Editorial

Rumours about journalists using AI have been greatly exaggerated

Most of us like to get our hands dirty, and we actually loathe AI – maybe a bit too much.
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Experiment: the best app I never open keeps my photos off big tech’s servers

The AI industry is rushing to replace me and asking me to pay for it? Heck no. No dime for cloud-anything. I have the photos at home – I now use Immich.
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Are we better as Excel (vibe) managers, or as poets?

Finding purpose in the age of algorithms
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Technology’s growing ability to endanger our lives

Don’t you think that ChatGPT knows you a little bit too well? And that uploading your ID just to use social media is just a bit much?
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Goodbye, brains. Is AI your friend, your foe, or neither?

Every second out there, an argument silently dies as AI provides a definitive answer summarizing both sides.
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TikTok is finally American. Not great, not terrible

What is the price of a quick dopamine fix?
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UpScrolled is just another echo chamber of selective empathy

This makes UpScrolled as terrible as all other social media platforms.
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The tech news no one wants, but hey, it’s “Make America Go Away” o’clock

Europeans turning away from Silicon Valley tech has exploded into a full-blown “Make America Go Away” movement.
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#ErfanSoltani: The hashtag that shook Iran’s execution machine

A viral hashtag helped halt the execution of Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, showing how social media and political pressure can still disrupt authoritarian crackdowns.
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When free speech is nothing but baboon sounds

Prompting AI to undress someone is not free speech. Limiting such content is not censorship. Elon Musk would disagree. However, social media platforms that once promised to be a catalyst for democracy and pluralism are now invoking humanity's most primal instincts.
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Friction-maxxing: why 2026 is embracing inconvenience to feel more human

Paying with cash instead of a card. Using a flip-phone instead of a smartphone. Expressing your true opinion, even if it causes tension. Welcome to the new trend of friction-maxxing that’s catalyzing what it means to be human in 2026.
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Better not member (berries)

It’s extremely dangerous to linger on the past.
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Writing under AI surveillance: how humans are flattening their own voices to avoid being flagged

Even when no artificial intelligence (AI) is watching, writers are rewriting themselves, flattening their voices, policing their words, and second-guessing every sentence as if an invisible algorithm is judging them.
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The algorithms in our head

So many influencers are trying to convince us that numbers don't matter – which makes me think they're all that matters.
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AI’s four possible futures: crash, stabilization, nationalization, or breakthrough?

Is the AI bubble set to pop? We analyze the four economic futures for generative AI – Crash, Stabilization, Nationalization, or Breakthrough – with insights from top AI venture capitalists and tech experts on market risks and unsustainable valuations.
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A fake Instagram account costs just 8 cents. It’s breaking democracy

New research reveals the shockingly low cost of mass online manipulation, with fake Instagram accounts available for as little as $0.08. This underground bot market, fueled by virtual SIM farms, is undermining trust, skewing elections, and gaming algorithms – all for pennies.
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Can you crack British spies' Xmas challenge?

GCHQ has released a festive set of seven puzzles for the general public to solve, designed to test a range of problem-solving skills, including intuitive reasoning and creativity.
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Us, the marionettes

Mental exhaustion makes us easy prey for those who can’t wait to make decisions for us.
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Apple hit by biggest leadership turnover in decades: what’s next?

Apple is undoubtedly going through a rough patch, with multiple execs announcing their departure. The string of high-profile resignations has industry watchers asking: what – or who – is next for Apple?
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Joe Rogan and the UFO race: what’s real and what’s hype

Joe Rogan has reignited the UFO debate with a rapid-fire take on UAP disclosure, blending whistleblower claims, Elon Musk name drops, and fears of a hidden tech race between the US and China.
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