Sentences with phrase «used data»

Wylie also alleges that Cambridge Analytica used data harvested from more than 50 - million Facebook users to help U.S. President Donald Trump win the 2016 election.

WASHINGTON — Under fire for his connections to a voter - targeting firm that used data taken from 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz insisted Tuesday that he was unaware of any impropriety.

Zuckerberg and Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, had been quiet since news broke Friday that Cambridge may have used data improperly obtained from roughly 50 million Facebook users to try to sway elections.

To determine how networking affects the quality of the cofounders that entrepreneurs find, the researchers used data from the application process and weekly 360 reviews to generate measures of entrepreneurs» underlying talent and interpersonal ability.

The 2003 bestseller by Michael Lewis about the Oakland A's baseball team and its visionary general manager, Billy Beane, who used a data - driven draft process to get to the playoffs, spawned a 2011 Brad Pitt movie and popularized the notion that math could win games.

While other publishers guessed at reader preferences, the Huffington Post team used data - driven methodology to give readers exactly what they wanted.

Bloomberg has a strong piece on Peter Thiel's Palantir, and the scandal that ensued at JPMorgan when the head of an insider threat group went rogue and used the data - mining firm's services to spy on the top brass.

And according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officials.

The agency used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officials, according to the NSA document.

The machine - learning - based model by Medial EarlySign used data found in EHRs, such as laboratory tests results, demographics, medication, and diagnostic codes, to predict a patient's risk of experiencing renal dysfunction.

To design the bra, Cohen used the data from those early Craigslist fittings to create the startup's own non-Dorothy proprietary molds.

The credit comparison site looked at 30 of the world's most popular cities and used data from TripAdvisor and the Michelin Guide to find the number of theaters, concert halls, museums, art galleries, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and Michelin - starred restaurants in each one.

Researchers used data from the Framingham Heart Study, which we've written about here before.

At my company, I've used data to guide me in deciding who to hire, where to advertise, how to cut costs, and more.

Before pitching 500 Startups, van den Brand and his co - founder, CTO Elijah Murray, used their data access and sleuthing ability to find out that accelerator partner Christine Tsai was refinancing her home.

To build the list of Canada's 100 Best Jobs, we used data from Statistics Canada, including jobs that had experienced employment growth over the past five years, had a minimum median salary of $ 60,000 and employed at least 5,000 people.

Many have used this data in designing new methods to supplement and even replace clinical trials, which are notoriously difficult to fill with patients.

The scandal involves accusations of mismanagement of user data, following revelations that analytics firm Cambridge Analytica used data from 50 million profiles as part of President Trump's 2016 campaign.

They hired a market research firm, polled 4,000 people in Frank + Oak's target demographic about their social values and attitudes, and used the data to build a profile of the prototypical customer.

The cofounder of the online - dating site OKCupid wrote a book called «Dataclysm» that used data from his dating site to answer questions about love, dating, and relationships.

With these results in mind, FlexJobs used data from Fortune's «100 Best Workplaces for Millennials» list to come up with the companies that offer the most flexible jobs to today's younger generation.

Cambridge Analytica is under investigation in both the U.S. and the U.K. for the way it obtained data on as many as 87 million users from Facebook and for whether it used that data to target voters on behalf of the Trump campaign in the U.S. and the Brexit referendum in the U.K.

In addition, we used data provided by Thomson Reuters and S&P Global Market Intelligence to calculate total return and market capitalization.

The site used the data to project this summer's hot spots for waits, which will be longer than usual because of a short - staffed Transportation Security Administration and record demand.

Steve Rayson, the director at BuzzSumo, analyzed 100 million Facebook videos that were published in the last year and used the data to show you how to create a more engaging and optimal Facebook video.

For example, researchers have used data from a Reddit discussion forum about movies to train computers to mimic how people chat about their favorite films.

Access to the complete Twitter stream costs about $ 30,000 a month, with fees based on usage that can take the charges up to $ 1.5 million a year, according to people who have used the data.

Some have also used the data to support their arguments that Apple Watch is a «failure.»

They then used the data to model how germs are spread between around planes.

I used data from Yale economist Robert Shiller to show what would happen if someone invested $ 500 a month, every month, in the S&P 500 throughout every possible 20 - year period from 1871 to 2013.

Financial website How Much used data from real - estate site Zillow to collect home prices for every state to find the minimum income needed to afford a place there and found that, in some areas, the income necessary is well below the national average.

One unanswered question in Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation into whether there was any collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia is whether Russias Internet Research Agency or Russian intelligence used data Cambridge Analytica obtained from Facebook or other sources to help target and time messages during the campaign that were anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Trump and politically and racially divisive.

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Instead of relying on gut instincts, you can use your data to make informed, strategic decisions for your business.

I think this will be the year where marketers start to use data to develop better strategies, in order to create better content (with smarter distribution).

It would be unfortunate if this were the case, as this data is reported on with the assumption it is reliable and local policy makers and economic development agencies use the data when making policy.

Collecting and using data has been a hot and sensitive topic.

A few companies in the Journal article seem to have found some creative ways to get around this, using the data they've vaccuumed up to enable new insights about employee health.

Then they can figure out how to use the data to find the insights they need.

Their approach, he explains, is to use data to give patients and providers more information and reduce the amount of medical care people consume, or, in the lingo of the industry, «utilization.»

Meanwhile, Smith continually uses data to inform and guide the way he allocates his time.

Using data from more than 75,600 people who said they'd been clinically diagnosed with depression and from more than 231,700 people who reported no history of depression, Perlis and his team were able to identify 15 areas on our DNA that appear to be linked with Major Depressive Disorder.

At Google, we recognize that users trust us to use data responsibly, transparently and only as authorized.

Google's study shows how AI - technology can be used to create new diagnostic tests to predict medical conditions by using data from existing tools.

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Under the new rules, these companies will need to be much more specific about how they will use data and get permission for these specific uses.

Because, whatever they may say, VCs aren't using data to make their funding decisions, as TechCrunch notes.

Uses data on high performing employees and its industry expertise to help businesses streamline and improve their hiring process.

AT&T wants to use that data to build a digital advertising system that can rival those of Google and Facebook, but what protections will be in place for user privacy?

«From an insurer's perspective, certainly using that data to optimize risk eligibility and pricing is really what I would call the panacea of insurance,» said Colaco.