The mania surrounding Bitcoin appears to be more popular than ever and the widespread appetite for cryptocurrencies has encouraged more countries and corporations to dabble in this emerging market. Only this month, El Salvador introduced Bitcoin as its legal tender,…
Social media as a way to spread information hardly favours political nuance and complexity, and the rise of the “story” feature on Instagram is no different. Similar to the tweet and the hashtag which came before it, the “Instagram infographic”…
When I caught myself reminiscing about the past year, my immediate thoughts were primarily self-centred. Upon reflection, I felt a degree of shame. Why hadn’t I been more compassionate about the positions of everyone else? Empowered by frustrated aspiration, the…
The pandemic has forced society to take stock of its relationship with technology and to see how the technological tools available to us can be used to further enhance the human experience. One technological tool has stood out during this…
As our generation becomes unbalanced, impacted by events beyond our control, our lives become more technological. We now rely on a multitude of applications on our phones and laptops to keep us entertained and to connect with loved ones. Structuring…
This month, WIRED UK drew our attention to a new crop of data showing that three quarters of police forces in England and Wales now have access to identity-verification biometric fingerprint scanners. Known as ‘Strategic Mobile devices’, they are small…
Former President Barack Obama this week referred to social media-fuelled misinformation as “the single biggest threat to our democracy”. This, alongside countless other examples of the breakneck speed with which falsities travel around our world, begs the question: how did we get…
The avenues through which we, particularly young people, receive our news and keep up with current affairs are changing and evolving. Mostly, they are becoming increasingly digitised, fast and varied. A recent Ofcom poll showed that just 35% of young people read…
Those of us who have the dubious honour of involvement in ‘left-wing twitter’ will be aware of the recent drama instigated by the official account of Scottish Labour Students. The short of it is that they tweeted ‘ACAB’, meaning “All…