How your WiFi can protect against intruders Research in Denmark could turn your regular WiFi network into a burglar’s worst nightmare: An intruder alarm that can see through walls.
The price of digital citizenship and the forfeit of autonomy OPINION: What the commoditisation of user information could mean.
Net Neutrality: What the Public Gets Wrong OPINION: Repealing “net neutrality” in the US will have no bearing on Internet freedom or security there or anywhere else.
Archaeology is being revolutionised by amateur collectors A new database created with the help of amateur archaeologists provides an improved and quicker overview of archaeological finds.
New app prevents phone tapping The need for privacy is greater than ever after Edward Snowden revealed that the US is monitoring people using sophisticated software. Danish researchers have now developed an app that makes it harder to tap smartphones.
Can young networkers revolutionise science? A new generation of scientists is reinventing research in networks that are driven by raw passion. The industry is watching on the sidelines keen to get on the bandwagon.
Secure computation on confidential data How can data from multi-party computation be used in a calculation if this data must be confidential? Danish computer scientists have come a step closer to an answer.
Finnish school abandons books for tablets Some first-graders in Finland are being educated without printed books.
Online generation starts watching porn earlier The first generation to have had unrestricted access to online porn is now entering adulthood. Will they approach sex in the same way as previous generations?
Quicker internet comes with a twist Scientists have come up with a new way of boosting internet bandwidth. They aim to twist the light in the net’s optic cables.
Danish youths shun political debate on Facebook Young people ’like’ politicians on Facebook to gain information and to be part of a political platform. But they don’t want to appear too engaged.
The media world will suffer even more The past decade hasn’t been kind to the media world, with regular mass firings of media staff and online media struggling to gain a foothold. Things will only get worse, and that’s a threat to the informed citizen.
How Nazis turn youths into extremists Far right Nazi-like parties are using a new strategy for spreading their message to young people. New research takes a closer look.
For online media, survival is success Times are hard for the traditional media, but actually even harder for the new online media. For them, bare survival is a success in itself, new research suggests. This can have consequences for democracy.
Movies and TV series use computer game dramaturgy Computer games have left their imprints on a variety of media. TV series such as 24 and Lost, and movies such as Inception and Lord of the Rings are clearly inspired by narrative techniques used in computer games.
Web rebels – old wine in new bottles Wikileaks and the hackers group Anonymous are the talk of the town: political web rebels are a new phenomenon. However, there's nothing new about their tactics.
Double standards for the internet hurt users Western politicians praise the internet as a tool in the fight against authoritarian regimes – so why do they limit access to the web by registering users and censoring content?
