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AI and new research breakthroughs bring fresh hope to millions living with ME/CFS
Technology is transforming research to provide hope for earlier and more precise diagnosis of ME/CFS, a chronically underfunded and poorly understood condition affecting more than 400,000 people in the UK and 17 million worldwide.
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Exercise in AI: First ever electronic PT gets Royal go-ahead
A futuristic AI personal trainer backed by celebrities including Lorraine Kelly and Sir Richard Branson has received a royal seal of approval after being honoured at Britain’s most prestigious business awards.
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Tech styles textiles: The technology behind sustainable fashion
As fashion and biotech turn to AI to design new materials and reduce waste, the industry is attempting to balance sustainability with profit. Among the luxury fashion brands on the third floor of Selfridges’ flagship London store sits PANGAIA, a…
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How to save an endangered language
Speakers of endangered languages are in a race against time to build an AI that understands them English speakers are accustomed to the convenience of talking to AI in their mother tongue and generating near-perfect subtitles in seconds. But this…
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New TikTok subscription model targets doomscrollers, experts warn
A new TikTok feature allowing users to opt-in to an ad-free experience could exacerbate addictive behaviour, a psychologist and a researcher who specialises in social media has warned.
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Labour’s FOI cuts would hamstring campaign groups and do little to help councils
Proposed changes to water down freedom of information (FOI) requests would do little to help cash-strapped local authorities and risk stripping campaign groups of a “crucial tool” to hold UK councils to account, say advocates.
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Women launch venture capital fund to challenge “Tech bro renaissance”
Female tech entrepreneurs are hoping the launch of a new multi-million pound fund aimed at closing the industry’s massive gender investment gap will help usher in the end of the “tech bro renaissance”.
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Hair loss treatments can destroy your sex life, expert warns, after London’s first Bald Fest
Men’s health specialists are raising the alarm over the worrying side-effects of over-the-counter hair loss treatment drugs following London’s first festival of baldness.
