‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices: A software 'jailbreak' gave US farmers the power to repair their vehicles. Maksim Safaniuk/Shutterstock The software that runs John Deere tractors was successfully “jailbroken” at this year’s DEF CON hacker convention, enabling farmers to repair or retune their equipment without engaging …
How to Find the Right SEO Agency for Your Small Business in Cape Town: When done correctly, SEO can help your website to appear higher in search results, making it more likely that potential customers will find and visit your site. In turn, this can lead to increased sales and revenue for your business. If you’re a small …
What Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet gets right (and wrong) about ‘revenge porn’: Aleksey Boyko/Shutterstock The most hated man on the internet, according to a new Netflix docuseries, is Hunter Moore. The convicted criminal and self-described “professional life ruiner” Moore enabled the non-consensual distribution of thousands of private images by founding …
People with intellectual disability have a right to sexuality – but their families have concerns: People with intellectual disability are entitled to their human rights like everyone else. Shutterstock Many South Africans living with intellectual disability don’t have opportunities to be part of community life. They may lack the opportunity to learn, work or enjoy …
The right to food: activism and litigation are shifting the dial in South Africa: A recent court case forced the Department of Basic Education to resume the National School Nutrition Programme for nine million learners around the country. Shutterstock Even before the pandemic and the recent global rise in food prices, millions of South Africans …
When do strikes work? History shows the conditions need to be right: There has been a significant decline in union-led strike action in the 21st-century UK. But with average public sector pay increasing by 1.5% between March and May 2022 (versus 7.2% in the private sector) and households facing a cost of living crisis, industrial …
Getting Your Dev Team Right: Software is said to be eating up the world at an incredible pace and as this voracious system gets hungrier and hungrier, the demand for developers increases exponentially to match its insatiable appetite. For a business, this rapid change can often cause an HR nightmare, particularly when this change is …
The right to die: unpacking an ethical dilemma in South Africa: Right to die activist Sean Davison (left) speaks to the press after three years of house arrest. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images Sean Davison, the euthanasia activist and co-founder of DignitySA, recently completed a sentence of house arrest in South Africa for his …
Roe v Wade: the religious right has long influenced law in the US – here’s how abortion rights could be challenged elsewhere: The US Supreme Court. flysnowfly/Shutterstock The US Supreme Court has formally announced its decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This has overturned the 1973 case Roe v Wade, …
Borgen is back – what the series gets right (and wrong) about Danish politics: Danish political drama Borgen has returned to screens after a ten year hiatus. Mike Kollöffel / Netflix The political drama Borgen first aired in Denmark in 2010. It soon became clear that its creator, Adam Price, had an uncanny ability to …
Children’s mental health and the digital world: how to get the balance right: Support for young internet users needs to come from parents, teachers, governments and the social media industry. Adam and Kev via GettyImages Technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds. This has led to dramatic shifts in daily …
Why Britain really can’t afford to cut civil servants right now: Shutterstock A letter leaked to the BBC has revealed that the UK government aims to cut up to 91,000 civil service jobs over the next three years to save money. The letter, sent to civil servants by Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, sets out …
Photos of wartime Europe still shape views of conflict – here’s how we’re trying to right the record: The Tanganyika expeditionary force in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) during East African campaign of the first world war. Imperial War Museum., CC BY-NC A war in Europe instantly creates parallels with the world wars …
More maths testing could be good for primary schoolchildren – if done in the right way: BlurryMe/Shutterstock Recently published UK government plans proposed that by 2030, 90% of children leaving primary school in England should reach the expected standards in reading, writing and maths, compared with 65% in 2019. As part of efforts to achieve …
Moon Knight – an Egyptologist on how the series gets the gods right: Khonshu the moon God takes centre stage in Marvel's Moon Knight. Marvel/Disney Marvel’s Moon Knight follows Steven Grant who, despite living quietly as a museum gift shop employee, finds himself drawn into the strange world of Egyptian gods. He discovers that he …
Right to roam: why activists are reviving the mass trespass protests of the 1930s: By ascending the plateau of Kinder Scout – a mountain in England’s Peak District owned at the time by the 10th Duke of Devonshire and guarded by gamekeepers from his nearby Chatsworth Estate – around 400 walkers committed one of the …
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Policing bill is now law: how your right to protest has changed: The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill has become law after an extended period of back and forth between the House of Commons and House of Lords. From its conception, the bill has been extremely controversial, particularly because of the increased powers it …