Matt Muir
10 July 2026
If Andy Burnham wants to talk to Britain, he needs to go online
It’s time to forget Chris Mason, Robert Peston and all the others – people aren’t paying attention to them any more. They haven’t for some time
Read the full article30 June 2026
We regret to inform you that Tommy Robinson has a new podcast
The extremist thug, agitator and convicted fraudster has somehow managed to get his show onto Spotify. If his first episode is anything to go by, it’ll be a downpour of race-baiting poison
Read the full article18 June 2026
Meet Young Bob, the teen Christian nationalist star of the UK’s hard right
With his extremist views, he’s graduated from filming the mindless street violence of Tommy Robinson’s protests to the sofas of the GB News studio. How far can this UK disciple of Charlie Kirk go?
Read the full article12 June 2026
The evangelicals who want to control kids’ mobile phones
New safety technology is coming to the UK’s mobile phones. But it hasn’t been tested, and has to be uploaded onto millions of devices. There’s the issue of the people who own that tech – who, really, are they?
Read the full article05 June 2026
The internet is lying to you about politics
Political ads on TV are subject to strict guidelines – but on social media, the rules are weak to the point of dysfunction. Add AI into the mix, and things begin to look downright sinister. It’s time to rewrite the law
Read the full article05 June 2026
The coming collapse of music streaming
The problem is that Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and the others all offer the same thing. The infinite jukebox is useful and fun, but a change could be on the horizon and it could come from the musicians themselves
Read the full article03 June 2026
The right wing mob’s dirty little secret
The violent chaos in Southampton, sparked by the murder of Henry Nowak, was all over social media. That’s because most of the rioters were hoping for one thing above all – to make money out of it
Read the full article03 June 2026
Did AI just win its first literary award?
An argument has broken out over a short story prize. But the argument over whether the author was human has revealed an unsettling truth about computer-generated text
Read the full article22 May 2026
Mark’s metaverse: well that didn’t work, did it?
But just because the Facebook founder got it all wrong, that doesn’t mean others won’t be able to construct successful digital worlds. And if you want to see what that might look like, check out what the kids are up to
Read the full article20 May 2026
Elon Musk’s next plan: to become a space invader
He’s about to list his rocket company on the US stock market, which will make him even richer. With that money in hand, Musk will launch his most audacious plan yet
Read the full article15 May 2026
Will we all end up as Chinese AI death clones?
A company in China now creates digital avatars of dead people. And now it seems Mark Zuckerberg is looking at how to keep users glued to his platforms, even after they’re gone. Are we heading for eternal digital life?
Read the full article13 May 2026
Tone-deaf Jeff: how the world soured on billionaire Bezos
He started off as a nerdy bookseller with a love of spreadsheets. Now he’s ended up as a stony-faced, muscle-bound plutocrat, posing on the red carpet with the Kardashians.
Read the full article07 May 2026
Peter Thiel hates the media – no wonder he wants to control it
A new startup by the Silicon Valley money man will allow people to raise objections to stories in the press. A quick look at the targets of this new venture makes Thiel’s agenda all too clear
Read the full article20 April 2026
The AI candidate running for the White House
Well, it couldn’t be any worse. Could it?
Read the full article17 April 2026
Why is everyone trying to kill Sam Altman?
Governments, critics and AI executives themselves have been saying for years that AI could completely overturn western society. So is it any real surprise that it’s now come to this?
Read the full article26 March 2026
Meta lost in court, but they’ll still get you in the end
The decision against the social media giant in a US court is hugely symbolic, and a victory for campaigners who say Facebook’s products are addictive. But don’t hold your breath waiting for change. There’s a very long way to go
Read the full article20 March 2026
The Star Citizen question: can you make a decent game for a billion bucks?
It’s been in development for 16 years, yet players keep falling through the floor into the infinite void of space. After all that money, will there be a decent game at the end of it?
Read the full article06 March 2026
Apple’s new computer is a gateway drug
I have resisted the lure of Apple. But now they have released a cheap laptop computer, I might finally be joining their cult. And yes, it is a cult
Read the full article05 March 2026
Did White House insiders bet on the Iran war?
Prediction markets are a way of betting on the future. But have members of the Trump administration been using them to profit from secret military knowledge?
Read the full article04 March 2026
We’re living in a data nightmare
The interesting, the weird, the curious and the brilliant all exist. Our algorithms just don't want us to find it
Read the full article25 February 2026
It’s time to end the smartphone panic
Alarm over the spread of AI, social media addiction and kids having phones in schools overlooks one small detail – they’re the most important technological advance since the printing press
Read the full article11 February 2026
How long will it be before AI starts using us?
Elon Musk is getting excited about a new social media platform for AI systems. For once – unusually – he might not be completely in the wrong
Read the full article28 January 2026
Don’t ban kids from social media – the real problem are the over-60s
If you’re looking for the age-group that’s become dangerously radicalised, and has spread disinformation and populist hate online, the culprit is not the under-16s. It’s their grandparents
Read the full article14 January 2026
Twitter: the website that makes you sick
X has been terminally polluted by Elon Musk to the point of making us nauseous
Read the full article24 December 2025
The great Roblox panic
Millions of children around the world use the platform for games. But the evidence is beginning to reveal a much darker side to Roblox
Read the full article17 December 2025
The year of the non-browning banana
25 hopeful stories from technology in 2025
Read the full article06 December 2025
NFTs: a warning from history
The last time the world got over-excited about a new technology, people lost a lot of money - and ended up looking pretty stupid. The AI bubble risks being just the same
Read the full article29 November 2025
When X marks the spot: Twitter maps its users
A lot of those ranting MAGA Twitter accounts aren’t based in the US - but the reason for that isn’t what you think
Read the full article26 November 2025
AI: What is it good for?
The latest models are incredibly powerful, but flawed and inconsistent. Here’s what they’re useful for – and what you really shouldn’t trust them with
Read the full article22 November 2025
Grand Theft Auto VI: the biggest game in history
The release of GTA6 has been delayed again. It’s not surprising the developers want to get it right – it might just create a whole new online universe
Read the full article15 November 2025
Return of the glassholes
Smart glasses were ridiculed into extinction back in 2015. Now they’re back - and this time things could be very different
Read the full article05 November 2025
The rise of the robot eulogisers
When it comes to celebrating the dead, can AI do the job as well as a loved one?
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