Big data security problems threaten consumers' privacy
Mar 23, 2016 17:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
As more personal information is collected up by ever-more-powerful computers, giant sets of data big data have become available for not only legitimate uses but also abuses. Big data has an enormous potential to...
The proposed 'right to disconnect' after work hours is welcome, but not enough
Mar 23, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
Changes proposed to Frances famously inflexible employment laws by French president François Hollande have prompted an outcry among students and unionists and even the barricading of schools by pupils. But among the...
The blanket ban on drugs is needed, but it won't work – as I know from personal experience
Mar 23, 2016 16:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In April, legal highs will join the list of illegal highs under the much criticised Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. This ban on legal highs, or novel psychoactive substances (NPS), is intended to cover a range of largely...
Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards
Mar 23, 2016 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In what circumstances can you judge that a parent is not good enough? Apparently when they are a school governor. In its latest set of reforms in education, the government plans to scrap mandatory elected parent...
What the world can learn from Mexico's tax on sugar-sweetened drinks
Mar 22, 2016 11:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
One of the main talking points from the recent UK Budget, was the announcement of a tax on sugary soft drinks. But Mexico already has a sugar tax. So what do we know about its impact? And what can Britain learn from...
Explainer: what are double-dissolution elections? And why might we soon have one?
Mar 22, 2016 00:46 am UTC| Politics Law
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday laid down an ultimatum to the Senate: pass the governments industrial relations legislation or face a double-dissolution election. The Senate will sit from April 18 to consider...
The doctor will tweet you now – but should he face disciplinary action for doing so?
Mar 21, 2016 15:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Many bosses would argue that mixing work with social media is not a good idea. Just ask Christian Solomonides, a hospital consultant who was recently suspended after he admitted posting strongly worded messages on Twitter....
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects