K.E.S. Computing

Please follow the KES Computing dept on Blue Sky bsky.app/profile/kes-co…

@GCSE and A lvl: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

The first computer music cs4fn.blog/2022/12/31/the…

Twitter in data-protection probe after '400 million' user details up for sale bbc.in/3IbytbE

Esports: How can they keep growing in 2023? bbc.in/3jCY4QE

Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022 bit.ly/3vodevy

Hmm. I see this still contains a direct copy and paste of several tasks that we put up on the CAS site a few years ago. Attribution for us (and presumably other people) would be nice.

Another example of AI causing harm arstechnica.com/information-te…

Coding: Female engineers deleting myth that tech is for men bbc.in/3iC61oJ

An older computer makes an ideal tinkering platform for GCSE and A Level students.

Now AI can write students’ essays for them, will everyone become a cheat? | Rob Reich theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Pepper’s Ghost: an 1860s illusion used in ‘head-up displays’ ^JB cs4fn.blog/2022/11/28/pep…

Meta fined €265m by Irish data watchdog over breach bbc.in/3FiN43n

‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity theguardian.com/technology/202…

Useful for GCSE students as well!

Gaming: Video games 'help people with disabilities like me' bbc.in/3TYGcMC

How to host your own #Mastodon instance on a Raspberry Pi: raspberrypi.com/news/host-your… Thanks to Pete @Mythic_Beasts for this brilliant step-by-step guide.