Crime epidemic or never had it so good? Drilling into statistics is murder
It's both. And neither
27 Jun 2018 | 49
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Windrush immigration papers scandal: What it didn't teach UK.gov about data compliance
Comment Bye Amber Rudd. And hey, maybe it's time to talk about consent
30 Apr 2018 | 54
Where hackers haven't directly influenced polls, they've undermined our faith in democracy
It's worse than we feared and the worst may yet be to come
08 Nov 2017 | 80
NatWest customer services: We're aware of security glitch
NatWest PR: No, no, no. That person's info was BAD
28 Sep 2017 | 63
BoJo, don't misuse stats then blurt disclaimers when you get rumbled
Norgrove was right: post-Brexit gross £350m a week? Nope
19 Sep 2017 | 189
Prejudiced humans = prejudiced algorithms, and it's not an easy fix
Building bad practices in ML can turn out awkward
31 Aug 2017 | 46
From landslide to buried alive: Why 2017 election forecasts weren't wrong
Swing when you're winning
13 Jun 2017 | 201
Strong and stable? Theresa May's election poll lead succumbs to outlier syndrome
Contextualising Jeremy Corbyn's improving numbers
31 May 2017 |
UK General Election 2017: How EU law will hit British politicians' Facebook fight
Narrow swings, big data
10 May 2017 | 78
How their GDPR ignorance could protect you from your denial
People, not process – your worst nightmare
07 Apr 2017 | 32
Automated, insight cannot be: Jedi master of statistics was good – but beware the daft side
Hans Rosling is gone, but dashboards and graphs are dangerous to knowledge
21 Feb 2017 | 21
US election pollsters weren't (very) wrong – statistically speaking
Media open season on prediction number crunchers
05 Dec 2016 | 98
Anonymised search engine page found on 'kid-friendly' search site
Beta-testing oddness was never intended to be kept – dev
11 Apr 2016 | 35
Lies, damn lies and election polls: Why GE2015 pundits fluffed the numbers so badly
The lessons of shaping a mathematical 'reality'
11 May 2015 | 174
What does the NHS’s new IT plan really want to extract from us?
Feature Uncosted system should’ve gone live two months ago
21 Nov 2013 | 22
CPS grovels after leaking IDs of hundreds arrested during student riots
Exclusive FOI blunder spaffed details of people released uncharged
27 Sep 2012 | 51
Erotica 2011 stands firm against rise of the sex machines
NSFW Old-school tools hit of leather and vibes bash
23 Nov 2011 | 32
Anti-smut boss: 'We won't be net police'
Even if UK.gov thinks IWF are already
06 Nov 2011 | 28
Should your system offer Mr, Ms ... and Mx?
Analysis Time to phase gender out of your databases
27 Sep 2011 | 69
Facebook under fire over Israel, transgender bullying
Mod squad overlooks teen bullies' page, took peace activists' down
03 Jun 2011 | 16
Facebook forced to reinstate snogging men pic
Had labelled kissing clothed chaps 'sexually suggestive'
19 Apr 2011 | 35
EU Data retention directive 'flawed, unlawful'
Lib Dem and digital rights group have privacy gripes
18 Apr 2011 | 11
Sex Party's down-under struggles with dominant Catholic priests
Electile dysfunction cannot stand!
07 Apr 2011 | 69
Oxfordshire cops switch speed cameras back on
Seventh speedy sense prompts three-point turn - but will it work?
01 Apr 2011 | 66
