Editorial
AI should augment human creativity, not replace it
It works best when used as an extension and a tool to bolster our creativity. Human creativity comes from a...
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The global rise of digital authoritarianism
Technology is increasingly being blamed for a rise in digital authoritarianism, where almost every aspect of our lives is impacted...
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Elizabeth Holmes: a Silicon Valley story of selling future promises
Thanks to Elizabeth Holmes, Silicon Valley is now being forced to explore the real-world implications of faking it until you...
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Anett Madi-Nator: with so few women in cybersecurity, pay gap is not an issue
President of Women4Cyber Foundation Anett Madi-Nator in an interview with CyberNews expressed a wish to reach gender neutrality in the...
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Are Walmart, Amazon and eBay liable for selling vulnerable devices?
In our recent research, we discovered that affordable Chinese-made routers sold by Amazon, Walmart, and eBay had critical vulnerabilities that...
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Google vs Australia: the battle of the precedents
A free press has long been considered the lifeblood of democracy. But events over the last few weeks have seen...
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Here’s why UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s phone number leaking is a problem
It’s not about the dick pics or the angry texts he’ll be bombarded with. It’s much more serious. The evening...
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Incels and the rise of sex trolling
Trolls have been a feature of online communities ever since online communities have existed. It was historically thought that the...
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Code in the words of Shakespeare? Why not
Being very good at something can become very dull, very quickly. Some ease this burden with creativity. That is how...
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Code red: PCs made behind the Iron Curtain
For half a century, two sides of the world, the United States and the USSR, lived in two parallel universes,...
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Cyber partisans: the hacktivists fighting back against state oppression in Belarus
While states are using the latest digital tools to monitor and cajole their citizens, there is increasing evidence that activists...
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Cyberchology: how the human factor affects cybersecurity
That achieving robust cybersecurity requires organizations to understand the very human aspects involved is a topic I've touched on a...
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Cyberspace utopia is here: a fashion show in your living room
Just imagine that you are sitting in your living room while holograms of models are walking the catwalk in front...
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Darknet researcher: they said, they’ll come and kill me - interview
While the darknet offers refuge to criminals of every creed, good guys are lurking in the shadows, too. Providing insights...
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Dawn of Q day: the fun and disruption that quantum computing brings
The age of quantum computing is dawning upon us. Its capabilities both scare and excite scientists. "Quantum computing is going...
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Deepfake elections coming soon to a democracy near you?
Deepfake videos are becoming increasingly pervasive, with an estimated 1,000 such videos uploaded to porn sites per month in 2020....
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Digital identities, biometric data and the illusion of Choice
As manufacturers continue to produce smart products that all require your wifi password, the average home router knows more about...
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Do some firms “deserve” to get hacked?
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on a great many of that which we hold dear. The fractious nature of...
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Don't click: 8 famously lousy vintage keyboards
With the advent of personal computing, designers and developers tried to find the best balance between cost and build quality....
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People are aware of deepfakes. And yet, they keep sharing them
Deepfakes are becoming more and more pervasive, with new tools emerging to make the creation of fake media material within...
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