US election

Why Facebook might be hiring people with national security clearances

Facebook is on the hunt to recruit people who have national security clearances, as part of a broader push to address…

The majority of US states have refused to comply with Trump’s electoral fraud commission

US president Donald Trump has insisted that he lost the popular vote in last year's election by almost 3m votes,…

US suffers largest data breach of voter information

Nearly every registered American voter has been left vulnerable to theft on a public Amazon cloud server by a marketing firm…

Jeff Sessions forgets to check his (executive) privilege

US attorney general Jeff Sessions went before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday to answer allegations he had undisclosed meetings with…

A majority of US voters now believe president Trump is abusing his powers

A new poll from Quinnipiac has found that 54 percent of respondents believe that Trump is abusing the powers of…

Russian hackers strike again – this time in the French presidential election

Fancy Bear, the Russian hacking group which targeted Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee during the US presidential election,…

10 ways to spot fake news, according to Facebook

We all know that you can’t trust everything you read on the internet. Since the US presidential election which brought…

Fool’s gold: Remove the financial incentive of fake news

Hoaxes, misinformation and conspiracy theories — for the past few months, the danger posed by "fake news" has dominated the…

Three things that will change the world today

These three things are going to have a significant impact on the wider world. US banks reveal their 2016 performance…

Three things that will change the world today

These three things are going to have a significant impact on the wider world. Trump disregards conflict of interest claims …