Trump Presidency Spells Bad News For Net Neutrality
Nov 10, 2016 03:59 am UTC| Technology Politics
Now that Donald Trump is officially the next President of the United States, barring any unlikely scenario that would prevent him from taking the oath of office, a lot of things are expected to change. One of these things...
How the U.S. presidential results are being seen around the globe
Nov 10, 2016 01:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Editors note: You probably have a handle on what Donald Trumps election as President of the United States means in your own country, but what about around the world? We pulled reaction from our newsrooms in the U.S., the...
Reports of the death of polling have been greatly exaggerated
Nov 10, 2016 00:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The first words anyone spoke to me once the election results came in were What went wrong? To which I replied, I was tired and had trouble tying my tie. Ill fix it before I get to class. Far from being sartorially...
Donald Trump and the world: Five challenges
Nov 09, 2016 22:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The election is finally over. It has resulted in the most stunning political upset in the modern era. But that is really just the end of the beginning. The country will require a large amount of healing. That the...
What's in store for Asia under President Trump
Nov 09, 2016 19:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
No mainstream observer expected this. Donald Trump was not supposed to win the GOP primary, let alone the White House. Yet, here we are. This was always an election that would favour a change candidate, but conventional...
The madness of crowds, polls and experts confirmed by Trump victory
Nov 09, 2016 19:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Since records began in 1868, no clear favourite for the White House has lost, except in the case of the 1948 election, when 8 to 1 longshot Harry Truman defeated his Republican rival, Thomas Dewey. We can now add 2016...
How our tool analysing emotions on Twitter predicted Donald Trump win
Nov 09, 2016 19:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology
As the world dissects the how and why of Donald Trumps presidential victory, pollsters are already coming under severe criticism for getting it so wrong. But a tool we created that analysed emotions towards the two...