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Chris Stokel-Walker

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Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance technology journalist and author of YouTubers: How YouTube shook up TV and created a new generation of stars and TikTok Boom: China's dynamite app and the superpower race for social media.

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Humans

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Russia and Ukraine are both weaponising mobile phones to track troops

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Watch a robot peel a banana without crushing it into oblivion

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Nearly all websites may breach GDPR legislation around data usage

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KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 08: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire after a chemical warehouse was hit by Russian shelling on the eastern frontline near Kalynivka village on March 08, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia continues assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, after launching a large-scale invasion of the country on February 24. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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How do organisations find and debunk disinformation on war in Ukraine?

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Flag of Ukraine on a computer binary codes falling from the top and fading away.

Technology

Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine trigger a massive cyberwar?

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