In the early months of 2020, a curious thing happened. Around the globe, a new kind of number began appearing in government briefings and newspaper headlines. These weren’t just case counts or hospital admissions. They were predictions—curves plotted weeks into the future, graphs that told us when the COVID-19 wave would crest, how many ICU beds we’d need, and how soon we’d be safe again. The models had arrived.
Pandemic predictions that promised certainty—and delivered confusion: What we must learn
-
HighlightsFree Dark Web Monitoring Stamps the $17 Million Credentials Markets
-
HighlightsSmart buildings: What happens to our free will when tech makes choices for us?
-
AppsScreenshots have generated new forms of storytelling, from Twitter fan fiction to desktop film
-
HighlightsDarknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
-
SecurityPrivacy violations undermine the trustworthiness of the Tim Hortons brand
-
Featured HeadlinesWhy Tesla’s Autopilot crashes spurred the feds to investigate driver-assist technologies – and what that means for the future of self-driving cars
