Protecting your privacy if you use a route mapping app
Route mapping apps such as Strava are popular with cyclists, but you need to protect your privacy Shutterstock/antbThere are plenty...
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People prefer robots to explain themselves – and a brief summary doesn’t cut it
A robot and human interacting Tommy Ton, tontommy.com, CC BY-NDArtificial intelligence is entering our lives in many ways – on...
Banning mobile phones in immigration detention would make an inhumane system even crueler
Michael Dodge/AAPMobile phones are a lifeline for those in immigration detention. But if the government has its way, this thread...
How to secure a smartphone for the tweeter-in-chief
As President Donald Trump takes office, he has also taken up a new, digital symbol of the presidency. Before, during...
The golden ratio: an ancient Greek formula could be responsible for most hit musicals
John Gomez/Shutterstock“What’s the secret to your success?” A simple question asked frequently of those who have achieved greatness in their...
Five hurdles blockchain faces to revolutionise banking
ShutterstockBlockchain is touted as the next step in the digital revolution, a technology that will change every industry from music...
If two countries waged cyber war on each another, here’s what to expect
lollojImagine you woke up to discover a massive cyber attack on your country. All government data has been destroyed, taking...
Cities and states take up the battle for an open internet
Communities across the U.S. are taking network construction into their own hands. T.Dallas/Shutterstock.comInternet service providers like Comcast and Verizon are...
After the crisis: how to avoid (some of) our misleading beliefs
Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman and his colleague and friend Amos Tversky formalised the concept of “cognitive bias” in 1972,...
Why ‘bad’ ads appear on ‘good’ websites – a computer scientist explains
Examples of 'bad ads' found on the web: clickbait articles, potentially unwanted programs, miracle weight loss supplements, gross-out images, and...
