Louise Bennett on big data

Patrick O’Connor MBCS, Principal Systems Analyst Programmer at Amadeus, writes about the evolution of the PC: from the excitement of waiting for his IBM PC-XT clone to arrive, to VPNs.

Social media should require users to verify their identities, to combat anonymous racism, homophobia and other abuse targeted at minorities and vulnerable groups, according to a poll of BCS members. Amanda Matheson reports.

Tony Sales, co-founder of We Fight Fraud talks to Johanna Hamilton AMBCS about his career, social engineering and how it’s not hackers but ‘nice people’ who unwittingly hand over the keys to the digital kingdom.

Digital vaccine passports could mean entry to cinemas or pubs is ‘denied by an algorithmic decision’. BCS experts are calling on the government to ensure that if vaccine passports do go ahead - they must be ethical by design. Amanda Matheson reports.