
Niamh Ancell
I'm a journalist at Cybernews with experience writing about art, culture, education, and technology. I enjoy writing about technology, trends in cyber sec, and tech in the context of education.
- Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania
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- Did Grok just predict the 97th Academy Awards?4 Mar—CyberNewsThe votes are in and now it's time to see whether the world's most popular chatbots were able to predict the outcome of the 97th Academy Awards. Previously, Cybernews asked ChatGPT to predict the outcome of the Superbowl 2025. OpenAI’s chatbot claimed that the Kansas City Chiefs would come out on top. However, this prediction turned out to be a massive flop. But God loves a trier, so with the 97th Academy Awards on the horizon, I wanted to up the ante and see whether any of these five...
- Hacker bounty fever: dopamine spikes and millions of dollars16 Dec 2024—CyberNews“The whole experience is amazing, and that’s what keeps me going back and back and back again,” said hacker Fredrik, aka STÖK, about being a bug bounty hunter. In the latest Cybernews documentary, bug bounty hunters like STÖK discuss how they keep coming back for more bounties. This got me thinking: is there arguably something borderline addictive about catching vulnerabilities? Hackers need to work persistently when bug hunting to catch and uncover vulnerabilities. When they finally do it,...
- How I was bullied into buying an iPhone and why people hate Androids11 Oct 2024—CyberNewsI caved and bought the iPhone 16 Plus. But my question is, why do people hate Androids, and is Apple really that much better? On Tuesday night, I decided to “invest” (my chief editor isn’t going to like this) in an iPhone 16 Plus, one of the latest Apple products on the market. I mean, it’s not cheap. It’s like over $1000, which, in my eyes, is an investment. My boyfriend and I decided to go to a shopping mall one night to purchase the iPhone 16. Two hours later, I left without the new iPhone...