The Investigatory Powers Bill – colloquially known as the Snooper’s Charter due to its draconian approach to mass surveillance – has been passed by the House of Lords ...
November 18, 2016 at 9:40 pm by Ashley Allen
Artificial intelligence has become more sophisticated during the last decade and able to mimic human behaviours rather well. Of course, there’s a certain level of ...
October 24, 2016 at 12:15 pm by John Williamson
Whiles there are surely few people stupid enough to keep hold of a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone – at risk of the handset’s battery either bursting into flames or ...
October 16, 2016 at 11:20 pm by Ashley AllenA bill with the unanimous support of MPs, which could see online pirates be sentenced to up to ten years in prison, is one step closer to becoming law. The Digital Economy ...
September 16, 2016 at 12:30 am by Ashley Allen
Drones are amazing pieces of technology, letting us capture moments and events from all kinds of angles without highly specialised equipment or putting people at risk. Sadly ...
July 15, 2016 at 12:20 pm by Gareth Andrews
After all the reports in recent years about governments tracking and reading users mobile phones, it’s become known for the first time that a judge has thrown out ...
July 13, 2016 at 10:20 am by Gareth Andrews
The UK Government has unveiled its new Digital Economy Bill [PDF] in Parliament which features a revision to current laws regarding online copyright infringement. Under the ...
July 9, 2016 at 6:40 pm by Ashley Allen
When it comes to your information, keeping it up to date and private are some of the most important things in an age where companies are hacked on a regular basis and trade ...
June 2, 2016 at 11:00 am by Gareth Andrews
One of the first thing you are taught about the internet these days is that once something goes up, you will never truly be able to take it down. For those things which ...
May 20, 2016 at 10:20 am by Gareth Andrews
Police use license plate readers all over the world, with it a common technique to scan and alert the police to anything from uninsured drivers to stolen vehicles. A downside ...
May 16, 2016 at 12:40 pm by Gareth Andrews
The internet age has caused society to re-examine the concept of consent, and lawmakers are desperately scrambling to catch up. New privacy legislation in France could see ...
May 9, 2016 at 5:40 pm by Ashley Allen
When it comes to cyber security there is a big problem, it’s not that it’s an underdeveloped and underappreciated area for law enforcement, those areas are being ...
May 2, 2016 at 5:40 pm by Gareth Andrews
If there’s one argument (other than the political arguments) that is on everyone’s mind, it is the one about encryption. With Apple and the FBI going at each ...
April 29, 2016 at 10:20 am by Gareth Andrews
In recent months, there has been an organised reaction against ad blocking software from a number of high-profile websites, including Wired and Forbes, but a discovery by a ...
April 25, 2016 at 7:40 pm by Ashley Allen
A few days ago it was reported that a drone may have hit a British Airways jet flying out of Heathrow. The transport minister Robert Goodwill has yet to confirm if ...
April 22, 2016 at 7:15 pm by Gareth Andrews
