The ghost of Roy Orbison goes on tour – and some aren't happy about it
Aug 14, 2018 04:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In January, the production company Base Hologram announced its forthcoming Roy Orbison hologram tour, In Dreams, with the U.S. leg of the tour set to kick off on Oct. 1 in Oakland. For the unitiated: A computer-generated...
The rise of cyberlockers: how online piracy is fighting back
Aug 13, 2018 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Illegal downloading is on its way out. A new report released by polling firm YouGov has found that only 10% of people in the UK now use illegal downloads to access music, down from 18% in 2013. And the recently released...
Hackers cause most data breaches, but accidents by normal people aren't far behind
Aug 13, 2018 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Have you ever had your personal information leaked on the internet? Maybe it was something you purchased online from a website, only to find out that the company was hacked months later? If the answer is yes, you probably...
Why we need some perspective on landscape photography in the Instagram age
Aug 13, 2018 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Thanks to the increasing accessibility of technology, many of us will try to capture the grandeur of the natural world with our phone cameras. One of the attractions is sharing images on social media and publicly staking...
Five ways that natural nanotechnology could inspire human design
Aug 13, 2018 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Though nanotechnology is portrayed as a fairly recent human invention, nature is actually full of nanoscopic architectures. They underpin the essential functions of a variety of life forms, from bacteria to berries, wasps...
Aug 13, 2018 10:10 am UTC| Technology
The Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus is now rumored to be working on its next flagship, dubbed the OnePlus 6T. As usual, the lack of official announcements did not stop speculations from spreading and they are now...
Aug 13, 2018 09:36 am UTC| Technology
The Samsung Galaxy S10 is expected to set a lot of precedents for the smartphone market. While this is the companys 10th device in the series, it hasnt actually reached 10 years yet. The Galaxy S1 was first released in...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects