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A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future. Each new innovation gets an allegory: smartphones as …

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Chip, memory and webcam upgrades are joined by welcome price cut for the top premium notebook Apple’s much-loved MacBook Air gets even more power, a much better webcam and an unexpected price cut for 2025, making one of the very best consumer laptops even more tempting. The company’s thinnest and lightest laptop currently starts at …

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The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’ The global rush to AI technology will require almost as much energy by the end of this decade as Japan uses today, but only about half of the demand is likely to be met from …

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Head of National Education Union calls for statutory ban on phones in schools and social media ban for under-16s Almost all schools in England have banned mobile phone use by pupils, according to the first national survey conducted, as the leader of the largest teaching union called for a statutory ban owing to the “damaging …

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Business owners warn taxes may increase parts prices, making electronics repairs more costly than before Tariffs that took effect in the US at midnight on Wednesday are expected to make buying new smartphones more expensive. But opting to fix an old or damaged device as a way to save money may not avoid a higher …

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The second Trump administration was backed and is staffed by two major – and widely differing – ideological projects The start of the second Trump administration has been chaotic, to put it mildly. It is difficult for Americans to understand what exactly the administration is trying to do and how it will affect them. It …

Two visions within Trump world are battling for primacy. Which will win? | Ben Davis Read More »

Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world? Some time in the early years of the last decade, a friend and I travelled by train from London to Barcelona, where we would be covering a football match for work. We had a …

Where have all the headphones gone on public transport? The noise is eating into my soul | Adrian Chiles Read More »

Up to five sites with power-hungry supercomputers and datacentres planned to drive AI ‘moonshots’ Europe live – latest updates The EU has revealed details of a €20bn (£17bn) plan to create new sites equipped with vast supercomputers in Europe to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence models, while opening the door to amending its …

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Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found. With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the …

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas Read More »

Astro Bot wins in five categories as the night’s most nominated Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II victorious in just one In a video game year dominated by dark, bloody fantasy adventures – and continued job losses and studio closures – it was a cute robot that stole the night at the 2025 Bafta video game awards. …

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