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Social media fakes are rampant, news verification is vital
It is clear that numerous videos, social media posts and images purportedly about the Israel–Hamas conflict are deliberately misleading.
Russian losses mount in Ukraine
Ukraine: Russia’s losses mount – but self-sacrifice in war is part of the country’s mythology.
UK passes online safety law that could make people less safe
Critics say it will allow authorities in the UK to compel service providers to break users’ encryption.
Why the Black Sea is key to Kyiv’s counteroffensive
Opening a new front in Crimea is also likely to oblige Moscow to redeploy assets away from the frontline.
How longer range missiles would change Ukraine conflict
Noises from Washington indicate that US President Joe Biden may be about to overcome his reluctance to supply Ukraine with the longer-range missiles it desperately needs.
The UK promised drones for Ukraine in May, where are they?
The UK government has not made good on its commitment to provide Ukraine with 'attack drones' and should re-prioritise delivering them in a timely manner.
What Prigozhin’s death means for stability in Africa
Prigozhin’s death is unlikely to significantly affect the Wagner Groups’s African operations.
We’re talking about AI a lot right now
When OpenAI unchained the "beast" that is ChatGPT back in November 2022, the pace of market competition between tech companies involved in AI increased exponentially.
Cyber-attacks reveal threat to democracy
The revelations this month that data on 40 million UK voters had been exposed to hackers came as no surprise to many cybersecurity experts, who have long pointed out the vulnerability of democracies to malicious online interference.
Why the EU mentioning ‘Islas Malvinas’ is a big deal
At a recent summit of European leaders and their counterparts from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the European Union published a declaration in which it referred to the "Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands".
