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Is this the end of facial recognition tech?
Facial recognition – what’s the future for the technology?
Nigerian internet land rights costs fall
Nigerian land rights costs fall by 96% in one state reducing internet costs significantly
Exploring digital death
Digital death; how COVID-19 has forced us to update death rituals, moving grieving online
Can we make the web a better space?
A special programme on Web Science and why it matters
Ethiopia’s continuing online censorship
The internet shutdown in Ethiopia is entering its 3rd week.
Covid 19: Mapping changing sentiment in tweets
From fear to anger and hope, millions of tweets reveal changing views on the pandemic
Tracking the trolls
Machine learning can now spot online trolls, and help defend voters in future elections.
Why India can’t work from home
What the challenges of home-working mean during and after the pandemic in India.
A year without internet in Kashmir
Government restrictions mean a year of web restrictions for 15 million people in Kashmir
Algorithm apocalypse
Analysing the UK government’s flawed formula used to predict children’s exam grades
Scammers scamming the scammers
How leaked conversations from online forums show credit card thieves conning each other.
AI captain to sail the Atlantic
A crewless ship is due to set sail across the Atlantic with an AI captain on board
Keeping the structure of the internet safe
How do lockdowns and restrictions on the internet impact it’s stability globally?
Mapping Covid-19 to your phone
Google Maps has launched a new Covid-19 layer – but is it as accurate as it could be?
Can AI predict criminal behaviour?
Could AI algorithms really identify offenders? A number of schemes are scrapped in the US
Predicting US elections results every hour
A new model predicts the US election result every hour using betting data
Go Viral! online game
Spreading misinformation in the game Go Viral!
Why do we vote with paper in the age of the smart phone?
Most voting in elections worldwide is done with paper ballots, and for good reason.
Who is most susceptible to fake news?
Study into fake Covid-19 news shows Twitter is a fertile platform for conspiracy believers
Voyager 2 ed after seven months
The Voyager 2 spacecraft has been ed after seven months of radio silence.
Video games can be good for you
Playing video games is positively linked with wellbeing according to new research.
Increase in stalkerware installations
Stalkerware use - software that tracks a ’s device without their consent - is rising.
Almost two-thirds of the world’s population now online
Almost two-thirds of the world’s population is online according to a new report.
Is the internet affordable where you live?
Is the internet affordable where you live – prices fall by half in 5 years, says report.
Dispelling COVID-19 vaccine myths online
Dispelling COVID-19 vaccine myths online – should social media platforms be doing more?
Solar grid brings power to Yemen
A solar grid, run by women, brings power to Yemen
The best tech stories of 2020
The best tech of 2020 including Kivuwatt, internet shutdowns and digital death.
Blindness in the digital age
Technological and digital news from around the world.
Has tech been compromised in the US Capitol?
Has tech been compromised during the storming of the US Capitol?
Online manipulation on a global scale
Social media manipulation is now an industrial scale problem worldwide, says a new report.
Loon Balloon internet deflated
Google’s Loon Balloon internet connectivity project has been dropped.
