Tech companies are turning to ‘synthetic data’ to train AI models – but there’s a hidden cost
Artificial intelligence is so hungry for information, soon there will be no real data left. If done right, synthetic data can ...
In Our Evenings, Alan Hollinghurst takes an elegiac look at class, sexuality and race in post-Brexit Britain
Our Evenings is concerned with people who try to fit in, but whose experience of British life is marginal, whether on account ...
We looked at 54 medicinal cannabis websites to see if they followed the rules. Here’s what we found
Aggressive and misleading marketing is fuelling demand for medicinal cannabis. Here are some of the ways clinics bend the ...
Genius, madman or both? Japanese literary icon Yukio Mishima died leading a coup. He would have been 100 today
The life and death of acclaimed writer Yukio Mishima is a cautionary reminder of the complex, sometimes dangerous ...
9 out of 10 Australian sports bettors are men. Here’s why that might change
Women have historically been excluded from sports gambling, both physically and socially. But there are signs wagering ...
Children with traumatic experiences have a higher risk of obesity – but this can be turned around
New research shows kids with more positive experiences – from stable routines to enriching social activities – were ...
Drug consumption facilities: they’ve been around since 1986 and now Scotland has one – but do they work?
The Thistle drug room in Glasgow could help fill some important gaps in knowledge about the benefits of these facilities.
Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money trial is no win for the rule of law
Donald Trump has become America’s first convicted felon president after a New York state court formally sentenced him on ...
We’re getting closer to having practical quantum computers – here’s what they will be used for
Google’s latest quantum chip, Willow, recently demonstrated remarkable progress in this area. The more qubits Google used in ...
Car dealers took secret fees for recommending finance – and consumers could be owed billions
In a row dubbed the new PPI scandal, lenders may be liable for billions of pounds of repayments to people who took out car ...
Burning waste is a dirty way to generate power – but it’s the least bad alternative to England’s broken recycling system
Microbial technology offers one useful recycling alternative. Anaerobic digestion, based on the human gut, can cut waste ...