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1 April 2021
Can you identify the differences between clickbait and real articles?
We have all the telltale signs of a clickbait headline, and number 3 will amaze you. Share this article to let your friends to see if they can tell when an article is genuine or clickbait.
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31 March 2021
Judicial review to be launched into the use of self-destructing messages by ministers
The use of self-destructing messages in the management of government business by ministers could become prohibited due to a legal challenge that is supported by transparency campaigners and university archivists.
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30 March 2021
Hotline for Amazon staff to be launched by Unite
The union will launch a hotline for Amazon employees to report workplace practices and conditions as pressure mounts on the tech company to recognise trade unions.
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26 March 2021
Hades wins Best Game at BAFTA Games Awards as The Last of Us Part II picks up 3 awards
Indie darling Hades won Best Game along with four other BAFTAs, while Sony Playstation exclusive titles picked up a host of awards as well.
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26 March 2021
GAMEPLAY: Terraria
Welcome back to GAMEPLAY, our monthly gaming review here on Voice. This month we're looking at the action-adventure sandbox game Terraria, by Re-Logic.
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22 March 2021
Facebook to introduce new iteration of Instagram for children under 13
Facebook intends to build a child-friendly version of Instagram to be used by children under the age of 13, allowing them to ‘safely use Instagram for the first time’.
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21 March 2021
Decentralizing circumvention: a DIY approach to making censor-resistant apps
To challenge internet censorship in China, GreatFire has released an AppMaker service with censorship-circumvention in mind. GreatFire Grants Manager, Dan McDevitt, led a session at MozFest 2021 to give more details about this service!
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21 March 2021
Laughing with computers: using AI for comedic effect
Sometimes, the simplest things can be cause for laughter. Using a Markov chain with a corpus of characters, this was the goal of the MozFest 2021 session ‘Laughing with computers: using AI for comedic effect’, led by creative coder, Hay Kranen.
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19 March 2021
Munich Science & Fiction Festival: The fusion of art and tech
This Mozilla Festival session explored the hybrid nature of events, using a groundbreaking festival as an example of what can be achieved when art and technology come together.
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19 March 2021
Exploring Internet censorship through OONI data
Internet censorship has become a topic of discussion in recent years as social media websites or apps are blocked in different countries. OONI is an organisation focused on highlighting such censorship and held a session at MozFest to discuss this!
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19 March 2021
The economics of the future of food
Mozilla Festival’s event ‘The Economics of the Future of Food’ explained how technology and agriculture are intersecting to change how our food is grown.
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19 March 2021
The Emoji Story documentary
Showcased to Mozilla Festival attendees, The Emoji Story is a delightful documentary charting the history, creation process, and future of the little icons we know and love.
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17 March 2021
Making Monsters at Mozilla Festival
Mozilla Festival led attendees into the 3D world of monster making.
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17 March 2021
The future of podcasting is adaptive, open and data ethical
‘The future of podcasting is adaptive, open and data ethical’ aimed to provide an insight into what podcasting may look like in the near-future, using Object-Based Media. As it turns out, this future is exciting, and may be closer than it seems!
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17 March 2021
Unveiling conversational voice design
AI voices are now part of our everyday lives, but how are they designed? Mozilla Festival’s event ‘A Primer on Conversational Voice Design’ gave us the lowdown.
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15 March 2021
Recommenders with a mission: towards a more diverse internet
‘Recommenders with a mission: towards a more diverse internet’ focused on the way in which news is recommended to us as readers, and how news diversity can be a complex topic of discussion.
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15 March 2021
Strangest sights on Google Earth
Mozilla Festival’s event ‘Strangest sights on Google Earth’ took attendees on a global tour through our laptop screens and highlighted a little known story-telling tool.
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15 March 2021
‘On the side of the Web’ Screening at MozFest
Digital Grassroots a youth- led organisation screens their short film ‘On this Side of The Web’ at this year's first virtual MozFest.