Children can be exposed to sexual predators online, so how can parents teach them to be safe?
Children are gaining online access at younger and younger ages. from shutterstock.comMany teenagers use mobile phones and social media almost...
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Your brain has ‘landmarks’ that drive neural traffic and help you make hard decisions
The human brain has an estimated 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion neural connections. shutterstockBrain regions exchange information by sending...
How big tech is changing who’s in charge of our rights and freedoms
Ascannio/ShutterstockSince the end of the 20th century, daily life for most of us has increasingly moved into the digital sphere....
Russia is building its own kind of sovereign internet — with help from Apple and Google
On September 17, the first day of Russia’s parliamentary elections, Apple and Google agreed to demands from the Russian government...
Ransomware gangs are running riot – paying them off doesn’t help
Jaruwan Jaiyangyuen/ShutterstockIn the past five years, ransomware attacks have evolved from rare misfortunes into common and disruptive threats. Hijacking the...
Should cyberwar be met with physical force? Moral philosophy can help us decide
seaonweb/ShutterstockIn conventional warfare, it’s accepted that if a state finds itself under attack, it’s entitled to respond – either with...
Four ways blockchain could make the internet safer, fairer and more creative
Yurchanka Siarhei/ShutterstockThe internet is unique in that it has no central control, administration or authority. It has given everyone with...
Australia’s National Digital ID is here, but the government’s not talking about it
A national digital ID system would hold huge amounts of personal information. ShutterstockThe Australian government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has...
Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day
Unlike purpose-built data storage systems, a data lake can be used to dump data in its original form. This data...
How brains do what they do is more complex than what anatomy on its own suggests
Scientists are still piecing together the puzzle of how the brain works. Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty ImagesHow the brain works...
