The big idea: should we abolish exams?

Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The Guardian Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The Guardian The big ideaExams This article is more than 3 months old The big idea: should we abolish exams? This article is more than 3 months old At the moment, we use academic results to assign social worth. That has to change Sammy Wright Mon 12 Aug 2024 … Read more

Vaginas in Times Square: birth control has been rebranded, but are women the ones benefiting?

Direct-to-consumer women’s health companies like Julie and Wisp offer emergency contraceptives and birth control on demand with the same glossy branding found in a Sephora aisle. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Wisp/Julie Direct-to-consumer women’s health companies like Julie and Wisp offer emergency contraceptives and birth control on demand with the same glossy branding found in a Sephora … Read more

Google’s ‘mobilegeddon’: ways you can respond to the algorithm shake-up

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Meta to let US national security agencies and defense contractors use Llama AI

A Meta store in Burlingame, California, on 11 October 2024. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images A Meta store in Burlingame, California, on 11 October 2024. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) This article is more than 1 month old Meta to let US national security agencies and defense contractors use Llama AI This article is more than … Read more

Search ‘idiot’, get Trump: how activists are manipulating Google Images

Search ‘idiot’ and this is what you see, pictures of Donald Trump. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA Search ‘idiot’ and this is what you see, pictures of Donald Trump. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA Donald Trump This article is more than 6 years old Search ‘idiot’, get Trump: how activists are manipulating Google Images This article is more than … Read more

UK workers and businesses: how will you be impacted by the new employment rights bill?

Angela Rayner. Ministers described the employment rights bill as the biggest boost to pay and productivity in the workplace in a generation. Photograph: Chris Furlong/PA Angela Rayner. Ministers described the employment rights bill as the biggest boost to pay and productivity in the workplace in a generation. Photograph: Chris Furlong/PA Work & careers This article … Read more