Aug 17, 2020 03:46 am UTC| Technology
An online petition garnered more than 86,000 signatures recently calling for EA and Maxis to fix and improve the skin tones and hairstyles options in The Sims 4 to be more inclusive. The developers have now responded...
How the shady world of the data industry strips away our freedoms
Aug 14, 2020 15:56 pm UTC| Technology
The recent questioning of the heads of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple in the US Congress has highlighted the threat their practices pose to our privacy and democracy. However these big four companies are only part...
Cyberspace is critical infrastructure – it will take effective government oversight to make it safe
Aug 14, 2020 15:55 pm UTC| Technology
A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read On the Internet, nobody knows youre a dog. The cartoon represents a digital past when people required few safeguards on the internet....
Artificial intelligence is a totalitarian's dream - here's how to take power back
Aug 14, 2020 15:34 pm UTC| Technology
Individualistic western societies are built on the idea that no one knows our thoughts, desires or joys better than we do. And so we put ourselves, rather than the government, in charge of our lives. We tend to agree with...
Political forecast models aren't necessarily more accurate than polls – or the weather
Aug 14, 2020 15:25 pm UTC| Technology
As the presidential election approaches, everyone wants to know who will win. But nobody wants to wait until the election is actually over and the votes are all counted up and double-checked. In an effort to predict...
Canada's COVID Alert app is a case of tech-driven bad policy design
Aug 14, 2020 15:17 pm UTC| Technology
The July 31 release of Canadas COVID Alert app was greeted with almost universal praise. Privacy experts applauded its strong privacy protections, echoing the official app websites extensive detailing of how your privacy...
PlayStation 5: How and where to reserve PS5 console; List of stores offering pre-order registrations
Aug 14, 2020 10:42 am UTC| Technology
PlayStation 5 is expected to be out in the market before the year ends. Sony is planning to release two types of gaming systems and they are the regular units and the digital version. The digital will not have a disc...
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
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects