit card data from millions of people, how easily can you find one person? Very easily, it turns out. Continue reading
Oct 22 Four out of 10 internet users have experienced online harassment, Pew says By Colleen Shalby What’s the reality of online harassment for people on a daily level? Pew Research Center recently found that four out of ten internet users have experienced some form of online harassment. Continue reading