New AI can guess whether you're gay or straight from a photograph | Artificial intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI) This article is more than 6 years oldNew AI can guess whether you're gay or straight from a photographThis article is more than 6 years oldAn algorithm deduced the sexuality of people on a dating site with up to 91% accuracy, raising tricky ethical questions
Artificial intelligence can accurately guess whether people are gay or straight based on photos of their faces, according to new research that suggests machines can have significantly better “gaydar” than humans.
The idea of ethical porn is a nonsense. Only unregulated sites make money | Sarah Ditum
The ObserverPornography This article is more than 2 years oldThe idea of ethical porn is a nonsense. Only unregulated sites make moneyThis article is more than 2 years oldSarah DitumAfter huge lockdown profits from graphic content, the OnlyFans network realises that it costs to go legitWhen the paid social network OnlyFans announced on Thursday it was banning “sexually explicit” material, it was the equivalent of Playboy in its pomp deciding to publish only the articles.
Why pruning friends has been so common during the pandemic
Rethinking lifeCoronavirusPeople have become ‘more insular and bonding-oriented’ amid Covid, and now many aren’t sure how to start rebuilding their social lives
Pruning is usually a technique applied to roses in winter, but more recently the gardening term has been cropping up whenever sociologists talk about our social lives. People have been pruning friends.
Confined to our homes, or separated by borders, with too much time gifted to us in isolation, and new ways to communicate online, experts say we’ve unwittingly – or in some cases very deliberately – socially distanced ourselves out of a social life.
Gran Kropp | Mount Everest
Mount EverestObituaryGöran KroppEbullient Swedish adventurer who climbed Everest alone and trekked to the North Pole"I wanted an adventure that was truly unprecedented," said Göran Kropp, who has died in a climbing accident aged 35, and in 1996 he achieved just that. Climbing on his bicycle in his native Sweden, his gear packed in panniers and a trailer, he pedalled off to Nepal. There, he climbed Everest without bottled oxygen, relying only on his own strength to carry his tent and supplies up the mountain.
Hot Orange review hoop dreams and true love in bittersweet teen drama
TheatreReviewHalf Moon theatre, London
Amal Khalidi and Tatenda Naomi Matsvai’s touring play for over-13s evokes two friends’ passions and pressures
‘Hot orange” is the name given to a basketball in this impressive writing debut for young audiences by Amal Khalidi and Tatenda Naomi Matsvai. The title captures the poetic glow of their hourlong two-hander. It conjures, too, the rush of first love, the burn of inherited shame and the lively pace of a sensitive play about a friendship that flickers into something else before being extinguished.
Miles Jupp: my double life as Mr Banks from Mary Poppins
StageHaving been repeatedly told that he looks like David Tomlinson, Miles Jupp now finds himself playing the mildly aristocratic character actor
There is something unnerving about feeling that someone else has lived through your career before you’ve even had the chance. I myself have not starred in a much-loved children’s classic (unless you count an appearance as a TV weatherman in a Harry Potter film – you may have missed it if you coughed at the wrong moment).
Ohio police officer who shot and killed black 22-year-old says he faced 'imminent threat' | Ohio
Ohio This article is more than 6 years oldOhio police officer who shot and killed black 22-year-old says he faced 'imminent threat'This article is more than 6 years oldBeavercreek officer Sean Williams killed John Crawford in Walmart in 2014Crawford’s relatives’ lawsuit alleges negligence by police department and storeA white Ohio police officer who fatally shot a black man in a Walmart store says he believed he faced an “imminent threat”, although he acknowledges he never saw the man point what turned out to be an air rifle or threaten anyone.
Robert Vaughn obituary | Television
Robert Vaughn, left, and David McCallum in The Man from UNCLE television series (1964-68). Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto LtdRobert Vaughn, left, and David McCallum in The Man from UNCLE television series (1964-68). Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto LtdTelevisionObituaryRobert Vaughn obituaryProlific television and film actor best known for his role as Napoleon Solo in The Man from UNCLEMany actors opt for long-term employment in television series, only to find their lucrative association with a “personality” difficult to shake off.
Why are there so few Black team owners in US professional sports?
Buying BlackUS sportsA look at the fortified glass ceiling that casts a shadow over one of the most exclusive clubs in the world
As billionaire flexes go, owning a major sports franchise is hard to beat. You get to prance around in the owner’s suite and host dignitaries and celebrities who gush over your prized possession, all the while watching your investment sprout revenue like a magical beanstalk. Team owners cash in on television rights (ka-ching!
Blood Flower review gore flows in gruesome horror as exorcist teen fights his demons
MoviesReviewIqbal is torn between his supernatural powers and the desire to be a normal teenager in Dain Said’s lacklustre horror
Littered with monstrous apparitions and gruesome deaths, this latest horror film from seasoned Malaysian filmmaker Dain Said is also haunted by growing pains. Blessed – and cursed – with the same supernatural abilities possessed by his mother, young Iqbal (Idan Aedan) is torn between his power of exorcism and his desire to lead a normal teenage existence.