A dramatic supermoon alongside the Perseid meteor shower lit up the clear night sky across the world this weekend, much to the delight of astronomers and amateur star gazers.
Today’s extreme violence is not practised in secret, instead its authors seek maximum visibility. But there is more at stake here than propaganda. There is a new grammar of violence emerging, one closely associated with social media, in particular the way we all post photos and videos.
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has made its first public foray into the world of social media by opening official accounts on Twitter and Facebook.
Twitter feeds can become unwieldy streams of bite-sized information at times, especially if someone on that feed is live-blogging an event or sharing just a bit too much at the moment. To address this, Twitter has been slowly rolling out a “mute” feature, where you can still follow people, but their updates will no longer appear in your Timeline.
Facebook has acquired hugely popular messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion (£11.4 billion) in cash and shares