Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.
3 mn readThe diver had found the fibre optic cable lying on the seabed of the North Sea. He swam closer, until it was near enough to touch. He reached out his hand. But someone could tell he was lurking there. Someone was watching. “He stops and just touches the cable lightly, you clearly see the signal,” […]
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3 mn readA Meta whistleblower told US senators on Wednesday that the company undermined national security in order to build a $18 billion business in China. At a congressional hearing, Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former global public policy director at Facebook, said she watched as executives decided to provide the Chinese Communist Party with access to the data […]
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4 mn readThe Trump administration has fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the United States’ powerful cyber intelligence bureau, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation, members of the Senate and House intelligence committees and two former officials familiar with the matter. The dismissal of Gen. Timothy Haugh, who […]
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5 mn readUp until the late 20th Century, autonomous tribes lived in “hanging villages” across ‘Asir – settlements in the rugged highlands that were only accessible by rope ladders. The harsh terrain, geographic isolation and limited access to resources gave birth to a unique self-sustaining culture that is little-known to the outside world. Perched on steep, verdant […]
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5 mn readGates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define the 21st Century. When the BBC first broadcast an interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in June 1993, there were thought to be only 130 websites in total. The BBC’s […]
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5 mn readThe roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable high-pitched whine of a bitcoin mine. “It’s the sound of money!” says a smiling Philip Walton as he surveys the […]
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