The Guardian: Blockchain is this year’s buzzword – but can it outlive the hype?
The open-source ledger behind bitcoin is touted as revolutionary for everything from banking to health, but the jury is still out
The Guardian: Machine logic: our lives are ruled by big tech’s ‘decisions by data’
Machine Logic, rules and algorithms, are becoming more dominant in daily life and society. That is not necessary a good thing.
The Guardian: Surgeons use robot to operate inside eye in world first
British surgeons have successfully performed the world’s first robotic operation inside the eye, potentially revolutionising the way such conditions are treated.
The Guardian: How technology disrupted the truth
How technology disrupted the truth | Katharine Viner One Monday morning last September, Britain woke to a depraved news story. The prime minister, David Cameron, had committed an “obscene act with a dead pig’s head”, according to the Daily Mail. “A distinguished Oxford contemporary claims Cameron once took part in an outrageous initiation ceremony at a Piers Gaveston event, involving a dead pig,” the paper reported. How technology disrupted the truth | Katharine Viner One Monday morning last September, Britain woke to a depraved news story. The prime minister, David Cameron, had committed an “obscene act with a dead pig’s head”, according to the Daily Mail. “A distinguished Oxford contemporary…