School results, smoking rates, shop closures? New statistics tool helps you compare local areas in the UK: Stephen Plaster|Shutterstock If you’re not a die-hard numbers person, government statistics can often go right over your head. That is, unless the data is easy to access and directly speaks to your everyday life. A new online service …
Why dimming the Sun would be an effective tool in the fight against climate change: It’s becoming increasingly clear that we will fail to meet our climate goals. We were already at 1.26°C of warming in 2022 and are on track to blow through 1.5°C in the mid-2030s. Research even suggests that current climate policy …
Even before deepfakes, tech was a tool of abuse and control: William Perugini/Shutterstock Of the many “profound risks to society and humanity” that have tech experts worried about artificial intelligence (AI), the spread of fake images is one that everyday internet users will be familiar with. Deepfakes – videos or photographs where someone’s face or …
In Iran and beyond, arrests of singers and dancers show how music can be a powerful tool of resistance: Iranian women are prohibited from singing and dancing in public. Yet many are posting videos on social media dancing and singing along to singer Mehdi Yarrahi’s song Roosarito (Your Veil). The wave of videos comes after …
Zimbabwe’s ‘Patriotic Act’ erodes freedoms and may be a tool for repression: Zimbabwe's repressive new law will further erode civilian rights. Jekesai Njikizana /AFP/ via Getty Images The introduction of the controversial “Patriotic Act” in Zimbabwe will contribute to the erosion of political and civil liberties in a country that has been in the grip …
Interest rate hikes are not the only tool to fight UK inflation – here’s what the government should do: Over the past year, interest rates have been rising rapidly around the world. The post-COVID economic recovery and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused inflation to reach 10% or more in many countries. Central banks in the …
Hepatitis B is a life-threatening liver infection – our machine learning tool could help with early detection: Getty Images More than 296 million people worldwide live with hepatitis B, a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Most don’t know they are infected, so they don’t get medical care. Clinical care …
If AI is to become a key tool in education, access has to be equal: The pandemic forced many educational institutions to move to online learning. Could the rise of chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, now further improve the accessibility of learning and make education more obtainable for everyone? Chatbots are computer programmes …
5 Raspberry Pi projects to do with this open source data tool: 5 Raspberry Pi projects to do with this open source data tool Anais Fri, 04/14/2023 – 03:00 Tiny computers are practically out-sized by their own potential. There’s seemingly nothing they can’t do, regardless of your industry or interest. For instance, did you know …
Handle any type of document with this open source tool: Handle any type of document with this open source tool hej Mon, 04/03/2023 – 03:00 Collabora Online supports all sorts of files and formats. How does this open source office suite do in terms of interoperability, though? This article takes a closer look at Collabora …
China: the rise of TikTok sister app Douyin as a powerful consumer tool: Chinese people are increasingly using TikTok’s sister app as a way to complain about products and are finding it a powerful asset. Our research shows that Douyin, which is produced by ByteDance the same company that owns TikTok, has become influential in …
ChatGPT: why it will probably remain just a tool that does inefficient work more efficiently: Jirsak/Shutterstock ChatGPT is a remarkable technological development, capable of writing compelling prose that comes across as natural, coherent and knowledgeable. But it has its limits, and can be made to say silly things. I managed to get it to say …
Delegate common tasks with an open source automation tool: Delegate common tasks with an open source automation tool lnxchk Tue, 02/28/2023 – 03:00 A key precept for site reliability engineering (SRE), platform engineering, and *Ops teams is automating non-essential toil. Think of toil as any tasks that must be done for systems to run smoothly …
Nigerian elections are crowded with candidates: use this new tool to decide who to vote for in your area: A group of voters showing their cards. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Eighteen political parties are contesting for Nigeria’s presidential elections scheduled for 25 February. Yes, 18 parties. But that’s not the highest number of parties …
Unlock academic research with this open source open access tool for librarians: Unlock academic research with this open source open access tool for librarians jmpearce Sat, 01/07/2023 – 03:00 I have always liked librarians. Since ancient Greece, long before the first open source code was shared, librarians have been championing the democratization of knowledge. Modern …
Digital storytelling can be a powerful tool for water researchers: Digital storytelling offers a way for water researchers to capture the nuance and emotion of people's experiences. Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images Storytelling and science may, at first glance, seem like strange bedfellows. Scientists usually share their research through academic journals …
Build an interactive timeline in React with this open source tool: Build an interactive timeline in React with this open source tool Karol Kozer Wed, 11/23/2022 – 03:00 For several years, I worked in the TV online and video-on-demand (VOD) industry. While working on a scheduler web application, I realized that there were no good …
Public order bill: new law is designed to stop climate protests – but it could actually give activists a legal tool: The UK’s environmental movement has a long history of using protest as a strategy. Disruption is often at the heart of this, either disrupting infrastructure projects themselves in an attempt to stop them going …