Nov 05, 2018 05:49 am UTC| Technology
Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser recently implied that they still have a lot of things to do for the development of Grand Theft Auto 6. Whatever contents and storyline they will pursue for the much-awaited sequel are...
Attention economy: Facebook delivers traffic but no money for news media
Nov 04, 2018 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Economy
Facebook and quality journalism are uneasy companions. Recent headlines suggest the platforms lies about video metrics smashed journalism and the platform crashed and burned news companies referral traffic after it changed...
Data deficit means we're in the dark about the digital divide
Nov 04, 2018 14:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Digital concerns underpin many of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals. Gender equality, good health, quality education, industry innovation, smart and sustainable cities: these all require strong information and...
Hate speech is still easy to find on social media
Nov 04, 2018 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Shortly after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, I noticed that the word Jews was trending on Twitter. As a social media researcher and educator, I became concerned that the violence would spread online, as it has in...
Amazon's sexist hiring algorithm could still be better than a human
Nov 04, 2018 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Amazon decided to shut down its experimental artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting tool after discovering it discriminated against women. The company created the tool to trawl the web and spot potential candidates,...
30 years ago, the world's first cyberattack set the stage for modern cybersecurity challenges
Nov 04, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Back in November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, son of the famous cryptographer Robert Morris Sr., was a 20-something graduate student at Cornell who wanted to know how big the internet was that is, how many devices were...
Five projects that are harnessing big data for good
Nov 04, 2018 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Data science has boomed over the past decade, following advances in mathematics, computing capability, and data storage. Australias Industry 4.0 taskforce is busy exploring ways to improve the Australian economy with tools...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects