If like me you spent a few months complaining about the pain of self-service supermarket check-outs, before mastering the art and learning to love then, then you too will accept that automation is here to stay Take a good look at the work of scientists at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore who created the freakishly realistic ‘Nadine’ – the […]
By Steven George-Hilley The UK Government has long been the prisoner of lengthy IT projects, costing billions of pounds whilst finishing over budget and over time – and sometimes never finishing at all. It is truly extraordinary that in an era where technology can transform every aspect of our daily lives, public sector IT has all too often acted as […]
By Steven George-Hilley The explosion of smartphone connectivity across Africa means that many more people are now online and able to interact with aid project organisers and volunteers, uploading videos and photos showing exactly how donations are improving living conditions and fighting poverty. But as well as making visible how charities are aiding third world countries, social media is also […]
EastIdahoNews.com has reported on the findings in our new research paper, Revenge Pornography: The Rising Tide of Digital Harassment: Revenge porn may be more widespread than previously believed New data out of the United Kingdom lent some limited context to the problem of revenge porn: Specifically, it’s more widespread than previously known. In just six months, nearly 200 cases of […]
A new report on revenge pornography by Parliament Street director of technology, Steven George-Hilley For many of us, social media offers the opportunity to engage with friends and family at the touch of a button. It provides users with a platform to launch a business, to share creative ideas and reach vast global audiences. Unfortunately the ability to instantly upload images and video is not […]
Utah News Organization, Deseret News, has reported on the findings in our new report, Revenge Pornography: The Rising Tide of Digital Harassment: Revenge porn may be more widespread than previously believed New data out of the United Kingdom lent some limited context to the problem of revenge porn: Specifically, it’s more widespread than previously known. In just six months, nearly […]
Tuesday 13th October 2015 Leading global online tech publication, The Register, has reported on the findings in our new research paper, Revenge Pornography: The Rising Tide of Digital Harassment. The original article can be found here. Alternatively, we have reprinted it, below: ‘Insufficient evidence’ makes Brit cops drop revenge porn probes SnapChat, WhatsApp, Facebook highlighted in research By John Leyden 13 […]
Almost 200 cases of revenge porn have been reported to police in the past six months – with some victims only 12 years old, figures have shown. The Government introduced a law criminalising the offence in April, after a spate of cases in which vengeful former lovers shared intimate images online. Earlier this year it emerged that 14 police forces […]
Nearly 200 cases of revenge porn have been reported to police in the past six months by victims as young as 12, according to the largest collection of official figures to date. The figures, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, disclose for the first time the number of revenge porn cases being reported since a new law was passed […]
The trade unions may have inflicted short-term suffering on London’s workers and businesses this week, but they have only reminded everyone why it’s time for automated tube services, argues Steven George-Hilley This week, the people of London were once again hit by a Union-organised tube strike, designed to cripple the transport network and inflict maximum suffering on normal working people. […]
