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  • Woman walking in silver metallic pants and a wavy flowing white jacket with sunglasses at night on a concrete bridge or path

    Social media
    From ‘glacier aesthetic’ to ‘poetcore’: Pinterest predicts the visual trends of 2026 based on its search data

  • Black-and-white graphic illustration with red touches, of pregnant woman and image of smartwatch.

    US news
    ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’

  • An illustration of Adele Zeynep Walton holding up a poster saying 'Meta profiting from misery'

    Social media
    ‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

  • Google logo at a convention centre in Paris

    Google
    EU opens investigation into Google’s use of online content for AI models

Spotlight

  • A custom illustration, a hexclad pan, and a Plufl Human Dog Bed shown as part of a gift guide

    14 unexpected US gifts to give the men in your life this holiday season

  • Teen with mobile

    A US psychologist prescribed a social media ban for kids. How did Australia become the test subject?

  • Notebook with passwords and laptop

    Don’t use ‘admin’: UK’s top 20 most-used passwords revealed as scams soar

  • A man in army uniform in front of a wall covered in lit-up computer equipment

    Harbadus attacks Andvaria: cyber war game tests Nato defences against Russia

Opinion & analysis

  • Photo Illustrations Featuring DeepSeek And Nvidia Logos, Edmonton, Canada - 28 Jan 2025Mandatory Credit: Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (15122034v) EDMONTON, CANADA - JANUARY 28: A woman interacts with a small laptop featuring the DeepSeek logo, with the Nvidia logo displayed on a computer screen in the background, on January 28, 2025, in Edmonton, Canada. Photo Illustrations Featuring DeepSeek And Nvidia Logos, Edmonton, Canada - 28 Jan 2025

    The question isn’t whether the AI bubble will burst – but what the fallout will be

  • Van Badham

    Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment

    Van Badham
  • person wearing glasses and red shirt holds up hand among crowd of people

    Nvidia earnings: Wall Street sighs with relief after AI wave doesn’t crash

  • An AI chip

    UK firms can win a significant chunk of the AI chip market

    John Browne

Games

  • Zombies, Run! promo art

    As AI floods our culture, here’s why we must protect human storytelling in games

    Buying the Zombies, Run! studio wasn’t part of ​my plan, but a post-apocalypse ​game with stories that make people feel seen pulled me in
    Newsletter
  • Skate Story.

    Skate Story review – hellish premise aside, this is skateboarding paradise

  • People at table covered in cards

    ‘Kids can’t buy them anywhere’: how Pokémon cards became a stock market for millennials

  • Horses game

    Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

  • Red Dead Redemption 2, a Western-themed action-adventure video game developed and published by Rockstar Games.

    Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games

    Newsletter

Inside Silicon Valley

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    The fight to see clearly through big tech’s echo chambers

    Newsletter
  • Businessman standing in front of blank television screens

    How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’

  • Data center aerial view

    Datacenters meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America

  • A man gestures as he speaks.

    An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’

Reviews

  • A composite of four Robot Vacuum Cleaners and mops on a green background

    The best robot vacuums in the UK to keep your home clean and dust free, tested

  • A composite of four video doorbells on a green background

    The seven best video doorbells tried and tested – and Ring isn’t top

  • Air Fryers new composite

    The best air fryers, tried and tested for crisp and crunch

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    Rule Breakers review – rousingly feelgood real life story of Afghan girls’ robotics team

In depth

  • Caroline Idiens poses holding some weights

    ‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media

  • Stage set up for standup comedy. A Melbourne researcher is setting out to see if AI can be trained to be genuinely funny.

    A robot walks into a bar: can a Melbourne researcher get AI to do comedy?

  • Sabrina Carpenter on stage

    I spent hours listening to Sabrina Carpenter this year. So why do I have a Spotify ‘listening age’ of 86?

  • The Tahoe‑Reno Industrial Center covers more than 100,000 acres in Storey county, Nevada.

    The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west

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