2 July 2021
An updated version of the ubiquitous JPEG image format used across the internet could bring global bandwidth savings of 30 per cent, say the creators of JPEG XL, who have made the technology royalty-free
28 May 2021
Hannah Ritchie from Our World In Data picks her top five charts that show how the coronavirus pandemic has played out across the world
21 April 2021
It is now possible to store information in the atomic structure of plastic molecules using a hexadecimal code that allows for greater storage density than a binary system
9 September 2020
Covid-19 is affecting ethnic minorities more severely, but we will never understand why if we don't collect the right data, says Alisha Dua
7 February 2020
We are increasingly aware that our personal data is a valuable commodity – but just how valuable? A survey has revealed how much people are willing to sell their data for
27 January 2020
A National Health Service trust has partnered with telecoms firm Telefonica to trial an algorithm that can identify people at risk of mental health crisis. A next step could see mobile phone data being used to make predictions
30 December 2019
The UK government posted online the private addresses of more than 1000 individuals, including celebrities and former members of the UK security service
18 December 2019
With record fines dished out over tech firms' use of personal data, and their public images becoming increasingly tarnished, 2019 was the year the world started to turn against its tech giants, says Donna Lu
3 December 2019
Websites that provide resources about mental health conditions such as depression track individual users and share their data with advertisers.
13 November 2019
A worrying warrant for police access to a genealogy DNA databank in the US means no one’s genetic profile is safe – even if you don’t use the services
