Secrets of Big Data

A British warship has its location mysteriously faked when its automated tracking data is compromised; a teen is arrested and beaten by police after parking his car in an area determined to be a hot spot for crime by a computer algorithm.

A nuclear scientist is assassinated in an attack that may involve remote-controlled weaponry; a driverless car fails to recognize a pedestrian in its path; a portrait created by an algorithm goes up for sale, stoking controversy in the art world.

Police use facial recognition technology to arrest a suspected thief; a Canadian writer creates an artificial intelligence chat-bot to reconnect with a lost loved one; a London-based stock trader uses algorithms to beat the market at its own game.

The owner of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange dies under strange circumstances; a woman suffering from a series of painful medical issues is denied access to prescription medication because an algorithm flags her as high risk to abuse drugs.

The U.S. government suffers the largest and most intrusive cyberattack in its history; a New York City job-seeker engages in a series of interviews where an algorithm analyses his every word and gesture to determine his suitability for employment.

A Spanish badminton player uses technology in an effort to accomplish something that nobody in the sport has ever done before; an American man is wrongfully convicted of a crime based on an inaccurate lie detector test.