Statistics Canadahas issued the results of a survey of Canadian Internet use, and in 2010 the nation’s western-most province, British Columbia, had the highest penetration of households with Internet access in the country. The results of the survey also illustrated that approximately 8 out of 10 households in Canada had Internet access in 2010, with British Columbia homes sitting at approximately 84 percent while the lowest penetration came from New Brunswick at 70 percent....

A team of engineers from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) are to send an Android smartphone into space to see if the technology employed in the powerful handsets can function in the “most challenging environment known”. BBC News reportsthat the make and model of the handset is unknown but the device will be used by the company to see if low-cost, readily available electronics can be employed in spacecraft designs to both lower cost but also reduce the physical space the components require inside a spacecraft....

British grannies, please stop with the QAnon memes on Facebook The power of memes For the past five years, my research has looked at how strangers talk with each other about politics on Facebook. I’ve focused on four English constituencies – Stoke-on-Trent Central, Burton and Uttoxeter, Bristol West, and Brighton Pavilion – tracking conversations through public pages, posts, and public information on people’s timelines and profiles. Through2015, 2017, and 2019 UK general elections, I saw the increased polarization of those Facebook conversations and with it increased incivility, partisanship, and sectarianism....

A new trial aimed at tackling online bullying will see Thames Valley Police start sending warning messages to users found to be harassing other members of the popular social networking website Facebook. The Telegraph reportsthat the Police will warn cyber bullies that they are breaking the law and could face investigation should the behaviour continue, alerting the parents with a letter that their child is harassing other members of the website....

UK politicians are to be allowed to tweet away in Parliament after a bid to ban the practise was quashed today. Asthe BBC reports, some Members of Parliament had argued that those who tweeted during debates appeared to become “detached” from proceedings. Those in favour of tweeting, however, argued that it meant they could communicate better with the public and ‘multitask’. MPs voted 206 votes to 63 against a ban on....