Sonic the Hedgehog turns 35 this year, and he's come a long way—from his early 2D adventures to 3D games, and now a billion-dollar movie series.
One day in the early 1990s, I came home from university for the weekend and found that my dad had…
Year: 2026
Dickovers, baggravation, and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech nightmare.
The “dickover” is one of the biggest annoyances of modern life. The term was coined in May by tech writer…
"Our job is to laugh at these enemies": the Ukrainian unit sharing drone footage of Russian soldiers' final moments.
To many people watching, these videos may seem dehumanizing and offensive. But for many Ukrainians, they serve as a harsh…
Democracy versus the machine: the dawn of the digital age and the warnings that went unheard.
One of the strangest things about this frantic, fast-moving moment is that it seems to have no past. Everything is…
Brain-melting sex, leather-clad bad boys, and queer triumph: here's why vampires on TV are so irresistible.
If you want TV audiences to forgive a fictional man for absolutely anything, just give him fangs and dress him…
Five teenagers died after a car was driven the wrong way down a motorway in Ireland.
Five teenagers have died and four other people were seriously hurt in a crash on a motorway in the Republic…
Finland has stopped the deportation of a Russian family who took a major risk by speaking out against the invasion of Ukraine.
A Russian family facing deportation from Finland—after being denied asylum multiple times despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment, and torture…
All aboard the cervical screening bus: how the NHS's mobile clinic is saving lives.
It’s 10am on one of the main shopping streets in Warrington, and already a line of women has formed outside…
Italy’s legendary August shutdown was a hard-fought victory. It would do us all good to have something similar.
On the Riviera di Ponente, tucked between the flashy resort towns of the Ligurian coast, lies the Albenga plain. Filled…
Is Microsoft's AI strategy being slowed down by a chip shortage?
The chips are quite small—some can fit in the palm of your hand. But they’re essential for building artificial intelligence…