Technoutopia

In an essay published in the 1950s, the mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing proposed the Turing test. It has become one of the…

For years, the world’s tech giants have pushed back against regulation, spending a fortune to keep ‘Big Government’ out of Silicon Valley.

I’ve always been a bit of an AI cynic. For all the talk of robots taking over the world, the reality is that most artificial intelligence…

Earlier this week, the USA was once again shaken by a tragic, and perhaps easily avoidable, mass shooting. Instead of blaming any number…

Last month, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright announced that the UK’s controversial porn ban — which many jokingly referred to as “sexit” —…

The last week has seen major controversy arise between right wing comedian and political commentator (aka YouTuber) Steven Crowder and…

When I signed up to Facebook and Twitter in the mid-2000s, there was no fake news, no conspiracy theories, no political ravings, and —…

Last week, the internet came together in mourning for NASA’s Opportunity: Mars Exploration Rover –B ─ known to his friends as Oppy.

In the Trump era it may seem like posturing, showmanship and fake news are more prevalent than ever before. In reality, we’ve always been…

Last week, the BBC broadcast an episode of its Horizon documentary series exploring the future potential of artificial intelligence in the…

Facebook, Paypal and Twitter today announced landmark increases in their U.K. tax bills, with some of the tech giants paying up to three…

If there’s one thing to be said for the tech giants of Silicon Valley, they’re not afraid of a contradiction.

Back in 2015, I wrote a post on my then blog Half Empty, looking at the detrimental role that memes have played in the context of comedy.

The fundamental purpose of technology has always been to make life easier. Whether its through automation in the workplace or handy gizmos…

Today is the launch of the updated second edition of my book, ‘Technoutopia: How optimism ruined the internet’.

This is a video entry for FutureFest’s 2018 competition #MyAlternativeFuture for the ‘Fixing Our Democracy and Politics’ category.

Is it just me or is the Western political sphere in a state of boastful regression right now? From Brexit, to Trump, blue passports to…

An interview with Russell Danks, Future Factory London

From the Cambridge Analytica scandal to the #DeleteFacebook movement, Snapchat’s celebrity exodus to the YouTube Adpocalypse, it feels like…

An interview with Dr Tracy Harwood, Institute of Creative Technologies

An interview with Jamie Bartlett, author of The People vs Tech

Following another hugely popular Record Store Day, I wanted to take a few minutes to look at why a format as bulky and antiquated as vinyl…

A few months ago, the idea of a world without Facebook seemed positively unthinkable. Now, following the scandal surrounding Cambridge…

Last week I attended a PRCA networking event and got talking to a couple of people in the audience about their various job roles, agencies…