By Karen Ramirez and Simon Dürr Political parties have been redrawing voting districts to maintain political power ever since the US was founded, but gerrymandering, as this practice is called, has recently been under heightened scrutiny due to its increasing impact on US electoral results. The rising sophistication and success of gerrymandering, aided by the rapid advancements in computer modelling of…
By Simon Dürr Does fear of terrorism warrant limitless surveillance? As you walk around a mid-sized city in the Western world you will pass around 30 to 70 surveillance cameras. In cities such as London, in the world’s most surveilled nation – the United Kingdom – that number can reach…
By Simon Dürr The hype about Bitcoin is more real than ever.…
By Simon Dürr Does fear of terrorism warrant limitless surveillance? As you walk around a mid-sized city in the Western world you will pass around 30 to 70 surveillance cameras. In cities such as London, in the world’s most surveilled nation – the United Kingdom – that number can reach…
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By Karen Ramirez and Simon Dürr Political parties have been redrawing voting districts to maintain political power ever since the US was founded, but gerrymandering, as this practice is called, has recently been under heightened scrutiny due to its increasing impact on US electoral results. The rising sophistication and success of…
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By Simon Dürr The hype about Bitcoin is more real than ever. If you are founding a start-up right now, and you include the words Bitcoin or Blockchain somewhere in your company’s name, you will have investors flocking to you with stacks of money. You do not believe me? Just…
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