
Why E-Learning is the Future of Education
On the surface, E-learning is simple enough to understand. A broad umbrella term that is used to refer to using technology in a learning, educational environment, E-learning could be a number of things; touch-responsive, interactive technological systems in a young classroom, online testing systems, web-based courses, online databases; they all

Net Neutrality; What Does It Really Mean for the Future of the Internet?
Net Neutrality discusses the openness of the internet; the fact that all internet access should be equal, neutral irrespective of service. All data should be equally accessible across users, speeds remain unregulated and throttled, and among other things, all services be equally accessible across and within networks. This, however, is

Toyota Pulled a Tesla, Open Up Patents for Fuel Cells: What Now?
Open source data has been beneficial to the tech community and consumers at large, helping advancement significantly by making access to existing technology both faster and more accessible. Technological advancement is far more rapid when consumers who likely lack the financial resources to pay for pre-existing technology, have open, unencumbered

The Interview, Data Politics and Unraveling Cyber Warfare
Who really did it? The USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has strong evidence that it is in fact the DPRK, more commonly known worldwide as North Korea, carried out the cyber-attacks that have left Sony, its officials, actors, top executives and honestly, the world at large, reeling. Revelations

This Comic Can Help Us Understand Our Place in the World of Big Data
Comics. Generally associated closely with either teenagers or enthusiastic, loyal followers and collectors, but read across a large demographic. They’re across all ranges, too –banter, wistful nostalgia, life lessons through the eyes of a child and his tiger, political satire even. Though not always colourful or bright, the clean, simple,

The Near Future of AI Is Not as Smart as You Think
Picture this. Two figures, seated in comfortable swiveling seats, talking as they pore over magazines. “I’m here for a chrome job”, says one. “I’m here for a recalibration.” Another scene. Two shining figures, one behind a podium as it orates in a language possibly far too evolved for the current

The Good, the Bad, the Onion; Data Security on the Dark Market
A spate of arrests were recently made as a result of Operation Onymous, the latest in a series of covert operations to locate and shut down online marketplaces running on the Tor network. A widespread international bust, Operation Onymous resulted in the shutdown of 414 websites operating on layered VPNs,

The Data Behind Deep Space Exploration
The space race began decades ago, but it has now reached unprecedented new levels that are scaled on a near-daily basis. Back then, it was nations getting into space. Now, that has transformed to what level of space nations can cross. With each nation’s every attempt (successful or otherwise) to cross