Citizen science
Ever wanted to contribute to research? All people-powered science requires is a phone or computer and a sharp eyeThe Big Butterfly Count is the largest project of its type. It is on track to exceed...
View ArticleApple removes podcasts by Infowars' Alex Jones
Move is most significant action yet by a major technology firm against US conspiracy theoristApple has removed the American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from its podcast directory, in the most...
View ArticleWhat video games in schools can teach us about learning
Southgate primary in West Sussex is one of many British schools bringing games into the classroom, with staff seeing benefits for parents as well as studentsAt the end of the summer term at Southgate...
View ArticleTesla shares soar after Elon Musk floats plan to take company private
Musk tweets plan as it emerges Saudi Arabia has built up $2.9bn stake in tech giantElon Musk has launched a campaign to take Tesla private on a day that included several provocative tweets, a...
View ArticleSnapchat surgery: doctors report rise in patient requests to look 'filtered'
The trend, labelled ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’, suggests some people are experiencing a worrying blur between reality and social mediaPlastic surgeons are reporting that patients are coming to them with...
View ArticleHackable implanted medical devices could cause deaths, researchers say
Medtronic, a manufacturer of pacemakers and implantable insulin pumps, won’t fix security vulnerabilities in its productsA range of implanted medical devices with nine newly discovered security...
View ArticleTwitter suspends Proud Boys on eve of deadly Unite the Right rally anniversary
Platform bars rightwing ‘western chauvinist’ group for violating its policy against violent extremistsTwitter suspended numerous accounts associated with the rightwing “western chauvinist” group the...
View ArticleWhy YouTubers are feeling the burn
From fashionistas to popular scientists, YouTube’s top video stars are crumbling under the relentless pressure of producing new content for the siteWhen Lucy Moon sat down with her therapist to discuss...
View ArticleWhy YouTubers are feeling the burn
From fashionistas to popular scientists, YouTube’s top video stars are crumbling under the relentless pressure of producing new content for the siteWhen Lucy Moon sat down with her therapist to discuss...
View ArticleFacebook exec: media firms that don't work with us will end up 'in hospice'
Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships, tells publishers that without Facebook’s help their businesses will dieA senior Facebook executive told Australian media companies that if they didn’t...
View Article21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari review – a guru for our...
The author of global bestseller Sapiens is back, with a self-help guide for a bewildering age – and its sweeping statements are peppered with truly mind-expanding observationsYuval Noah Harari’s career...
View ArticleHow Grand Theft Auto created a virtual underground clubbing scene
Avatars of real-life DJs curate – and create – cool music and players have ownership of their nightclubs in the latest After Hours update, which puts GTA at the heart of pop cultureIn 2002’s Grand...
View ArticleTesla founder Elon Musk says past year excruciating and 'worst is yet to come'
In emotional interview, Tesla founder says he has endured ‘the most difficult and painful’ time of his career Elon Musk has said the past year of his professional life has been “excruciating” and that...
View ArticleTesla's stock falls sharply after Elon Musk reveals 'excruciating' year
Musk says he has endured ‘the most difficult and painful’ time in emotional interview as confession wipes billions off Tesla valueElon Musk has said the past year of his professional life has been...
View ArticleInside the British military base where young hackers learn to stop cybercrime
As part of the Cyber Security Challenge UK, law enforcement agencies are putting ‘cyberdefenders’ through their pacesAt the heart of a police operation to defend Britain from attack by cybercriminals,...
View ArticleMat Ewins review – hi-tech gags from multimedia noodler extraordinaire
Just the Tonic at the Mash House, EdinburghArtistry and geekery combine in a set that shows off Ewins’ clever video editing and pranksterish sense of funBrexit. #MeToo. Editing a newspaper on Mars. One...
View ArticleThe undertakers of Silicon Valley: how failure became big business
In the world of tech startups, messing up is practically a religion. This company is here to pick up the piecesI am on the phone with the one-time owner of Kozmo.com. Back in 2001, Kozmo.com was going...
View ArticleSuperdrug targeted by hackers who claim to have 20,000 customer details
Health and beauty retailer advises online customers to change their passwordsSuperdrug has advised its online customers to change their passwords after the high street chain was targeted by hackers...
View Article'Our generation's inside joke': the bizarre, nostalgic afterlife of Vine
The seven-second video app may be dead, but may of the best clips are having a popular resurgence on YouTube. What does it mean for creators?Helena Hadjiyerou, a 21-year old from the United Kingdom,...
View ArticleHow Australia reacted to the great Liberal political bunfight – (part 2)
Praise be for the internet and the gems a nation created around the Turnbull-Dutton-Morrison-Bishop spill• How the internet saw the great Turnbull-Dutton Liberal spill (part 1)Another week of our lives...
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