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America’s CTO Park: Goals of the Health Data Initiative

US Chief Technology Officer Todd Park outlines the three main goals of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Data Initiative. Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv

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Data Shows Dramatic Earth Warming

This summer temperature time lapse shows the extreme temperature rise seen across the Northern Hemisphere in the last 50 years. Check out both graphs here: www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com Music by Kevin MacLeod, “Stormfront” incompetech.com Keywords: [...]

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Summer Temperature Data Proves Earth Is Warming

This summer temperature time lapse shows the extreme temperature rise seen across the Northern Hemisphere in the last 50 years. Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com Music by Kevin MacLeod, “Stormfront” incompetech.com Keywords: More Proof Earth Is Warming Summer Temperature [...]

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Walmart Was Big Data Before Big Data Was Cool

Karenann Terrell, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Walmart Stores, Inc., shares how Walmart utilizes big data to stay on the cutting edge of information technology innovation. Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv

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Penguins may help prosecute oil companies

Penguins from the southern tip of Argentina sometimes get lost as they search for food and they often end up on warmer beaches in Brazil. But now, researchers have discovered they often bring important scientific data with them like oil samples that could help environmental protection officers locate who is responsible for a supposed oil [...]

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Israeli Border Invasion: Your private data, please

Tourists may be flocking to the Holy Land from all over the world, but the spiritual journey of some of them comes to an abrupt end at passport control. Israeli airport security is being accused of overstepping its authority by demanding access to people’s private data, in an attempt to prevent terrorists from sneaking into [...]

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Building Science by Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Complete video available for free at fora.tv Director of Technology for Sage Bionetworks Michael Kellen gives context to the Synapse software, a collaborative IT platform to align experts and enthusiasts. Kellen emphasizes that science is built by people working together.

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‘Flame’-Throwers: US, Israel behind super spy virus?

Reports have surfaced suggesting the US and Israel are behind a computer virus that appears to have been launched to try to spy on Iran’s nuclear activities. That’s despite Washington’s loud condemnation of hacker attacks – at least, those directed against the US – as RT’s Gayane Chichakyan explains. READ MORE: on.rt.com Subscribe to RT! [...]

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Game of Drones: Who’s on America’s hit list?

Despite Pakistan’s repeated demands for an immediate end to US-led drone strikes in the country, reports of fresh attacks are continuing. At least 3 people, believed to be militants, have been killed in the latest incident. But with their identities hard to verify, there are concerns that America’s war drones could be causing civilian deaths [...]

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Bruce Upbin & Eric Savitz: Standout Trends to Watch

Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv Bruce Upbin and Eric Savitz of Forbes remark about the future tech trends they hope to see. —- What new trends will emerge in the next several years? Find out at one of the Churchill Club’s most anticipated events of the year: the 14th Annual Top 10 Tech [...]

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4. Paying Attention to Details: It’s All in the Details

Gilman Louie, a partner at Alsop Louie Partners, discusses decision making, which details matter when starting and growing a business, and venture capital conventional wisdom. With over a century and a half of venture capital experience and many more years of practice in entrepreneurship, the teaching team and guest lecturers for this student initiated course [...]

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Stuxnet x20: Massive cyber spy virus ‘Flame’ hits Iran, Israel

A powerful data-snatching virus targeting computers in Iran, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries has been discovered by Russian experts. The worm has been used for years for what seems to be state-sponsored cyber espionage. Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Watch RT LIVE on our website rt.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter [...]

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