Tech
Privacy or death — the final triumph of Big Tech
Technology can be used to tell us where people are, where they’ve been and whether they have the disease
The casual gamer’s guide to surviving quarantine
Time to dust off the ol’ controller
Do Democrats really need Joe Biden to stay alive?
A look ahead to America’s first hologram presidency
Skype dates are the latest COVID-19 nightmare
Coronavirus forces meet-cutes into the digital realm
The Spectator’s guide to video conference etiquette
The video call is digital Darwinism: make sure you aren’t the silenced
Washington is furious at Boris’s Huawei bid
The 5G deal is putting the UK-US trade deal in jeopardy
Twitter is manipulating the election
Context is everything
How close is humanity to destroying itself?
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord reviewed
Is it unsafe to fly in a helicopter?
Even if the main rotor on a helicopter fails, it will usually continue to turn and can be landed safely by a skillful pilot
The West’s failure to create a Huawei alternative
Britain has accepted a massive security risk in return for Chinese 5G. How should America respond?
The cars of the future
For those of us who enjoy a more leisurely driving experience, the future shines bright
TikTok is the world’s fastest-growing — and goofiest — digital platform, but should we fear it?
The Chinese video app, which has more users than Snapchat and Twitter combined, is underpinned by some of the most sophisticated AI in the world
Why do we keep ignoring TikTok’s security problems?
The media ought to know better by now
The risks and rewards of ransomware
The list of nation state suspects includes Russia, Iran, China, North Korea, India and South Korea
Technological progress is as messy as Darwinian evolution
Surprisingly often, a technology is invented for one purpose and sits around for ages before someone finds a better use for it
Automation and the future of modern warfare
What role will micro drones play in the wars to come?
Who will take on the behemoths of Big Tech?
Don’t Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles — and All of Us by Rana Foroohar reviewed
Dave Rubin is here to solve ‘95 percent’ of the internet’s problems
‘I’m not trying to create an exclusive safe space for my content because I’m afraid of what the world thinks’
How to disappear completely
The technological lowdown on keeping a digital low profile in a world without privacy
Doorbell cameras offer a window to the wild
The rise of devices like Ring and Nest has brought a love of candid-camera critters into the mainstream
There’s no need to mourn the loss of Uber’s London license
Call me old-fashioned, but I still prefer the pottering black cab
Leonardo da Virtual
Mass tourism has overwhelmed our major museums. Could virtual reality be the solution?
NASA’s multi-billion dollar Mars reality TV show green-lit for another season
A new lovable robot joins the cast in 2020
How tech is trying to solve America’s trash pile-up
Some scientists believe that existing microbes in the ocean may already be eating plastic both on the surface and on the ocean floor
E-scooters are a wretched species to be introduced into the urban ecosystem
DC is the Wild West of e-scooterdom: there are just too many operating here
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