The Guardian: Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022)
Digital Society
‘We need a new commons’: how city life can offer us the vital power of connection (2021)
Impact of Technology on Cities
‘It’s critical’: can Microsoft make good on its climate ambitions? (2021)
Impact of Technology on Environment
The hidden climate costs of America’s free parking spaces (2021)
Big tech’s push for automation hides the grim reality of ‘microwork’ (2021)
Impact of Robotics on Society
Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages? (2021)
What will our eco-friendly homes of the future look like? (2021)
Cargo bikes deliver faster and cleaner than vans, study finds (2021)
Party’s over: Amsterdam plans to keep tourists ‘in penis outfits’ away (2021)
Why France’s New Tech ‘Repairability Index’ Is a Big Deal (2021)
Two-way street: how Barcelona is democratising public space (2020)
Big city indifference to strangers may be a myth, study suggests (2020)
The Guardian: Virtual reality headsets could put children’s health at risk (2017)
Impact of Technology on Healthcare
The future of education or just hype? The rise of Minerva, the world's most selective university (2020)
Impact of Technology on Education
Dutch city redraws its layout to prepare for global heating effects (2020)
Dystopia or utopia? The future of cities could go either way (2020)
Seasteading – a vanity project for the rich or the future of humanity? (2020)
The next wave of coronavirus disruption? Automation (2020)
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Could Microsoft’s climate crisis ‘moonshot’ plan really work? (2020)
Cities after coronavirus: how Covid-19 could radically alter urban life (2020)
I'm a teacher in Italian quarantine, and e-learning is no substitute for the real thing (2020)
Is this the greenest city in the world? (2020)
Forward-thinking Utrecht builds car-free district for 12,000 people (2020)
The Guardian: Teaching a robot to do my job (and grimly cheering my obsolescence) (2020)
'Electronic nose' could smell breath to warn about higher risk of oesophageal cancer (2020)
Can the US government stem the tide of ‘fake news’ in a postmodern world? (2020)
Surgeons use robot to operate inside eye in world first (2016)
Giant dams enclosing North Sea could protect millions from rising waters (2020)
‘I'm not a robot’: Amazon workers condemn unsafe, grueling conditions at warehouse (2020)