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Log files that describe the history of the internet are disappearing. A new project hopes to save them

The Internet History Initiative wants future historians to have a chance to understand how human progress and technical progress align APRICOT 2026 For almost 30 years, the PingER project at the USA’s ...
SlashGear

11 Of The Worst Data Breaches In The History Of The Internet

If you thought the startling number of yearly data breaches would spur tech companies to improve security, then buckle up, because the trend is only getting worse. Almost every year, we see an ...
The Nation

How Everything Became Data

The rise and rise and rise of data. Starting with the birth of statistics in the 19th century and concluding with algorithms and AI systems, a new book examines how humans became studied as a set of ...
Forbes

Rethinking The Historical Market Data Layer

Oleg Solodukhin, CEO of dxFeed, a market data and financial services firm. Over 20 years of experience in information technology & finance. Especially when it comes to financial data, the scale and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Discoverability Lab Offers New Look at Historical Data and Machine Learning

Explore early experiments to increase the discoverability of women’s history at the Smithsonian. Elizabeth A. Harmon Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum staff member Summer L. Hamilton, PhD, ...
insideHPC

A Brief History of Big Data

Big data is a relatively new phenomenon comprised of a number of disciplines that contribute to making the technology possible. But have you ever wondered how we got here, how big data evolved over ...
Investopedia

Data Science: Overview, History and FAQs

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a freelance writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, ...