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No Signal review: Extreme track and trace pits liberty against society

No Signal review: Extreme track and trace pits liberty against society

27 May 2020

When everything is recorded by an implant in the brain, people become paragons of moderation – but this societal bliss isn't all it's cracked up to be, finds Sally Adee


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Robots, uranium dioxide, fly food: What UK scientists are stockpiling

21 September 2019

The threat of a no-deal Brexit is causing staff at several universities in the UK to stockpile scientific equipment, including protective gloves and fly food


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Report reveals no-deal Brexit impact – here's what you need to know

12 September 2019

Shortages of fresh foods, medicines and petrol predicted in Operation Yellowhammer Brexit planning report, as well as problems sharing data between the UK and EU


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UK police are using AI to spot spikes in Brexit-related hate crimes

28 August 2019

The UK police are monitoring hundreds of thousands of Twitter posts every day to try to predict spikes in hate crime in the run up to the UK's exit from the European Union


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Those GDPR emails should stop soon, but our data nightmare won't

23 May 2018

Your inbox is full of pleading emails because the EU’s new data rules come into force this week – but they might not actually do anything to improve your life


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The UK's plan to build a rival GPS is a bonkers Brexit scheme

3 May 2018

Now the UK is excluded from contracts to build Europe’s Galileo satellites, it wants to talk up building its own system to keep aerospace firms from leaving


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Politics chat on Reddit reads like it was written by 6-year-olds

28 November 2017

You’re not imagining it: after 2016, the sophistication and civility of political discourse on sites like Reddit dropped from secondary school reading levels to barely literate


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Your data is too valuable and sensitive to dish out for free

8 November 2017

What you buy, watch and read online is scooped up ostensibly to tailor services to you, but it is often sold on. New EU rules will help people take back control


digital users

EU plan to erase digital borders will further isolate Brexit UK

27 September 2017

Estonia wants the European Union to adopt free movement of data as a fundamental principle, letting half a billion people's personal info cross borders freely


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