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February 2026

  • Composite: Artwork by Anais Mims and Guardian Design. Source Photographs by Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    What technology takes from us – and how to take it back – podcast

    Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort

    By Rebecca Solnit. Read by Laurel Lefkow
    Podcast37:52

January 2026

  • AI-5x4

    The long read
    What technology takes from us – and how to take it back

    The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort

September 2023

  • AI is able to identify anyone whose photo and name has ever appeared on the internet.

    Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill review – nowhere to hide

    From stalkers to authoritarian states, the use and abuse of facial recognition tech

November 2020

  • A pair of smartglasses could be released as soon as 2022, and would leave us quite literally seeing the world through Apple’s lens.

    How big tech got bigger
    Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs?

    With its iPhones, watches and forthcoming smart glasses, Apple’s gadgets are increasingly becoming extensions of our minds and bodies. It’s the big tech dream – but could it turn into a nightmare?

March 2019

  • Currently, 94% of serious road accidents in the US are caused by human error; Waymo believes that driverless cars will make the roads safer.

    ‘I’m so done with driving’: is the robot car revolution finally near?

    When a driverless Uber killed a pedestrian, the onset of autonomous vehicles seemed to stall. But Waymo is cautiously but confidently forging ahead

July 2017

  • John Naughton

    The networker
    The rebirth of Google Glass shows the merit of failure

    John Naughton
    The much-mocked wearable computer, refashioned as an aid for factory workers, is the latest success born of a commercial flop

May 2017

  • Alphabet's Google holds annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California<br>Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

    Google's future is useful, creepy and everywhere: nine things learned at I/O

    With Google Assistant coming to the iPhone, the company hopes to kill off Siri and wants to ‘see’ inside your home as it reiterates its AI-first approach

March 2017

  • Google Glass prescription frames.

    10 most influential wearable devices

    Since the 17th century we’ve been strapping bits and pieces to our bodies in pursuit of technological nirvana

November 2016

  • Shafi Ahmed, at St Bart’s hospital, using virtual reality technology

    Holograms replacing cadavers in training for doctors

    Royal College of Surgeons explores 3D hologram headsets and other hi-tech devices to replace cadaver-based tuition

September 2016

  • A woman wearing Google Gl– sorry, Snap Inc’s Spectacles.

    Pass notes
    Snap Inc: it’s Snapchat, but now with video-recording 'Spectacles'

  • Contemplating the view in Bangkok’s Lumphini Park.

    How 'eye-tracking' could change our experience of cities – for better or worse

July 2016

  • Japanese Pokemon Go launch, Tokyo, Japan - 22 Jul 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Aflo/REX/Shutterstock (5779537q) Nintendo's Pokemon Go game is played on a mobile phone at Tokyo's famous Shibuya crossing Japanese Pokemon Go launch, Tokyo, Japan - 22 Jul 2016

    Pokémon Go is just the start – Silicon Valley is taking over our reality

    Srecko Horvat
    New technologies from games to the internet of things are integrating every aspect of our lives into a global network that serves monopoly capitalism

June 2016

  • Augmented reality company Magic Leap - promotional image shows a whale leaping out of the floor of a gymnasium

    We've seen Magic Leap's device of the future, and it looks like Merlin's skull cap

    A patent filing has revealed a design for the much-vaunted Magic Leap augmented reality headset, but it’s hard to imagine looking cool while wearing it

April 2016

  • Dr Shafi Ahmed performs the operation which could be watched online by the public.

    Cutting-edge theatre: world’s first virtual reality operation goes live

  • Late adopter … Radio 4’s John Humphrys

    John Humphrys versus new technology - he's game for anything

March 2016

  • Virtual reality technology operation<br>Undated handout photo issued by Medical Realities of Dr Shafi Ahmed, consultant surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital. A British cancer patient is set to have his operation live streamed using virtual reality technology in a world first. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday March 25, 2016. Viewers will be able to watch the ground-breaking surgery next month using a smartphone and virtual reality headset, making them feel as if they are in the operating theatre. See PA story HEALTH VirtualReality. Photo credit should read: Medical Realities /PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    UK cancer surgery to be live-streamed via virtual reality technology

    Surgeon Shafi Ahmed will carry out procedure for viewers to watch using mobile phone and VR headset

December 2015

  • The FCC’s image of the new Google Glass hardware

    Google Glass 2.0: first pictures emerge

  • French ministers trying out augmented-reality glasses earlier this year

    On the radar
    The show goes on in Paris – through augmented-reality glasses

July 2015

  • Google Glass 'Bold' prescription frames.

    Google Glass is back! But now it's for businesses?

    Head-mounted wearable computer is returning to the market, but this time aimed squarely at business users rather than consumers

June 2015

  • Google Cardboard

    Google Cardboard: A VR headset you make yourself

    Tech giant is bringing virtual reality to the masses with a simple device that you make out of cardboard
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