Technology

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis
Artificial Intelligence

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis

London’s 99 data centres consume about 760MW at peak demand, equivalent to three quarters of a million houses – and demand is surging

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: ‘I felt suddenly exposed’
Technology

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: ‘I felt suddenly exposed’

Around a third of women who contacted the National Domestic Abuse Helpline last year reported that their abuser was using technology to extend or intensify the abuse. It means hundreds of thousands of women are having their own devices turned against them

giffgaff is connecting more homes with affordable broadband – and backing nature restoration too
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giffgaff is connecting more homes with affordable broadband – and backing nature restoration too

How giffgaff is expanding affordable broadband across the UK while investing in Peak District peatland restoration, linking faster connectivity with long-term environmental impact.

More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors’ lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff
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More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors’ lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: ‘I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills’
Employment

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: ‘I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills’

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Doomscrolling ‘steals our joy’, a new study warns. Here’s how to fight back
Technology

Doomscrolling ‘steals our joy’, a new study warns. Here’s how to fight back

The weekend turns 100 years old this year. It’s time it got an upgrade
Joe Ryle

The weekend turns 100 years old this year. It’s time it got an upgrade

The problem with Grok and AI is much deeper than Elon Musk vs the UK government
George Bell

The problem with Grok and AI is much deeper than Elon Musk vs the UK government

How safe is my fitness tracker data, really?
Data

How safe is my fitness tracker data, really?

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here’s why
Christmas

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here’s why

What do homeless people really think about Labour’s digital ID cards?
Digital ID

What do homeless people really think about Labour’s digital ID cards?

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?
Artificial intelligence

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?

One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors
Advetorial

One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors

How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises
Advertorial

How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?
Benefit fraud

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI
Artificial intelligence

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: ‘Are you for real?!’
Gaming

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: ‘Are you for real?!’

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Education

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?

Why it takes more than a smartphone to create digital inclusion
Elizabeth Anderson

Why it takes more than a smartphone to create digital inclusion

Digital ID cards: Why control and surveillance are not the answer to Britain’s immigration problem
Andreea Dumitrache

Digital ID cards: Why control and surveillance are not the answer to Britain’s immigration problem

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
Science

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change

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Legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg: ‘Technology is not alien – it’s completely human’
Film

Legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg: ‘Technology is not alien – it’s completely human’

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now
Joel Tiller

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect
Autism

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect