The AP Stylebook will be getting an update on June 1st. In the 2016 edition there will be a number of changes that impact the internet. No longer will journalists be encouraged to write “Internet”, but instead they’ll be expected to use “internet”. The same will be true of “web page”, “the web” and “web […]
As expected, Newsweek’s claim to have identified the founder of Bitcoin, turned into a media frenzy yesterday, with an OJ-style paparazzi car chase and a storm of online criticism of the actions of the professional media, in particular Newsweek, and the story’s author Leah McGrath Goodman. Bitcoin Foundation Chief Scientist Gavin Andresen posted an open comment […]
Yesterday AP’s Twitter account hack led to US stock markets losing billions of dollars before recovering. So how secure is your Twitter password? How secure are your other social media accounts? What apps have access to them? Do you know? Do you recognise all of them? And for fun you can try out this “tool” […]
