4 Contexts

Introduction

Contexts are part of the three C's. You need to know what the contexts are. Here taken straight out of the specification with any notes I have underneath. 

Potential News Articles

4.1 Cultural

Study coding they said, its a guaranteed job - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/09/linkedin-to-cut-716-jobs-and-shut-down-chinese-app-incareer 

The Unabomber - was he right? - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/19/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-dangerous-anti-tech-manifesto-lives-on

An example of misinformation - https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/09/26/china-is-flooding-taiwan-with-disinformation 

And again, misinformation - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/26/techscape-ai-images-elections-integrity-tiananmen-square 

Backlash against the Unity Fees:

 - https://www.ign.com/articles/cult-of-the-lamb-developer-threatens-to-delete-game-on-jan-1-amid-unity-backlash 

- https://www.ign.com/articles/why-unitys-new-install-fees-are-spurring-massive-backlash-among-game-developers 

First Vietnamese Data protection laws - https://vietnam-business-law.info/blog/2023/4/21/new-decree-on-protection-of-personal-data-in-vietnam-and-comparison-with-gdpr 

Disinformation as a weapon of war - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67114313

Facial recognition at a Beyonce concert - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67360696 

British Library under attack - https://www.ft.com/content/4be5d468-0cc3-4881-a5fb-b5d0163de93e 

Banning Computer Games in China - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67801091 

Traditional Markets - new opportunities - https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20231210/viral-vibes-in-ho-chi-minh-city-ben-thanh-market-embraces-power-of-tiktok/77213.html

Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68110476 

Growing skincare use by children is dangerous, say dermatologists - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67993618 





4.2 Economic

Crypto Bros no better than people who bet on horses. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/17/cryptocurrency-trading-in-uk-should-be-regulated-as-form-of-gambling-say-mps?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Ticketmaster and the price of music concerts - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/17/the-cures-robert-smith-convinces-ticketmaster-to-refund-unduly-high-fees-after-fan-anger

Huawei dodging the chip embargo - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/06/huawei-mate-60-pro-mobile-phone-china-dodges-5g-chip-embargo 


The Hermit Consumer - https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/22/welcome-to-the-age-of-the-hermit-consumer 


The cost of a cyber attack - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67400164


Will AI cause a financial meltdown? - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/09/yuval-noah-harari-artificial-intelligence-ai-cause-financial-crisis


Planned Obsolescence (from a student) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWJC5ieUAe4&authuser=2 


Chips make you grow (as an economy) - https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/business/20231031/vietnam-eyes-first-semiconductor-plant-us-officials-warn-of-high-costs/76480.html


The state of digital skills in Construction (worth a read) - https://adskconstruction.autodesk.com/digital-journey-resources-apac/the-state-of-digital-adoption-in-construction?_ga=2.220984536.1391763105.1700695547-25310390.1700695547


Media Manipulation of Bitcoin at the SEC - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/09/markets/sec-has-not-approved-bitcoin-etfs/index.html 


Personalised Shopping - The art and science of hyper-personalised shopping - BBC Worklife 


Loyalty Cards and data - https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/how-supermarkets-turned-loyalty-cards-data-treasure-trove 


Where should the UK target its efforts?  - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/14/back-uk-creative-sector-or-gamble-on-ai-getty-images-boss-tells-sunak 









4.3 Environmental

The environmental cost of AI - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/08/artificial-intelligence-industry-boom-environment-toll 

Vietnamese smart city  - https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/business/20231112/hanoi-launches-42bn-smart-city-project/76691.html

EU Pollution (student credit for finding this) - https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental-noise-in-europe


Electric cars facts (student found, which is the better, more reliable source?)-
- https://www.virta.global/blog/electric-cars-pollution-facts


Seems like a good idea in theory, whats the worst that can happen? - https://www.uniladtech.com/vehicles/car-news/first-wireless-charging-road-in-us-unveiled-in-detroit-309204-20240123

LA is synchronising its traffic signals, why? (again, student found) - https://thesource.metro.net/2013/02/19/city-of-los-angeles-says-all-its-traffic-signals-are-now-part-of-synchronization-program/

A big voice calling for a change in GM foods - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/19/nobel-laureates-call-on-eu-to-relax-rules-on-genetic-modification 








4.4 Health

2.4 Power, 2.7 Values and Ethics, 3.1 Data, 3.4 Networks and the Internet, 4.4 Health - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/contraceptive-pill-the-lowdown 

AI being used to kill superbugs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65709834 

Risks to health of AI says Dr's - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/10/ai-poses-existential-threat-and-risk-to-health-of-millions-experts-warn 

What could happen to donated health information? - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/12/private-uk-health-data-donated-medical-research-shared-insurance-companies

A particular application of wearable tech - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64397795 

AI Matching drugs to people - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65260592 

Social Media being sued over mental health concerns - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67207829

Portable X- Ray Machines - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67871981 

AI Therapy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67872693 

Digital Health - https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/78328?fbclid=IwAR2afMi7F0TqWtEB-qFJldxq25LUHq7B9mmvIWKIjmjth38UKOUFVbqX0Qc_aem_AZvphZdCKCEkmf5cjl62kBP07IsNEIrUdTGg5crrBNrlNsR2os4PiJPekLeUMycl4kY 

A course on Digital Health - https://www.coursera.org/articles/digital-health 

Ping An Good Dr - https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/teaching-materials/ping-an-good-doctor/?fbclid=IwAR1JawqIoJIneu5jikTWoox0k3JXGzSwWwhmgaCYOfP6Kn4IR8_V8BCLfls_aem_AZCM4NNkc0SS2wEdMQ1zdMwLY1ojZewnFOTUVnQcA5jden8zGzmNwZ891w0M-VxOn_M 

E-Health - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20552076221129100?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.2 

Drones - https://www.wired.com/story/drones-have-transformed-blood-delivery-in-rwanda/ 

e-Health - heavy but interesting - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20552076221102255 

indian e-health - https://www.indiaspend.com/indias-villages-dont-have-enough-health-workers-but-here-is-how-modicares-wellness-drive-can-still-succeed/ 

https://www.nextgen.com/company/newsroom/press-release/nextgenr-mobile-enables-neighborhood-health-deliver-care 

https://www.careinnovations.org/resources/facilitating-care-integrationintegrating-primary-care-and-hospital-careinnovator-highlight-connecting-hospital-visits-to-the-neighborhood-healthca/ 

https://digitalsalutem.com/transforming-rural-health-care/ 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9345235/

 
Document mentioned in the June 24 Pre release - https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/83025c02-en/1/3/4/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/83025c02-en&_csp_=87a41a2a31386cb753e3cc456dc63c64&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book 





4.5 Human Knowledge

At what point are internet blackouts okay? - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/punjab-internet-blackout-hunt-sikh-preacher-amritpal-singh-sandhu

UK Launches disaster alert system - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/19/uk-launches-emergency-phone-alerts-public-warning-system?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Apps teaching Somalis to read - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66707508

Teenagers accused of half of sex crimes in UK - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67925490 

Kids read worse off a screen - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/kids-reading-better-paper-vs-screen 

4.6 Political

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/06/newt-gingrich-florida-register-desantis-bloggers-insane

The UK. and Free speech https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/23/dan-kaszeta-banned-from-uk-government-event-for-tweets-criticised-tories and

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/10/academic-cancelled-from-civil-service-talk-because-of-criticism-of-government 

The use of AI in politics come real - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/new-zealand-national-party-admits-using-ai-generated-people-in-ads 

Maybe tiktok isn't so bad? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/28/tiktok-panic-end-internet-democracies-online-data

Airdrop as a tool for dissidents and how China is stomping on it.- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-65830185 

rules for Hackers in warfare - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66998064 

Asian Games: China censors 'Tiananmen' image of athletes hugging -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-67002583

How the EU is impacting on Meta - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/25/how-the-eu-digital-services-act-affects-facebook-google-and-others?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Standing up to bullies - https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3247606/china-cyber-threat-grows-philippines-understaffed-security-team-turns-hackers-help 

It's okay, we only target bullies - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/11/eu-agrees-tough-rules-on-police-use-of-ai-biometric-surveillance-ban 

Cyber warfare again - https://www.wired.com/story/predatory-sparrow-cyberattack-timeline/

Intereference in Elections - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/biden-fake-robocalls-new-hampshire

Is the UK ready for AI? - https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-report-says-uk-is-not-prepared-for-the-age-of-ai-barely-any-businesses-are-resilient-to-cybercrime 



4.7 Social

Is women's equality really 300 years away?  - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/06/antonio-guterres-un-general-assembly-gender-equality 

Does the benefits of Government snooping outweigh the negative? - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/08/eu-lawyers-plan-to-scan-private-messages-child-abuse-may-be-unlawful-chat-controls-regulation

Love the bot- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/19/i-learned-to-love-the-bot-meet-the-chatbots-that-want-to-be-your-best-friend 


MrBeast and BBC stars used in deep fake scam videos  - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66993651


Proof, (if you need it) that we are the products that Meta sells - https://www.unilad.com/technology/news/facebook-and-instagram-want-to-charge-eu-users-14-per-month-933979-20231003?source=techstatic&fbclid=IwAR17axSX5Y0dDeL7yPE4w4ub5ZoWAJpHnuAUTLF084LeNR_43hBA6DBbf5E_aem_Aew5piXEYVLiHMoD5UQv04aqxftNREcMlO2s7spacSYnbi8g6aW07qCb5rMOCrVKyyg


Smart brands harvesting your data - The smart device brands harvesting your data - Which? News 


Fame. Who wins when AI is involved? - https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/11/09/how-artificial-intelligence-will-transform-fame


Passport e-gate development - https://www.thestreet.com/travel/uk-testing-new-egates-passports 


Russian Trolls and facebook - https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/07/media/what-russian-troll-army-could-buy-facebook-ads/index.html 


Filming yourself getting fired? - https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240118-workers-are-filming-their-layoffs-then-posting-them-to-tiktok-what-could-go-wrong