Boring Phone Designs, Begone. I'm Seeing a New Wave of Fresh Looks for 2026

Commentary: With some phone-makers willing to push boundaries, the days of dull-looking devices may soon be behind us. [...]

95% of UK students now use AI and their experiences couldn't be more divided

95 percent of British students use generative AI. But while some say it deepens their learning, others worry it's replacing their ability to think for themselves. A new survey reveals a student b [...]

I Tried Cooking Bacon 3 Ways. It Turns Out I've Been Doing It All Wrong

I put three methods for making bacon to the test in my own kitchen. One prevailed and it's my new go-to method. [...]

Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing

Twitter is officially 20 years old. In another reality, that might make me kind of nostalgic. I've been lurking and scrolling and tweeting for 16 years; most of my adult life. There was a time wh [...]

DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news

Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on from its arrival to Earth, that sample has yielded some insights about what [...]

OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees

While other tech companies have been laying off employees year after year, OpenAI is doing the opposite. According to a report from the Financial Times, the AI giant is looking to expand its workforce [...]

A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027

The best-selling game of all time is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based on the game, is scheduled to open in 2027. The announcement c [...]

What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep

Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we've got Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep, an H.P Lovecr [...]

How to AirDrop on an Android phone (and the few models that can actually do it)

Google has found a way for Quick Share to play nicely with AirDrop, paving the way for the new sharing method. [...]