13 February 2023
Four mysterious objects, including a suspected spy balloon and three that are unidentified beyond being described as cylindrical or octagonal, have been shot down by fighter jets over North America in just over a week. Here's what we know about them...
25 August 2022
Hacking concerns continue to dog the online Conservative party vote, which will decide next UK prime minister – should online voting even be used in such situations?
4 July 2022
DeepMind researchers have trained an AI system to find a popular policy for distributing public funds in an online game – but they also warn against “AI government”
24 August 2021
A non-lethal device developed by the US Navy aims to surreptitiously render people unable to speak by beaming their own voice back at them with a tiny delay
23 June 2021
The benefit of banning social media users, particularly those posting extreme political views, has been questioned, but YouTube data shows it really does reduce the audience
20 January 2021
Big tech firms have enabled the US’s current mess – the time has come for them to acknowledge that they are key to our political process and repair the things they have broken, writes Annalee Newitz
16 December 2020
Around the world, governments are starting to push back against the power of big tech companies, forcing break ups and threatening fines
29 July 2020
A social media weather report that predicts outbreaks of propaganda is on its way. It can't arrive soon enough, says Annalee Newitz
2 June 2020
High-profile breaches of voting data in the US and other countries have found their way on to the dark web, where they are being traded for as little as $9.99
11 March 2020
Twitter used to be full of cat memes and had a culture of sharing. Now, I pay a company to make sure my presence on the site is extremely limited, writes Annalee Newitz
