Spain is to set up an app to limit access to pornography, but experts see loopholes. “We have to change the culture from the bottom up”, says a Christian leader.

The sun appears to be setting on the dating app era and culture is on a mission to re-codify love, but what will we find in the aftermath?

Czech and Spanish evangelicals went online to begin the year in prayer and in practical fellowship with their brothers and sisters.

Churches can become centres of excellence for the creative use of AI technology to support everyone, including disabled people, both in church and elsewhere.

The Chinese government claims that the apps violate laws prohibiting the use of religious texts or materials.

The developers of the ‘Heroes 2’ video game app hope that it will be a tool to bring the message of Jesus to new generations.

More than 40 million people used Bible reading apps and websites, sharing around 15 million verses on Easter Sunday.

We need to learn to look for where God is at work quietly and behind the scenes. What might God bring out of all of this?

The coronavirus crisis in Europe is “driving a public debate about privacy, ethics and public health, and what measures are appropriate (or not) to protect it”, says Patricia Shaw of the Homo Responsibilis Initiative.

Jonathan Ebsworth of the TechHuman initiative warns that some technologies being used in Europe are “approaching a level of quasi-omniscience that no human enterprise ought to have”.

The last decade has seen a worsening of the working conditions which affect “family relationships”, says Jonathan Tame. The near future will probably be shaped by the ‘gig economy’ and the re-balancing of global capitalism.

The Director of the Jubilee Centre (Cambridge) analyses the impact of the financial crises on families, and the future of the workplace in a connected world, from a Christian perspective.

The YouVersion Bible app annual report shows that “people read and listened to the Bible 30% more this year, and 478 million verses have been shared”.

Scripture engagement in the remotest regions of Uzbekistan.

96% of young people between 14 and 24 use instant messaging as their preferred means of communication with family and friends.

It was launched during the Week of Prayer. More than 1,000 people have downloaded the app in the first days.

The 2017 version of the Reformer’s translation is offered for free by the German Bible Society.

According to the YouVersion Bible App, this verse “was shared, bookmarked and highlighted more than any other this year”.

The migrant crisis now forms part of imaginary technology through different initiatives and platforms, such as mobile phone apps and videogames.

The gift of the new operation world app to the global church.

Digital reading, often by design, makes meditation difficult, because hyperlinks outward, continually refreshing newsfeeds and flashing ad banners are constantly encouraging us to move.

Over 80% of asylum seekers have smartphones. A Trans World Radio app offers over 300 audio programs to “address trauma and other difficulties refugees face in Europe.”

“Criminals may start with social networking platforms and then move to phone and video chat”, says Christian expert Ioana Humelnicu. “Being judged is the biggest fear of victims.”

Trans World Radio developed a mobile app to share “the hope of Christ” with refugees. It can be downloaded in Arabic, Farsi and Dari.

An anonymous translator reworked the King James Version of the bible using Unicode emoji, as well as common internet abbreviations and slang.