Alex Hern is a leading technology journalist, who currently is a technology reporter for The Guardian. During his time at The Guardian, he has written regular articles that specialise in all things technology. Formerly an economics reporter, Alex has had a varied career gaining experience in a number of different sectors. Before joining The Guardian, Alex worked for New Statesman. He has reported on a number of high-profile news stories such as malware attacks on mobile devices, privacy issues with social media applications, cyber security, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, problems with ethics in the digital world, digital marketing and search engine algorithm updates to name a few. Alex’s work has been featured in a variety of digital formats for The Guardian, Medium, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, The Hindu, Irish Times, Yahoo, New Statesman, RawStory, Gulf News, Dawn.