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Devastating cost of ignoring human factors exposed in ferry sinking

November 11 2022

MDX academic Roger Kline, who will appear in an upcoming Channel 5 documentary on the sinking of The Herald of Free Enterprise, explains what caused the disaster.

All systems shutdown: how do governments use the “Internet kill switch” to hide violations to human rights?

October 07 2022

Dr Mahdi Aiash, Senior Lecturer in Computing & Communications, describes what total and partial Internet shutdowns ordered by repressive regimes involve and how they can be bypassed

The freedom to think: stating the obvious?

July 27 2022

MDX legal academic Beth Shiner explains how the freedom of thought, which is the foundation of all rights, has been impacted by the rise of technology ahead of an international virtual symposium

Speaking Up: Contributing to the fight against gender-based violence online

December 17 2021

MDX academics explain why more needs to be done to tackle gender-based cyber violence.

New perspectives on evolutionary theory revealed

November 30 2021

Tom Dickins explains how popular theories on evolutionary biology have changed in modern times

A close-up on an abstract design of a display, which is warning about a cyber attack. Multiple rows of hexadecimal code are interrupted by red glowing warnings and single character exclamation marks.

Iran’s cyber ‘revenge’: it’s not if, but when

January 07 2020

Dr Mahdi Aiash writes about the potential cyber backlash the West may face following the US military airstrike of January 2020.

The Chip Exploit: Is it the tip of an iceberg?

January 10 2018

Dr Mahdi Aiash explains how new vulnerabilities in computer processors should change the way we protect our devices

WannaCry: The Story and Lessons

May 17 2017

How did the WannaCry ransomware do such widespread damage? Dr Mahdi Aiash explains.

When’s a toothbrush not just a toothbrush?

January 17 2017

Director of Forensic Psychological Services Professor Joanna Adler discusses parenting in a digital future

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Can AI help combat fake news?

November 22 2016

Former BBC reporter and Professor of Journalism Kurt Barling explores whether technology can help us determine the truth

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