Louise Bennett on big data

The rise of a global pandemic has necessitated a transformation in Health and social care. New digital tools, technologies and approaches are enabling professionals to meet the rising demand for care and the public's changing expectations about how health and social care are delivered in the community.

A global pandemic has seen people of all nations turn to the internet for answers. At the Symbiosis Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence, Symbiosis International University and the University of Hertfordshire, Jyoti Choudrie, Ketan Kotecha and Rahee Walambe uncover the benefits of AI in the fight against COVID-19 misinformation.

Hugo Feiler, CEO at Minima, explains how blockchain might solve the problems of high demand and reduced margins that 5G will present for the telecommunications industry.

Big data is one of the newer threads within the technology industry, writes Paul Taylor MBCS, Author and IT consultant. However, like most things, big data is a not a silver bullet; it has a number of challenges that people need to be aware of.