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Scam Factories Ep 2: Inside the operation
A few weeks after Ben Yeo travelled to Cambodia for what he thought was a job in a casino, he found himself locked up in a padded room. “It’s a combi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Scam Factories Ep 1: No skills required
Scam factories is a special three-part series taking you inside Southeast Asia's brutal fraud compounds. Hundreds of thousands of people are estimate…
1 year, 7 months ago
Tariffs: the winners and losers
As the Trump administration ratchets up its threat to slap tariffs on allies and economic rivals alike, the world is bracing for another wave of cost…
1 year, 7 months ago
How does decentralised social media work?
Since Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter in 2022, many users have looked for alternatives, fuelling a wave of online migration from the social media …
1 year, 7 months ago
Where support for Germany’s far-right AFD is growing and why
As Germany heads towards elections on February 23, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) is polling in second place on 20% of the national vote…
1 year, 7 months ago
How close are quantum computers to being really useful?
Quantum computers have the potential to solve big scientific problems that are beyond the reach of today’s most powerful supercomputers, such as disc…
1 year, 8 months ago
A wildfire warning from California's Ice Age past
Firefighters in Los Angeles continue to battle devastating wildfires that have killed at least 27 people and left thousands of homes destroyed. Today…
1 year, 8 months ago
Silicon Valley’s bet on a future of AI-enabled warfare
From Gaza to Ukraine, today’s war zones are being used as testing grounds for new systems driven by artificial intelligence. Billions of dollars are …
1 year, 8 months ago
How the world fell in love with plastic without thinking through the consequences
Every year, 400 million tons of plastic are produced worldwide, and every year, approximately 57 million tons of plastic waste is created. And yet in…
1 year, 8 months ago
Brain implants, agentic AI and answers on dark matter: what to expect from science in 2025
In a special episode to start 2025, we’ve brought together three science editors from The Conversation’s editions around the world to discuss what to…
1 year, 9 months ago