It is looking increasingly likely that computer hackers have in fact successfully attacked what had been the pinnacle of cybersecurity…
Author: The Conversation
While music lovers continue to argue about the relative merits of digital audio and the analogue vinyl disc, another debate is going on about the renaissance of an audio format that most people thought had
“Truth or Dare but without the Truth.” This scary tagline sums up Nerve, a social media game that drives the film of the same name. We follow 17-year-old Vee’s immersion in the game, where “players” earn money for completing
When we were children, the summer holidays seemed to last forever, and the wait between Christmases felt like an eternity.…
On average, 82 000 new malware threats are created each day. These include all sorts of malicious software – computer viruses, computer worms and ransomware. Some are pranks or minor annoyances; others seek to pilfer data or extort money
Imagine you woke up to discover a massive cyberattack on your country. All government data has been destroyed, taking out healthcare records, birth certificates, social care
Stranger Things is the newest binge-worthy series on Netflix. Set during the winter of 1983 in the fictional township of Hawkins, Indiana, its eight episodes tell the story of a boy’s disappearance and the
This week marks one year since the launch of what is arguably Microsoft’s most ambitious – and possibly most controversial – operating system: Windows 10. Windows 10 represents a fundamentally
“In space, no one can hear you scream.” That was the tagline of the 1979 box office film success Alien. And it’s true. Sound waves propagate mechanically as a vibration and therefore need a medium – solid, liquid or gas
Many undergraduates in Nigerian universities dabble in Internet fraud. Nicknamed “yahoo-yahoo” after the international Web portal and search engine, this perfidy has become a way of life for the young con artists