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Pokemon Go: What is it, how to play it and everything you need to know
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 26.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, smartphone, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The augmented reality game Pokemon Go is now available in the UK. Users can catch Pokemons in real life thanks to their smartphone. Pokemon Go is a popular game around the world, but playing the game can be dangerous; there have been robberies, shootings, and car accidents because of the game.
Image Description | Screenshot of Charlotte Nice's tweet, two videos about the game, two photographs of hands holding a smartphone displaying the game Pokemon Go, four photographs about accidents and injuries linked to the game.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone, Twitter
The science behind why you shouldn't take your phone on holiday
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 28.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, smartphone, technology-free, threat
Summary | We take our smartphones with us everywhere, including when we go on vacation. However, smartphones can become a distraction. The articles lists several reasons why people should leave their phone at home and enjoy their vacation: for instance, holidays are good and technology can lead to a lot of problems and dangers, you want to relax and soak up the artmosphere, you want to avoid unimportant trivia, you want to bond with other people, you want to avoid wasting time, you want to leave with the best memories.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of young people taking a selfie, two hands holding a smartphone and taking a picture of a landscape, four young people on their digital devices, man holding a phone and looking at it,
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), male(s), selfie, smartphone
Why are computers such a darned pain to use?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 16.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | research/study, technology-free, threat
Summary | The author talks about her mother who never got online. She rejected everything related to new technology. A BBC survey showed that older people who don't want to use the internet are worried when they see that people are prioritizing online content over more traditional broadcasting. Banks or newspapers should nevertheless take into account people that feel left behind because they can't or don't want to get online. With new media, there is something new every month, and other things become out of date quickly.
Image Description | Two hands on a laptop keyboard, vintage radio, collage of four new technologies, and chart of UK's five tech types
Image Tags | computer/laptop, hand(s), keyboard
The end of apps is here. Long live chat bots
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 31.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, texting, threat
Summary | Apps will soon disappear as bots keep rising. Bots are helpful assistant that can chat with you within any app. Thanks to bots, you can book a table at a restaurant, or make an appointment. You just have to write a message (e.g. on Facebook or Skype), and "someone" will text you back. However, bots are not perfect. Microsoft's bot Tay expressed racist and hateful comments.
Image Description | Digital image representing a collage of a lot of apps, screenshot of a computer screen, chart, hand holding a smartphone displaying a conversation, David Marcus's Facebook post, smartphone screen showing how you can add a bot on Skype, and Tay Tweets account
Image Tags | chart, Facebook, hand(s), Skype, smartphone, text, Twitter
Tackling abuse on social media is a monumental task - but billion dollar companies should be up to it
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 15.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, cyberbullying, law, social media, threat
Summary | Social media have a huge problem with trolling, cyberbullying, and sharing of criminal content. It is however extremely difficult for providers to find such content before it is reported or seen by many. Especially in verbal abuse, the line between joking and slander is blurred and human language is too messy to be able to flag down such instances with algorhythms.
Image Description | Getty image of the Facebook logo on a hand-held smartphone and a laptop and a photograph of a screen showing the Twitter logo.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo, Twitter
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