Universities are being shaken up by a new mode of learning. The world’s elite institutions are opening up courses so thousands of people can learn for free via their laptops, mobiles or tablets. And these…
Televised court proceedings will reveal what goes on inside these walls.
John Allan
The Court of Appeal is to be televised for the first time now that a ban on cameras in courts in England and Wales has been lifted. High-profile media organisations have been lobbying for such a move for…
Animated evidence is often used in court but is it reliable?
Gareth Norris
Recent cases involving the use of computer generated images as evidence in courtrooms have shown the powerful impact they can have on jury decision making. But studies show that jurors can be unduly influenced…
Engaging with the creative industries gives companies such as Google a competitive edge.
AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
Will the web create more Australian culture than it destroys? How do we tell Australian stories in the digital age? Why would Google host an event and ask questions such as these? On Friday, Google will…
The money is piling up but will the regulators knock crowdfunding down?
Jeff Belmonte
Crowdfunding has attracted the attention of regulators and may have to change its ways. As it finds itself at the centre of a Financial Conduct Authority consultation, those in the game are wondering if…
Al Jazeera launched an US-only channel after failing to penetrate the market with its existing English-language offering.
Flickr/Paul Keller
From its humble beginnings in the tiny middle eastern state of Qatar, Al Jazeera has been a genuine trailblazer, and can be partially credited with kickstarting a news and media revolution in the Arab…
Friend them, like them, poke them but are they really your friends?
LarimdaME
Is it possible to socially interact with another person in the absence of a body and the senses? Social networking allows us to present versions of ourselves. But when we use a computer to mediate our…
When disturbed, badgers’ social groups scatter and spread TB more widely.
Ben Birchall/PA
Badgers in the UK are an important wildlife reservoir for bovine tuberculosis, a disease that leads to the slaughter of thousands of cattle each year at a significant cost to the tax payer. But the badger…
Will the US take the UK’s seat at the table?
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In its short life to date, online gambling has grown exponentially, both in terms of customer base and revenue. But the industry faces a difficult future as different governments begin to take wildly different…
Day 36 in the Big Brother huset and herring supplies are running low.
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There is reality TV, and there is reality TV Norwegian style. The reality of life in Norway is that events take a long time and unfold very slowly. Norway is a country with a population of barely five…
Twitter users crowd in to discuss Apple’s latest product.
The world of financial trading remains something of a mystery to the average person. Every day, stocks are traded at a frenzied rate and decisions are made that have wide reaching repercussions for us…
Lionel Barber is successfully navigating his paper online despite pressure on all sides.
World Economic Forum
One of the most irritating things about digital journalism evangelists is their lack of respect for editorial leaders who have to take old institutions into the new age. Yes, of course the future is digital…
Slimmed down before the Christmas binge. Apple’s latest iPads.
Is it time to reappraise the idea that Apple is incapable of innovation in the post Jobs era? The company has failed to introduce a game changing consumer device since the iPad but its latest range contains…
We turn in droves to the sites that know most about us.
The Next Web
You might think that as we grow increasingly concerned about the way our personal information is used online, we are choosing to turn away from those that infringe on our privacy. However, sites that adopt…
In the good old days you could spot a robber from his glossy finish.
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Two recent incidents have shown that you no longer need to risk life and limb to rob a bank. In September, an attempted cyber-robbery at a London branch of Santander was stopped in its tracks and shortly…
Twelve winters of grief for Hrothgar, for he had clicked ‘agree’ without reading to the end.
Helen Stratton
Have you ever tried reading Beowulf and decided it was a bit too hard to follow before giving up? How did you get on with War and Peace? If you struggled with either of these notoriously unwieldy classics…
Mink may look cute but they’re causing havoc in Scotland.
John McAvoy
Efforts to curb invasive mink are taking a modern turn in Scotland, where a project is providing spotters with an app to log the movements of their targets. MinkApp enable volunteers to upload information…
Cheap weekends in NYC could be a thing of the past.
WanderingTheWorld
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sent a subpoena to the home-renting company Airbnb. The demand asks for personal data relating to 15,000 users of the service in the city that have rented…
Where are all the Parisians? Call of Duty avoids hurting people by simply pretending they don’t exist.
Call of Duty
The Red Cross has called for makers of videogames to more actively embed and interrogate the laws of war by, for example, punishing players for killing civilians or using torture to gain information. However…
Manhunt 2: criticised for its irresponsible portrayal of mental illness.
Rockstar
Recent events, such as inaccurate claims made by The Sun newspaper about the number of murders committed by the mentally ill, have shown us once again that the media has a large part to play in social…