The big three smart home device makers — Amazon, Facebook and Google (which includes Nest) — all disclosed in their transparency reports if and when governments demand customer data.

Formed by ex-Apple engineers, Nest Labs develops products designed to bring Big Data and the Internet of Things into our homes via its smart thermostats, fire alarms and security cameras. The ...

One of the features of big data is the accumulation of massive amounts of information that are not suited to traditional econometric and statistical techniques. I predict that this phenomenon will ...

From baby monitors and smart home devices to retail store loyalty programs, surveillance technologies permeate all aspects of our lives. ... In 2017, the value of big data exceeded that of oil.