The algorithm that can predict Isis’s next move – before they even know what it is
Artificial intelligence systems are analysing vast quantities to data to predict what the terrorists will do next.
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Emma Woollacott
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Why has a performance artist hijacked Grant Shapps MP’s abandoned identity?
Meet the man who has resurrected the Tory chairman's alter ego "Michael Green".
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The psychology of phishing: why do we fall for terrible email scams?
New research suggests that it isn’t the technologically illiterate who fall for the promise of a legacy from a…
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Should we be getting a share of the money our personal data earns?
Facebook collects and sells our data – and yet we seem to care comparatively little that we don’t get…
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Life after privacy: the next generation of public surveillance technology is already here
In the UK, we already have one of the most closely watched societies in the world, and yet our…
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Our plastic waste is changing the geology of the Earth’s rocks
The tiny pieces of plastic that we throw away every year are forming a new layer of sedentary rock…
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Why fake Twitter accounts are a political problem
The rise in the use of Twitter bots and automated accounts, particularly by politicians and campaigns, is skewing what…
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We may never teach robots about love, but what about ethics?
Do androids dream of electric Kant?
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