WhatsApp's controversial privacy update may be banned in the EU – but the app's sights are fixed on India
Accessing India's digital consumers is seen as the key to future growth for big tech companies like Facebook.
Lipika Kamra, Associate Professor in Politics and Anthropology, O.P. Jindal Global University •
conversation
May 13, 2021 • ~9 min
May 13, 2021 • ~9 min
How America’s partisan divide over pandemic responses played out in the states
States led by Republican governors generally had higher COVID-19 case and death rates in 2020.
Olga Shvetsova, Professor of Political Science and Economics, Binghamton University, State University of New York •
conversation
May 12, 2021 • ~9 min
May 12, 2021 • ~9 min
Boris Johnson's phone: what can hackers do with your mobile number?
It's possible that hackers could have infiltrated and spied on Boris Johnson's personal phone from as early as 2006.
Edward Apeh, Principal Academic in Computing, Bournemouth University
• conversation
April 30, 2021 • ~5 min
April 30, 2021 • ~5 min
Post Office scandal reveals a hidden world of outsourced IT the government trusts but does not understand
Many other public bodies have flawed and outdated computer systems. How long before something else goes wrong?
Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet and Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, University of Oxford
• conversation
April 29, 2021 • ~7 min
April 29, 2021 • ~7 min
The US is worried about its critical minerals supply chains – essential for electric vehicles, wind power and the nation's defense
Right now, the nation is almost entirely dependent on other countries for minerals that are used in everything from wind turbines to strike fighters and satellites.
Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines •
conversation
April 6, 2021 • ~9 min
April 6, 2021 • ~9 min
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