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15Aug/22

OPINION: Besides AI, regulation key to fight mis/disinformation

August 15, 2022PoliticsAcademic disciplines, Alejandro Romero, Anya Schiffrin, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Constella, Deception, Disinformation, Facebook, Germany, Media manipulation, Misinformation, Natural language processing, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Anya Schiffrin, director of the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

When worries about online mis/disinformation became widespread after the 2016 U.S. election, there was hope that the tech giants would use artificial intelligence (AI) to fix the mess they created. The hope was that platforms could use AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically block or downrank false. illegal or inflammatory content online without governments having to regulate.
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09Aug/22

Is race an issue for Rishi Sunak? It’s a difficult question for pollsters to investigate but the information we do have is telling

August 9, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, British people, Carlton Television, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, David Cameron, English people, International Democrat Union, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, Opinion poll, Paul Whiteley, Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, Toryism, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July 21 had him on 38% to her 62%. She appears to be winning the contest hands down.

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05Aug/22

UK interest rate rise: what the Bank of England’s historic hike means for your money

August 5, 2022FinanceAdjustable-rate mortgage, Central bank, Creative Commons, Economy, Finance, Housing in the United Kingdom, In economics, Inflation, Interest rate, Jonquil Lowe, Monetary policy, Money, Mortgage loan, Quantitative easing, SHUTTERSTOCK, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Ukraine, United Kingdomadmin

Jonquil Lowe, The Open University

The Bank of England has raised its base rate by 0.5 percentage points, the largest single upward jump in 27 years. It takes the base rate to 1.75%, its highest level since 2008. This latest interest rate hike will affect personal finances and reflects the Bank’s efforts to control rampant inflation amid the cost of living crisis in the UK.

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02Aug/22

66% of diagnostic biopsies for common skin cancer can be avoided using Michelson Diagnostics’ VivoSight OCT laser scanner

August 2, 2022HealthcareBasal-cell carcinoma, Biopsy, Clinical medicine, Health care, Laser medicine, Medical diagnosis, Medical equipment, Medical specialties, Medicine, Michelson Diagnostics, Optical coherence tomography, Optical imaging, Optics, RTT, Skin cancer, Tomography, United Kingdomadmin

A major study published in leading cancer journal, The Lancet Oncology1 have ground-breaking findings on Michelson Diagnostics, the UK based medical device company that use multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography (‘OCT’) technology, which can transform patient’s treatment and care of basal cell carcinomas (BCC). It was concluded that OCT-guided diagnosis, when compared to a standard punch biopsy could reduce the number of consultations and invasive procedures by a massive 66%. Continue reading

26Jul/22

Justina Mutale at the Commonwealth Games

July 26, 2022FashionAfrica, Birmingham, Commonwealth of Nations, Countries, London, Runway, United Kingdom, Walking, Zambiaadmin

A woman can be many things… Super excited and totally looking forward to next week. I will be taking to the Catwalk to represent my country Zambia at the Commonwealth Games Global Catwalk by POSITIVE RUNWAY. The Catwalk Show will take place at a Gala Dinner at the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom and will feature UK-based Diaspora Community Leaders from various Commonwealth countries, who will showcase their National Attire on the Runway… I love flying the Zambian flag. Watch this space for further details! In this photo, myself in rehearsal in preparation to strutt my stuff for the provision of Quality Education in Africa, at Africa Fashion Week in London.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/justinamutale

25Jul/22

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Polling shows party members want her – but the wider voting public would choose him

July 25, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, British MPs, Colleges of the University of Oxford, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, Margaret Thatcher, Paul Whiteley, Rishi Sunak, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Toryism, Ukraine, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two candidates chosen to go head-to-head in the battle to become the next leader of the Conservative party and, therefore, the next prime minister of the UK.

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25Jul/22

Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means

July 25, 2022HealthcareArticles, Congo, Creative Commons, Epidemiology, Global health, Health, Health law, Monkeypox, Outbreak, Pandemic, Paul Hunter, Public Health Emergency of International Concern, RTT, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, United Kingdom, university of east anglia, Viruses, World Health Organizationadmin

Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.

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22Jul/22

Debunking the myth of the ‘evil people smuggler’

July 22, 2022PoliticsAftermath of war, Asylum seeker, Canada, Corey Robinson, Creative Commons, Cultural globalization, Demography, Dover, Durham University, Forced displacement, Forced migration, Human rights, Human rights abuses, Humans, Kigali, Lorena Gazzotti, Peter Tinti, Population, Priti Patel, Refugee, Refugees, Reitano, Right of asylum, Rwanda, Rwanda asylum plan, Smuggling, Social issues, the un refugee agency, Theresa May, Ukraine, United Kingdom, York University, Yvonne Suadmin

Yvonne Su, York University, Canada and Corey Robinson, Durham University

In 2022, the number of forcibly displaced people surpassed 100 million worldwide. Nearly 1.5 million refugees will need resettlement in 2022, but less than one per cent of refugees will be resettled.

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20Jul/22

Brits app-sessed: New Builder.ai data reveals over 20 million can’t live without social media apps

July 20, 2022InternetComputing, Digital media, Facebook, Facebook applications, Instagram, Mobile software, Operating systems, Photo sharing, Social media, Social networking services, Software, TikTok, United Kingdom, Video hosting, Video software, World Wide Webadmin

The average Brit uses just 10 of the 17 apps on their phone according to new research from Builder.ai. Yet, over a third (35%) claim that they couldn’t live without using social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. The survey of 2,000 UK adults reveals all about Brits’ app habits, Continue reading

20Jul/22

Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents

July 20, 2022CelebrityAudiology, Audism, British Sign Language, Communication disorders, Creative Commons, Culture, Deaf culture, Deaf education, Deafness, Disability culture, Education for the deaf, Hearing, Identity politics, Italy, Kate Rowley, Language, Language deprivation in children with hearing loss, London, Love Island, Newcastle, Sign language, Tasha Ghouri, United Kingdom, Walesadmin

Kate Rowley, UCL

I sat down to watch the first episode of this year’s Love Island with my daughter as I was told that there was a deaf contestant appearing on the show. I don’t usually watch Love Island, but as a deaf person I was intrigued to find out more about how this contestant, Tasha Ghouri, would handle being the only deaf person on the show.

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