Have attempts to drive under-age visitors from pornography sites worked? The raw numbers would suggest so. Visits to porn sites fell by a third in the three months after age-gating came into effect la

ll internet users will recognise that things are getting worse online. Google searches now require scrolling through AI word soup and sponsored adverts at the top of results, while Facebook has become

I haven’t written an article focused on AI since issue 353, when naturally I talked mostly about the television series Quantum Leap and its AI Ziggy. Sadly, Quantum Leap is now no more – the reboot le

The next five years could see dramatic change on the web, as AI disrupts Google’s dominance in search, sparks a new browser war and exacerbates privacy invasions and digital surveillance. Or we could

“The failure of economists to forecast recessions is virtually unblemished,” notes Prakash Loungani, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This includes the economists at the IM

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