Learning from home is testing students’ online search skills. Here are 3 ways to improve them
ShutterstockAt the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures meant more than 90% of the world’s learners had to study...
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The digital economy is becoming ordinary. Best we understand it
The digital economy includes small holder farmers being able to access finance on a mobile device without having to go...
How AI can make us better at arguing
ShutterstockThe ability to argue, to express our reasoning to others, is one of the defining features of what it is...
How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have?
ShutterstockWith greater numbers of people being vaccinated and countries looking to reopen borders safely, the introduction of some form of...
Is counter-attack justified against a state-sponsored cyber attack? It’s a legal grey area
The US has charged and sanctioned nine Iranians and an Iranian company for cyber attacks. Parmida Rahimi/Flickr, CC BY-SAOn March...
The remote British village that built one of the fastest internet networks in the UK
© B4RN, Author providedNestled between Lancashire’s stand-out beauty, the Forest of Bowland, and the breathtaking vistas of the Yorkshire Dales,...
A murder trial in Denmark leaves a nation wondering what constitutes a hate crime
How does the law measure what motivates someone to commit a crime? This question has been at the centre of...
Contact-tracing apps: there’s no evidence they’re helping stop COVID-19
Checking in. Danny Lawson/PA Wire/PA ImagesDuring the first wave of COVID-19, researchers at Oxford University built a computer model that...
The tech industry talks about boosting diversity, but research shows little improvement
Increased diversity has eluded the tech industry. Cavan Images via Getty ImagesThe U.S. tech sector is growing 10 times faster...
Selfie culture: what your choice of camera angle says about you
Camera angles and selfie composition are proxies for how you might position yourself in a room PxHere, FALOver the past...
