The top news in tech: the January digest
In January, the World Economic Forum released its 2022 Global Risks Report, with cybersecurity failure named as one of the top risks facing society today. This certainly comes as n
The top news in tech: the November digest
In October the topic that everyone was talking about was Facebook (sorry – Meta). Last month, it was COP26. A record number of delegates and world leaders gathered in Glasgow to
The changing social media landscape
I don’t think that any of us could have predicted that a global pandemic would cause us to spend most of 2020 and 2021 in a national lockdown. Apart from the pandemic changing ou
A look back at October’s coverage highlights
The month of October, it’s fair to say, was a particularly noisy media month. Facebook rebranded itself as ‘Meta’ while facing its biggest crisis since Cambridge Analytica,
The top news in tech: the October digest
An entire news round-up blog could be dedicated to Facebook – or ‘Meta’, as it’s now known – activity alone. While I’d rather not give the social media giant an
The top news in tech: the September digest
As journalists returned from their summer holidays, the September headlines were dominated by supply-chain predicaments and semi-conductor shortages, alongside the much-anticipated
FAKEBOOK: HOW VIDEO MANIPULATION TECH COULD REVIVE FAKE NEWS
“YOU ARE FAKE NEWS!” “Zero credibility, it’s all fake news.” “The news is fake because so much of the news is fake”. Sound familiar? These are the words of the infamo
Regulate social media, or risk endangering users
In my opinion, social media can be just as harmful as alcohol, drugs or crossing the road without looking both ways. Don’t agree with me? Let’s look at the facts. A 43-year-old
Keeping the Modern Festival Goer Connected
Last year I wrote a blog around mobile connectivity at Glastonbury and described it as being ‘pretty good’, but how easy is it to stay connected at other events? As we race thr
Making the most of your ad-tech story
You only have to look at the coverage of the recent Facebook scandal with Cambridge Analytica to realise that the ad-tech industry and the issues surrounding it are very much in th