Smart Devices, Big (and Brutally Honest) Feelings It’s 10 a.m., you shuffle into the kitchen in yesterday’s sweats, and your fridge cheerfully says “Good…
Google Trends uncovers America’s fascination with Halloween
It’s nearly Halloween, the time of year that dentists must absolutely love, and neighbourhood watch organisations absolutely hate. After all, how do you know…
Facebook’s AI led to the wrongful arrest of a Palestinian man
Facebook has been touting its artificial-intelligence services as a way to quickly identify those promoting terrorist content on the platform, but not all of these…
#CrimeStats: South Africa’s year of crime outlined in tweets
The South African Police Service has today unveiled the results of its 2016/17 crime statistics report in Cape Town, and the numbers are anything…
Don’t expect a separate Facebook tab for friends’ posts any time soon
Facebook has been testing a feature that separates friends’ posts from public pages’ in six countries, but it says there are no current plans to…
