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Powerful or powerless: The backdoor to our cyberfuture

24 January 2018

In a highly networked, increasingly insecure cyberworld, our smartphones make us both powerful and powerless as never before, argue two new books

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YouTube's bots aren't protecting kids from all its nasty videos

24 January 2018

YouTube has become the top source of videos for kids of all ages, but without transparency on its algorithms, it is hard for parents to trust

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