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Major study of social media and teen mental health announced

20 Jan 2026

A trial that will put a daily limit on the social media use of thousands of Bradford teenagers is set to begin this year. It will be the largest study...

NHS Active 10 walking tracker users are more active after using the app

06 Aug 2025

Users of the NHS Active 10 app, designed to encourage people to become more active, immediately increased their amount of brisk and non-brisk walking...

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Harmful effects of digital tech – the science ‘needs fixing’, experts argue

10 Apr 2025

From social media to AI, online technologies are changing too fast for the scientific infrastructure used to gauge their public health harms, say two...

Forcing UK creatives to ‘opt out’ of AI training risks stifling new talent, Cambridge experts warn

20 Feb 2025

The UK government’s proposed ‘rights reservation’ model for AI data mining tells British artists, musicians, and writers that “tech industry...

Young woman talking with AI voice virtual assistant on smartphone

Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

30 Dec 2024

Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the...

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Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

25 Nov 2024

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

A visualisation of one of the design scenarios highlighted in the latest paper

Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones

09 May 2024

Cambridge researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging “digital afterlife industry” causing social and...

Making the digital world a safer place

25 May 2022

New technology developed by Cambridge researchers and Arm to make our computers more secure is being put through its paces by tech companies in the UK...

Global evidence for how EdTech can support pupils with disabilities is ‘thinly spread’, report finds

26 Mar 2021

An 'astonishing' deficit of data about how the global boom in educational technology could help pupils with disabilities in low and middle-income...

Collecting COVID-19

03 Apr 2020

Cambridge University Library appeals for help in building a collaborative history of the coronavirus outbreak

Create a WTO-equivalent to oversee the internet, recommends new report

12 Feb 2020

The internet needs an international World Trade Organization (WTO)-style body to protect and grow it as one of the world’s unique shared resources: a...

New Year honours 2019

28 Dec 2018

Members of collegiate Cambridge recognised for outstanding contributions to society in science, education, engineering and art

digital technology

Major study of social media and teen mental health announced

NHS Active 10 walking tracker users are more active after using the app

Harmful effects of digital tech – the science ‘needs fixing’, experts argue

Forcing UK creatives to ‘opt out’ of AI training risks stifling new talent, Cambridge experts warn

Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones

Making the digital world a safer place

Global evidence for how EdTech can support pupils with disabilities is ‘thinly spread’, report finds

Collecting COVID-19

Create a WTO-equivalent to oversee the internet, recommends new report

New Year honours 2019

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