X-Rays, MRIs, and CT scans of millions of U.S. patients are left unprotected by even a modicum of security on publicly accessible servers, according to an investigation conducted by ProPublica. Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson reported on lack of security for...
The FDA rejected the studies confirming the safety and effectiveness of the brain-boosting drug piracetam in 2004. Yet 15 years later, piracetam is still widely sold in US despite the FDA’s efforts. Eli Wolfe wrote this report published in Salon: A study published...
Millions of research papers in Europe, previously behind journal paywalls, may soon become open for text and data mining, thanks to new legislation which will receive final approval in January. Academic researchers can rejoice. But if you’re a startup, getting...
Vision Critical has upgraded its Sparq Platform with the addition of text mining and sentiment analysis to its capabilities. The upgrade was part of Vision Critical’s push toward a deeper understanding of their clients’ customers through customer profiling,...
Google’s newly-launched What-If Tool gives users the ability to analyze a machine learning (ML) model without having to write code for it. Given the increasing scrutiny leveled on the opaque nature of machine learning, the What-If tool will offer greater...
With losses from food stamp fraud estimated to average around a billion dollars a year, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) commissioned the creation of an algorithm called ALERT to sift through millions of retail transactions to identify potentially fraudulent...