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What happens when British intelligence partners with a global innovation hub

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GCHQ Accelerator Program Manager Sarah Martin reveals how and why the British intelligence agency partnered with global innovation hub Wayra to accelerate...

Business Technology

GCHQ announces startup grads from secret Manchester accelerator base

Tim Hinchliffe6 months ago

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The GCHQ accelerator in Manchester, UK is so secret that not even its location can be made public, but the...

Business Technology

UK spy agency that violated human rights to launch startup accelerator in Manchester

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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Britain's spy agency GCHQ is found to have violated human rights just three days after announcing an open call for...

Business Technology

UK Intelligence Agency Scouting More Startups For Its Cybersecurity Accelerator

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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The British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) puts out an open call for startups to join its cybersecurity accelerator program. The...

Web

Tech-illiterate Parliament passes 500 page Snoopers bill into UK law

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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The British Parliament signs the controversial Snoopers Bill into law, mandating that communications companies keep records of every website visited...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Technology and the loneliness of young generations

We can all relate to feeling alone at some point or another, but for younger generations, this is a sensation that is becoming increasingly common.

According to a survey conducted by the Young Women’s Trust in the UK, One in four 18 to 30-year-olds report feeling isolated compared to one in 10 older people, aged 64 to 72. And in the US, millennials are the loneliest generation today according to research by YouGov.

Technology and social media have been heavily criticized for amplifying sensations of loneliness with one study conducted by psychologists at the University of Pittsburgh claiming the more time a young person spends on social media, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated.

To get a better understanding of how technology could be exacerbating feelings of loneliness, we spoke with two experts.

Our first guest is the Director of Research at Hopelab, a social innovation lab focused on designing science-based technologies to improve the health and well-being of teens and young adults. Dr. Danielle Ramo.

In addition to Dr. Ramo, we will be joined by Dr. Lisa Strohman -- a clinical psychologist and the founder of Digital Citizen Academy, a program created to help educate parents and children about the proper use of technology and the repercussions that technology may have.

And for our Weird Wide Web feature, where we highlight a bizarre story from the world of tech, we have a story about AI-generated head shots putting stock photo companies on edge.

Technology and the loneliness of young generations

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Deepfakes: When seeing is no longer believing

Sep 23, 2019

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MIT prof on institute's new course “Safeguarding Our Humanity in the Age of AI"

Sep 16, 2019

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