By Gayle Rogers, Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh
It’s a familiar feeling: You start a text message, and your phone’s auto-complete function suggests several choices for the next word, ranging from banal to hilarious. “I love…” you, or coffee? Or you’re finishing an email, and merely typing the word “Let” prompts your app to suggest “Let me know if you have any questions” in light gray text.
Predictive language technologies have become so routine – baked into smartphones, email services and chatbots – that…
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By Amy McAuliffe, Visiting Distinguished Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
Canadians are openly discussing the merits and risks of pursuing a nuclear weapon. Europeans are similarly considering a nuclear deterrent for the bloc. In South Korea, public support for a nuclear weapon is at its highest level on record, and even in Japan some politicians are
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Weight-loss injections like Ozempic may help cancer patients with brain tumours live longer. But experts urge caution before drawing firm conclusions.
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By Cassandra Etter-Wenzel, PhD Candidate in Energy Policy, University of Oxford
Anupama Sen, Head of Policy Engagement, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and Fellow in Environmental Change, Reuben College, University of Oxford
Nadia Schroeder, Head of Strategy and New Initiatives, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
As the Middle East conflict intensifies and oil and gas prices swing wildly, the UK has seen renewed calls to drill more in the North Sea. The argument is straightforward: if Britain produces more of its own oil and gas, household energy bills should fall.
But our analysis suggests the effect would be minimal. Even if the UK maximised North Sea extraction and returned revenues directly to households, the reduction in energy…
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By Craig Jones, Senior Lecturer in Political Geography, Department of Geography, Newcastle University
Helen M Kinsella, Professor of Political Science and Law, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
The speed and scale of war are being enhanced by AI systems – but they also bring new risks for civilians and military combatants.
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By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
The second rate hike this year will add another $100 a month to the average mortgage, just as fuel prices are surging.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The committee said it had consistently heard that the current design of the discount “can distort decision making and incentivise tax planning”.
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By Laura
Climate change has impacted North Kivu, a region in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where farmers have had to adapt their farming practices to survive.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Roadblock of the Southern Transitional Council in the south of Socotra, Yemen, October 14, 2023. © 2023 Hardscarf/Wikimedia Yemeni government-aligned forces appear to have used excessive force in February against protesters supporting the Southern Transitional Council in Aden. Government forces in three locations fired at protesters supporting the group and made arrests and held people for days without due process in Aden and Hadramout. The Yemeni government should provide accountability and justice for the Southern Transitional Council’s violations in…
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By Human Rights Watch
(New York) – A new five-episode narrative podcast will explore what it means to lose home and what it takes to start again, Human Rights Watch said today. Anchored in the story of Maung, a Rohingya refugee now living in New York, the series traces his journey of flight, survival, and rebuilding and explores displacement at a moment when more people are forcibly displaced than at any point since World War II.The series, “The Great Unrooting,” is hosted by Ngofeen Mputubwele , a journalist, attorney, and audio producer whose work includes podcasts for The New Yorker and the critically acclaimed…
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