Phones will soon have a ‘kill switch’ to deter muggers in the UK
Phone theft has been rife in London for over a decade, but Apple is planning on equipping iPhones with a ‘kill switch’ that will render them inoperable if stolen, effectively making them unsellable. The Metropolitan Police has struggled to get a grip on phone theft for years, and as a...
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The UK under-16 social media ban is now official
It’s official. As early as spring 2027, social media will be banned for under-16s in the UK. Keir Starmer is also planning online curfews for under-18s to be announced in July. Touching grass is now mandatory. As expected, the Prime Minister briefed on Monday morning that a social media ban will...
Is Microsoft attempting an Xbox comeback?
After years of declining hardware sales, Xbox might be making a genuine comeback, having impressed at its recent showcase. What’s going on? Is Microsoft course correcting Xbox and its wider gaming division? That seems to be the growing sentiment among fans and experts this week following Xbox’s impressive 2026 showcase,...
The 26 chickens that could rewrite the future of de-extinction
The renowned company continues to shape the future of bioengineering, and with its latest success, pushes the boundaries of avian biology. Let’s be honest. Regardless of where you stand in its ethical debate, almost every headline surrounding Colossal Biosciences and its endeavours never fail to leave us intrigued. With that said,...
99% of CEOs want to replace workers with AI within two years
Your fears about being usurped by AI in the coming years may not be massively overblown, after all. In a Mercer poll of 1,000 US executives, 99% revealed they have plans to replace workers with AI within two years. By the time you have five years’ experience for that entry...
Should delivery apps impose alcohol limits?
The death of a young woman has sparked debate over the access afforded by instant delivery services. For people with alcohol dependency, food delivery platforms have transformed drinking into a private and frictionless ritual. The limits imposed on physical retails, such as opening hours and – in some cases – units per...
Facial verification on dating apps is failing miserably
Could the strange final photos on dating apps like Tinder be a symbol of our already declining confidence in pre-screened dating? If you’ve been on dating apps recently, you might have noticed something strange. And no, I don’t just mean the obscure but seemingly popular fish holding photos and outrageous Hinge voice notes aside - although let’s not normalise this type of behaviour. What I’m talking about is the strange...
Gen Z bearing the brunt of 16,000 monthly job losses due to AI
White collar administration is a space largely owned by Gen Z, which explains why they’re the generation most likely to find themselves out of work and replaced by AI. Unless it’s putting creatives out of work, Gen Z is fairly content about the mainstream explosion of AI in recent years. In-fact, the generation is far and away the most natively fluent in using AI tools. Anything that offers convenience to alleviate...
Young Africans are creating comics that reflect their culture using AI
While the Global North debates AI ethics, young Africans are using it to tell stories rooted in their own cultures. In the Global North, whether AI use can ever be considered ethical in creative spaces is becoming a gray area. But for many Africans, the conversation is shifting away from who owns what and more about access and opportunities for creative expression. At the heart of it all is Kelele...
Human driven climate change is literally making days longer
New research, building on data from 2024, reveals that accelerating ice melt is not just slowing Earth’s rotation at a rate unseen in 3.6 million years, but also disrupting global technological systems.
When the Earth was first born 4.5 billion years ago, an average day lasted less than 10 hours. Fast forward to 150 to 180 million years ago, during the time of the dinosaurs, that average expanded to 
