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Big data firm Datameer analyzed thousands of tweets in the week preceding the debate, revealing that the two candidates have never been more controversial-or unpopular.
Cybersecurity expert Tim Bandos reveals which political party is most vulnerable, common hacking techniques, and what companies can learn from watching how the DNC and RNC respond to cyberthreats.
Representative Martha Jane King started Kentucky's first special committee on technology. We spoke with her about the importance of having tech experts in government.
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In a revealing interview, analytics firm CFB Strategies explains how big data helped his company generate over $90 million in contributions, and what business can learn from fundraising tactics.
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The business of numbers is big business. Read our quick guide to how polling works, how big data changed the industry, and the most influential and accurate polls of the 2016 election.
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As the general election field takes shape, campaigns compete online with robust social media and big data operations. Which candidate-Trump, Clinton, Stein, or Johnson-is the most technological?
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During the DNC alone AT&T processed 64 terabytes of data, the equivalent of 182 million selfies. Here's how the mobile company kept convention-goers connected.
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Work at home! Make millions online! Big data analysis shows that 2016 is the most junk mail-ridden election of all time, and "get rich like Trump" tops the spam charts.
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How the data firm used by Ted Cruz and Republican candidates, uses advanced psychographics and over 5 thousand personalized data points to hyper-target advertising messages.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that US president Barack Obama is considering ways to improve the security around the country's electronic voting system.
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Both candidates saw convention bumps, but what does that really tell us? Social media trends from the #RNC and #DNC offer more incisive and nuanced insights than polling data alone.
TechRepublic's Dan Patterson talked with Michael Shure, Chief Political Correspondent of BitTorrent News, about how campaigns have used tech over the years to reach voters.
TechRepublic asked DNC 2016 convention goers 'Are you an iPhone or an Android user?' Spoiler: most, including former U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich, use iPhones.
TechRepublic's Dan Patterson and podcaster Justin Robert Young discussed the latest hacks on the DNC and why attacks are becoming more common.
Venture capitalist and PayPal founder Peter Thiel spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention in support of Donald Trump. Here are some top takeaways from his address.