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Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms

11 Dec 2025

The first global index tracking real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country has been launched by...

Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods

24 Oct 2024

Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street...

Solidarity drives online virality in a nation under attack, study of Ukrainian social media reveals

01 Oct 2024

While divisive social media posts get more traction in countries such as the US, a new study shows that celebrating national unity is the way to go...

Search engine data reveals Russian discontent after invasion of Ukraine

17 May 2023

Russian military mobilisations saw huge spikes in anti-regime web searches, according to a study of search trends from Google and Yandex.

Researchers to track impact of lockdown on alcohol, gambling and pornography use

12 May 2020

Is the lockdown leading us to drink more alcohol or spend more time gambling online or watching pornography? Researchers today launch a survey aimed...

Viral charity campaigns have a psychological 'recipe' and all-too-brief lifespan

13 Feb 2017

New work focusing on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge reveals very brief shelf life of such viral campaigns, and suggests the nature of ‘virality’ and...

Combating cybercrime when there's plenty of phish in the sea

21 Oct 2016

As more and more crime moves online, computer scientists, criminologists and legal academics have joined forces in Cambridge to improve our...

Stroke survivors face ‘invisible impairments’ to return to work

06 Apr 2016

‘Invisible impairments’ can make it difficult for stroke survivors to maintain a job, according to a study from the University of Cambridge and Queen...

Online resource to support the work of biodiversity conservation organisations

01 Oct 2014

A free online resource, launched today (1 October), will help conservation organisations share expertise and tools, aiding them in addressing some of...

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Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms

Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods

Solidarity drives online virality in a nation under attack, study of Ukrainian social media reveals

Search engine data reveals Russian discontent after invasion of Ukraine

Researchers to track impact of lockdown on alcohol, gambling and pornography use

Viral charity campaigns have a psychological 'recipe' and all-too-brief lifespan

Combating cybercrime when there's plenty of phish in the sea

Stroke survivors face ‘invisible impairments’ to return to work

Online resource to support the work of biodiversity conservation organisations

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