The Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) cluster at SUTD is pleased to announce the 2022 co-winners of the Digital Humanities Award.

While it seems like a bit of entertaining video wizardry, deepfakes can make people say things they never did in real life and influence public opinion. And the technology has got some people scared.

The three most common scams encountered were investment, phishing and job types.

With talk of a Twitter exodus in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, CNA looks at why some in Singapore are switching from mainstream social media services to alternative ones.

Dr Andrew Yee to lead research team in a $244,000 NIE Office of Education Research Funding Programme Tier 2 Study

With new online safety laws in place, resources should be directed to elevate the baseline community consciousness about online safety so that no users are left to their own defences when they encounter online harms. Prof Lim Sun Sun writes for the Straits Times in a monthly column on technology and society.

Assistant Professor Jeffrey Chan (Design and Artificial Intelligence / Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) said increased human density during the street party in South Korea was “far beyond what is considered safe” and the sloped, narrow street exacerbated the risk of the accident. To address this in Singapore, there are stipulated minimum widths for pedestrian pathways.

The Economist published a white paper on harnessing technology for longer lifespans, which includes expert inputs from Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Prof Lim Sun Sun.

Users of messaging apps should have an alternative chat service on standby because the global WhatsApp outage on Tuesday has shown that it will not be the last of such incidents as more services digitalise, said cybersecurity experts.