Tech

Quick on the draw: the worldwide appeal of sketching 100 people in a week

Liz Steel and Marc Taro Holmes live on opposite sides of the globe, but connected through a sketching challenge. Now it's a phenomenon

Put your phone down and focus: the four best ways to watch movies

An expert shares advice for tuning out distractions when screening films at home – plus our favorite movie snacks

27-year-old Amazon employee relocated from India to Ireland and spends up to $2,927 a month: 'My quality of life has improved'

Suras Nayak moved to Ireland in 2025 and works as a software development engineer at Amazon.

Raving at the End of the World

The Oscar-nominated Sirāt explores the mixed experience of looking for transcendence on the dance floor.

Meta and Google Trial: Are Infinite Scroll and Autoplay Creating Addicts?

Features woven into the fabric of platforms have been central to landmark social media harm case in US. How do they work?

'Negatives are photographic truths': the collector who fled Russia with a haul of second world war images

Ukrainian photographer Arthur Bondar has amassed a huge collection of pictures from often unknown photographers

‘As soon as I saw it, I knew the image’: Robby Ogilvie’s best phone picture

A Ford Cortina the colour of the sky against brightly coloured houses in Cape Town was a gift to the Scottish photographer

With the Warner Bros. deal off the table, Netflix should focus on regaining trust

Now that Netflix has officially withdrawn its bid to acquire Warner Bros. and the harsh glare of public scrutiny has, at least for the moment, abated, Ted Sarandos may be hoping to slink discreetly back into the shadows and continue business as usual. I hope we do not let that happen because streaming media, and Netflix in particular, is due for a reckoning.

One Situation After Another

Doomscrolling is over. Now everyone is “monitoring the situation.”

Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount: Reuters

Meta is seeking to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers.

‘Dogma’ Is Secretly Devout

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Tim Dowling: a curious incident with the dog in the nighttime

Every night I wake up to find the dog staring at me, but tonight a terrifying noise disturbs us all …