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Everybody seems to know somebody who has just been to Japan or is about to go. Why is it the destination of the summer? What makes 14 million people ask for tickets to see Oasis perform in the UK leg … Read more

Remember the Good Old Days of the 1990s, when Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, hailed it as a digital space where people could freely share information? It was a great tool for discovering new ideas, learning about … Read more

AI is everywhere. It can write letters for you, create images and music, choose a holiday- But can it restore old photos and help me manage those thousands of personal documents, photos, and emails which are scattered in different folders … Read more

An increasing number of governments and organisations are moving from Windows to Linux. All the schools in Iceland use it, as does the French national police force. Even the US Federal Aviation Administration has switched to Linux and open-source software. … Read more

While printed photographs, handwritten letters, and drawings can last for centuries, what will happen to our memories in this digital age? CDs and hard drives degrade. You may have some files on floppies, but nothing to play them on. Are … Read more

Last week, a JCC member described how a relative on holiday in Jávea had recently had his mobile phone snatched from his hand in what seemed to be an elaborate scam. He later discovered that several thousand pounds had been … Read more

Social media, messenger apps, blogs, and news websites have opened the door to instant information, but they have also given rise to convincing fake news, which spreads as fast, or even faster than facts. Can we trust mainstream news media, … Read more

The popular language-learning app, Duolingo, recently announced it was going to become an “AI first” company. It has since backtracked a bit, but the prospect of people losing language teaching jobs to AI remains. In a world where AI can … Read more

Facebook and other social media can become addictive and the consequences are like other addictions: anxiety, dependence, irritability, lack of self-control. This is a real problem. How and why do the tech companies make social media so addictive? What can … Read more

Very recently, Microsoft announced changes to its “Extended Security Program” which gives Windows 10 users security updates after the support cut-off date in October. What does this mean to the average user? On Thursday, July 3rd, we’ll discuss this development … Read more