Skill Zone News issue 130
We now know that between June and November 2016, the succesful Trump election campaign spent $44 million on Facebook adverts, whilst the failed Clinton campaign spent just $28 million. Such is the cost of buying a presidency in a modern democracy.
31st October 2018
Pulling out of the postal union
Trump sometimes makes good points but in ham-fisted ways. One of his many recent missives, a threat to pull America out of the Universal Postal Union, is yet another case of the "Shoot first, ask questions later" style of presidency.
The A to Z of bureaucracy
Stuart Andrew MP, the defence minister since July, was shocked at the number of abbreviations used by the MOD and NATO, and has declared war on jargon and banned the use of acronyms in his office.
Putting the creep into creepy
If you think Alexa sitting in the corner of the room listening to all your conversations is the creepiest thing you can imagine, good news, computer scientists have now thought of something even creepier.
Water off a duck's back
Technology can do amazing things, but it can still learn a few things from nature. Some of our most interesting advances come about from mimicing biological designs.