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Can AI predict Arctic ice loss?
A new AI that can predict Arctic sea loss.
Spyware threatening independent media
Unchecked growth of spyware is becoming an escalating threat to independent media
Census goes digital in India
Census goes digital in India, but who will be excluded?
Economic cost of the digital gender gap
Women are left offline and it’s costing governments billions, says the Web foundation.
Women's safety online
The nightmare of unchecked trolling and misogyny
Online safety laws
Can the law make social media safer?
How green is our data?
Is our data and our use of the internet adding to climate change?
Blockchain’s e-waste a growing problem
Cryptocurrency miners change their mining kit every six months creating masses of e-waste
Distress of TikTok fake school s
After US school TikTok challenge, UK schools are dealing with fake s.
Smart speakers used in gaslighting
IoT devices like smart speakers being used in gaslighting domestic violence victims.
PIX instant payment limits to reduce kidnappings
PIX instant payment limits introduced to reduce kidnappings in Brazil.
Mobile phones not always beneficial to displaced people
A new study shows that mobile phones are not as beneficial to displaced people as thought.
Brazil: Where is all the Covid data?
A cyber-attack on the Ministry of Health in Brazil means Covid data has disappeared
The Internet Archive is 25!
The Internet Archive is 25 and continues to grow.
A tech review of 2021
We look back at some of the tech stories of 2021
Afrofuturism and tech innovation
What is Afrofuturism and how can it influence tech innovation?
Robots under the Thwaites Glacier
Robots under the Thwaites Glacier collect data on Climate Change
Twitter returns to Nigeria
Twitter returns to Nigeria after an absence on seven months
Internet connectivity still patchy in Tonga
Internet connectivity is still patchy in Tonga following the underwater volcanic eruption.
First-ever unassisted robotic surgery
First-ever unassisted robotic surgery; repairing pig intestines.
Tonga internet satellite kit deployed
Tonga internet satellite kit from TSF is out of quarantine and ready to be deployed. )
India to launch digital rupee
India to launch digital rupee and plans to tax digital assets at 30%.
The bionic eye that’s obsolete
The bionic eye that no longer works and has left hundreds without sight.
Ukraine’s massive global tech presence
Ukraine; a country rich in gas, oil, precious metals, wheat, corn, sunflowers and tech.
Tracking Russian disinformation and propaganda sites
Tracking Russian disinformation and propaganda sites by NewsGuard
Calls for facial recognition tech ban on Brazilian metro
Civil rights groups file a lawsuit to suspend use of facial recognition in the metro
Splinternet Risks
Are fears of breakaway internets and global incompatibilities well-founded?
Facial recognition identifies dead Russian soldiers
Ukraine is claiming to use facial recognition to identify dead Russian soldiers.
Robot boat to survey Tonga volcano
Robot boat to survey Tonga’s underwater volcano
Africa’s first cyber-security declaration
Twenty-nine nations sign Africa’s first cybersecurity declaration
Audio beats - the new digital drugs?
New research shows that audio beats are used as digital drugs
