When the Big Data Sums Do Not Add Up »

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18 May 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

None of this might matter if we could be sure – really sure – that such data gathering was always in our individual interests. But of course we cannot be sure. Already, large corporations, governme... »

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IoT – Beware the spy in your fridge »

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10 May 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

The internet of things means that the opportunities for massive surveillance and intrusion into our lives by governments and large organisations will reach ever-greater proportions - it will potential... »

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How the IoT will impact Charles Rabbit’s life? »

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3 May 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

The arrival of the Internet of Things will, in time, have a major impact on our everyday lives. One important area that will be affected is health. Let us see how this new world might work in practice... »

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Meet the Machines Behind the Internet of Things »

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2 May 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

Machines are not the android-style robots of science fiction. It is perhaps precisely because of their highly technical anonymous nature that there has been so little general discussion of their creep... »

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What is the Internet of Things? »

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28 April 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

Put simply, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of sensors attached to objects – any kind of object – that will form an enormous data collection system. These sensors will connect to the outs... »

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Will Machines start to govern our lives? »

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27 April 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

When the history of the 21st century is written it will be known as the Age of the Machines. Over the coming decades machines will be intimately involved in every part of our lives from the cradle to ... »

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Apple vs FBI: Doing the Right Thing for the Wrong Reasons »

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17 March 2016 | Peter Warren

For most, the Apple and the FBI row over access to a terrorist’s IPhone contact book is simple, Apple should provide it. In December 2015, radicalised Islamic terrorists Syed Farook and his wife Ta... »

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“Trying harder” »

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29 February 2016 | Ralf Grötker, journalist

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come to Berlin. The city welcomes him like a state guest. The visit starts with Zuckerberg and his team running through the Brandenburger Tor and along the Reichstag o... »

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Adblockers – Three Dirty Little Secrets »

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14 January 2016 | Rhoda Crocket, hacking and spamming expert

Something is definitely up when content creators and pirates are complaining about the same thing. That “something” is ad-blockers, their subterfuge; and they have everyone from national newspapers... »

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Ansip’s ”More European” Copyright Framework Early Xmas Gift to Big Tech »

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9 December 2015 | Per Strömbäck, Editor of Netopia

Santa Claus has come early to Silicon Valley this year, and he looks uncannily like European Commission Vice President Ansip. The copyright proposal presented today is dressed up as being ”more Europe... »

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