Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters…
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The independent game Vampire Survivors delivered a shock result at the 2023 Bafta Game Awards when it defeated blockbusters God of…
During the pandemic, video calls became a way for me to connect with my aunt in a nursing home and…
When I saw the news that Apple would be releasing 217 new emojis into the world, I did what I always do:…
While people tend to contribute more to a virtual public good if they see others doing the same, this effect…
Look, it’s okay to be having loads of those ding-dang intrusive thoughts lately. Nowadays, it’s difficult to imagine going through…
Since its launch in 2016, the online video sharing platform TikTok has grown at an astonishing rate. The app has been downloaded more than a billion times, and more than 700 million people around the world (most of them quite young) use it every day.
Humans are more connected to each other than ever, thanks to smartphones, the web and social media. At the same time, loneliness is a huge and growing social problem.
Do violent video games create violent gamers? It’s a topic of discussion that continues to rear its head despite there being no solid evidence linking the two. It was once again brought back to the fore in August…
“Fake news” is a relatively new term, yet it’s now seen as one of the greatest threats to democracy and free debate. In the Netflix documentary The Great Hack — which chronicled the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica — we saw how Facebook data was used to target potential voters with insidious right-wing propaganda packaged as if it were news.