For the first time, the platform is outing the specific U.S. law enforcement agencies that are the most data-thirsty.
Balancing support for data-based digital innovation, including where data-thirsty technologies like AI are concerned, with respect for the privacy of people's highly sensitive health data will be a tricky act for the government to steer, though.
(And yes, before you point it out, you can indeed find brands owned by TechCrunch's parent entity Oath among those being called out for dark pattern design… It's fair to say that dark pattern consent flows are shamefully widespread among media entities, many of which aim to monetize free content with data-thirsty ad targeting).
Does the policy satisfy those data-thirsty bores, who must need multiple regression models proving the density of a brick wall before accepting they probably shouldn't repeatedly dash their head into it, that alleviating hunger improves results?
However, there is definitely the risk that while we are 'drowned by data, we remain thirsty for knowledge'.
On the other hand, much recent literature gives the impression that there is a surplus of information, from gene expression profiles to proteomics to metabolomics, with the risk that while we are truly 'drowned by data, we remain thirsty for knowledge'.
And tech giants like Amazon and Google seek out states with strong zero-emissions energy infrastructure to locate their electricity-thirsty data centers.
While cheering to those of us who enjoy a glass or two, the data left this correspondent thirsty for more analysis.
At a time when digital video recorders are proliferating, advertisers are thirsty for any data they can get about who is watching their ads, who is fast-forwarding past them and where it makes the most sense to invest.
Insurance companies are thirsty for actionable data, to assess risk, gain real time insights and enhance customer understanding.
