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Damien Black

Senior Journalist at Cybernews

Damien Black is a Senior Journalist at Cybernews.

He got his first job in newspapers in South-East Asia, working as a sub-editor for an English-language broadsheet covering local and international politics and business. Since then, he has worked for a variety of news-stand and contract publications in the UK, including the Independent, Big Issue, and Metro.

Damien recently took a break from journalism and copywriting to focus on his own fiction: he has written and published three novels, as well as a novella and a collection of short stories. In his spare time he still works on Game Of The Gods, an interactive text-based adventure story that has received praise on Google Play and App Store.

His central thesis as a writer is that a well-crafted sentence can send ideas far and wide, something he aspires to do for at least five days a week. Though new to the cyberworld, he believes it is the human stories within it that ultimately make it interesting.

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  • IoT lacking the global standards it needs to progress
    16 Oct 2023—Cybernews
    The internet of things (IoT) is expanding day by day, but to become a truly global phenomenon, it would need to have internationally recognized protocols. Don’t hold your breath, experts tell Cybernews. A recent study undertaken by Technavio found that a “lack of standardization and interoperability among various IoT technologies and platforms” would likely stall the progress of the industry over the next five years. “IoT systems require complex networks of devices, sensors, and apps to...
  • GDPR celebrates 5th birthday as EU faces down Meta
    27 May 2023—Cybernews
    It’s been five years to the day since the EU enacted the groundbreaking General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). And though there is still a ways to go before Big Tech loses its invasive control of our digital private lives, experts seem mostly positive about its impact. “The rock in the pond that is the GDPR continues to cause ripples that affect everything in the vicinity. Five years after enforcement began, it is difficult not to see the results of the regulation.” That’s the verdict...
  • AI will radically change the way humans think about work, says expert
    11 May 2023—Cybernews
    For centuries, human beings have developed and used increasingly sophisticated machines to make life easier. Now, the ultimate machine is knocking at the door. So long a prediction foretold in science fiction, AI is increasingly permeating the reality of our everyday existence. We often ask machines to do difficult or unpleasant tasks for us. Now, we fear they might end up taking them all, with dire forecasts that AI and automation will decimate industries — not least of all my own. But...

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