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'House of Cards' and the Future World of Big Data
By analyzing information collected online, Netflix, Amazon, Google and others can assess what you want. But "Big Data" has many other uses as well and there are risks...
By analyzing masses of information collected online, Netflix, Amazon, Google and others can figure out what you want and how much you'll pay. But what's called "Big Data" has many other uses as well — and there are risks, including invasions of privacy. Will Big Data stifle creativity and opportunity for innovation? Also, unemployment hits a four-year low, and the world's elite sports-car makers are going hybrid.