Regulators are finally catching up with big tech
In 2024, we will see courts and regulators around the world demonstrate that technological exceptionalism, when it comes to the…
Category: Ideas
The venture capital funding party is over
“It may be the best time for any type of company in any industry to raise money for all of…
A key to detecting brain disease earlier than ever
Earlier this year, Parkinson’s disease (PD) research entered a new era when the Michael J. Fox Foundation announced a major…
Global emissions may peak sooner than you think
Every November, the Global Carbon Project publishes the year’s global carbon budget2 emissions. It’s never good news. At a time…
Inequality is a health risk and it is getting worse
In 2024, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the US and UK will increase, even though post-mortem reviews conclude that…
A new way to look at your climate anxiety
A recent global study, which interviewed 10,000 young people from 10 countries, showed that almost 60% of them were extremely…
AI-generated fake news is coming to elections near you
Many years before the release of ChatGPT, my research group, the Social Decision-Making Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, wondered…
Social media is becoming smaller and more insidious
In 2024, social media will become small. Not a small influence, of course. As the United States faces an election…
A dangerous new home for online extremism
Can you imagine what a digital white ethnostate or cyber-caliphate might look like? Having spent much of my career within…