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Alex Hern
Alex Hern is the UK technology editor for the Guardian. Twitter
@alexhern
July 2022
Today in Focus
Understanding the cryptocurrency crash
This year has been a disaster for many investors in cryptocurrencies. Alex Hern draws the parallels of the spreading panic in the new digital economy with the 2008 financial crisis
Understanding the cryptocurrency crash
June 2022
Crypto crisis: how digital currencies went from boom to collapse
Savers talk of devastating losses as assets such as bitcoin and ‘stablecoins’ like terra fell sharply
Published:
29 Jun 2022
Crypto crisis: how digital currencies went from boom to collapse
Three Arrows Capital to become latest casualty of crypto crash
Published:
29 Jun 2022
Three Arrows Capital to become latest casualty of crypto crash
TechScape
TechScape: Can US women trust big tech with their data after Roe v Wade?
Published:
29 Jun 2022
TechScape: Can US women trust big tech with their data after Roe v Wade?
Science Weekly
Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a gamble?
Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a gamble?
Observer business profile
Changpeng Zhao: tech chief in the eye of the cryptocurrency storm
Published:
25 Jun 2022
Changpeng Zhao: tech chief in the eye of the cryptocurrency storm
Electricity used to mine bitcoin plummets as crypto crisis widens
Published:
24 Jun 2022
Electricity used to mine bitcoin plummets as crypto crisis widens
Today in Focus
Artificial intelligence: conscious or just very convincing?
Artificial intelligence: conscious or just very convincing?
Instagram to try out stronger age checks including video selfies
Published:
23 Jun 2022
Instagram to try out stronger age checks including video selfies
Amazon’s Alexa could turn dead loved ones’ voices into digital assistant
Published:
23 Jun 2022
Amazon’s Alexa could turn dead loved ones’ voices into digital assistant
Tether to launch stablecoin tied to pound as UK aims to become crypto hub
Published:
22 Jun 2022
Tether to launch stablecoin tied to pound as UK aims to become crypto hub
Microsoft limits access to facial recognition tool in AI ethics overhaul
Published:
22 Jun 2022
Microsoft limits access to facial recognition tool in AI ethics overhaul
TechScape
TechScape: What the crypto big freeze means for your money
Published:
22 Jun 2022
TechScape: What the crypto big freeze means for your money
I am not a robot: iOS verification update marks end of ‘captchas’
Published:
21 Jun 2022
I am not a robot: iOS verification update marks end of ‘captchas’
Shadowy Strava users spy on Israeli military with fake routes in bases
Published:
21 Jun 2022
Shadowy Strava users spy on Israeli military with fake routes in bases
‘Want to review this?’: Twitter’s niceness prompts do alter behaviour, study finds
Published:
16 Jun 2022
‘Want to review this?’: Twitter’s niceness prompts do alter behaviour, study finds
Claim for £750m against Apple launched over alleging battery ‘throttling’
Published:
15 Jun 2022
Claim for £750m against Apple launched over alleging battery ‘throttling’
Cryptocurrency ‘bloodbath’ threatens multibillion-dollar hedge fund
Published:
15 Jun 2022
Cryptocurrency ‘bloodbath’ threatens multibillion-dollar hedge fund
TechScape
TechScape: why you shouldn’t worry about sentient AI … yet
Published:
15 Jun 2022
TechScape: why you shouldn’t worry about sentient AI … yet
Crypto exchanges Coinbase and BlockFi lay off hundreds of staff
Published:
14 Jun 2022
Crypto exchanges Coinbase and BlockFi lay off hundreds of staff
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This year has been a disaster for many investors in cryptocurrencies. Alex Hern draws the parallels of the spreading panic in the new digital economy with the 2008 financial crisis
