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How babies learn – and why robots can’t compete
Facebook scraps 'outdated' trending news section
Fears mount over WhatsApp's role in spreading fake news
English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
The YouTube stars heading for burnout: ‘The most fun job imaginable became deeply bleak’
There is no such thing as western civilisation
Decentralisation: the next big step for the world wide web
Could online tutors and artificial intelligence be the future of teaching?
Philosophy can teach children what Google can’t
World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%
So is it nature not nurture after all?
Meet Afghanistan's female coders who are defying gender stereotypes
Teach schoolchildren how to spot fake news, says OECD
Can pre-school children learn to do science?
Facebook promised to tackle fake news. But the evidence shows it's not working
Boy, 11, hacks cyber-security audience to give lesson on 'weaponisation' of toys
Open University jobs at risk in £100m 'root and branch' overhaul
Facebook and Twitter are being used to manipulate public opinion – report
Drive to get children back to school failing worldwide
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
Bad News: the game researchers hope will 'vaccinate' public against fake news
Facebook moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European privacy law
Rise of the racist robots – how AI is learning all our worst impulses
We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why
I used to think social media was a force for good. Now the evidence says I was wrong
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: 'The system is failing'
The punk rock internet – how DIY ​​rebels ​are working to ​replace the tech giants
If universities sacrifice philosophy on the altar of profit, what’s next?
Why Can’t the World’s Greatest Minds Solve the Mystery of Consciousness?
UK online pornography age block triggers privacy fears
The art of noticing: five ways to experience a city differently
Who wins from public debate? Liars, bullies and trolls
Streaming TV is about to get very expensive – here's why
We’re told that too much screen time hurts our kids. Where’s the evidence?
Leading US bosses drop shareholder-first principle
Soros gives $1bn to fund universities 'and stop drift towards authoritarianism'
Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots
No more going viral: why not apply social distancing to social media?
My university degree was life-changing. Putting them out of reach is elitist and wrong
How philanthropy benefits the super-rich
A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?
'There's a gaping hole in our knowledge': the scientists studying why gamers invert their controls
John Rawls: can liberalism's great philosopher come to the west's rescue again?
Substack: how the game-changer turned poacher
From Oslo pram guy to the teenage vacuum expert: inside the obsessive world of niche online reviewers
A moment that changed me: I realised I had become a masochist – and quit Twitter
The big idea: Should we leave the classroom behind?
Ten tech predictions for 2022: what’s next for Twitter, Uber and NFTs
TechScape: everything you need to know about DAOs
‘The lunacy is getting more intense’: how Birds Aren’t Real took on the conspiracy theorists
Children coming across far-right material when researching, teachers say
Met police profiling children ‘on a large scale’, documents show
Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient
From Trump Nevermind babies to deep fakes: DALL-E and the ethics of AI art
Playing video games has no effect on wellbeing, study finds
Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs
"I'm afraid": critics of anti-cheating technology for students hit by lawsuits
The AI startup erasing call center worker accents: is it fighting bias – or perpetuating it?
Adobe can’t Photoshop out the fact its $20bn Figma deal is a naked land grab
Elon Musk claims he has acquired Twitter "to help humanity"
Seattle public schools sue social media platforms for youth 'mental health crisis'
Australian schools "flying blind" on use of ChatGPT and other learning technology
Broadcasting your breakfast: why TikTokers obsess over morning routines
AI makes plagiarism harder to detect, argue academics – in paper written by chatbot
With 100 million users and counting, is Threads is on course to finish off Twitter?
TechScape: Threads and Bluesky need to figure out what they want to be
I'll never stop blogging: it's an itch I have to scratch – and I don't care if it's an outdated format
A girl was allegedly raped in the metaverse. Is this the beginning of a dark new future?
Tell us: are you embracing analogue in everyday life?
Hologram lecturers thrill students at trailblazing UK university
‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point
Crosswords: the meow meow of the 1920s
How can Donald Trump’s loss-making Truth Social be worth $9bn?


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