Tech

The Traitors review

‘We don’t need middle management,’ yell the new batch of traitors. With just one audacious tweak, the hit show promises to become even more satisfying – and full of bombshells

Wild London review

Mischievous and glorious, David Attenborough brings his lifelong sense of wonder to the city’s wildlife, from foxes to peregrine falcons, in this exquisite and endlessly moving special

The Guardian view on mRNA vaccines: they are the future – with or without Donald Trump

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we examine how the White House’s war on vaccines has left the future of a key technology uncertain and up for grabs

Apple reportedly cuts production of Vision Pro headset after poor sales

Company had hoped the virtual reality device would herald a new era in ‘spatial computing’

Last letters from Denmark: Danes write to Devon artist as postal service ends

Closure of country’s 400-year-old service made headlines and prompted Gillian Taylor to appeal for final missives

Can you guess 6-7 words that have made the 50th annual "Banished Words List"?

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say "6-7" is "cooked" and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year.

U.S. grants TSMC annual licence to import U.S. chipmaking tools into China

The approval "ensures uninterrupted fab operations and product deliveries," the company said in a statement to Reuters.

These notable works are officially in the public domain as 2026 arrives

Updated on: January 1, 2026 / 12:01 AM EST / CBS News

Dust to data centers: The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking the American landscape

Big Tech is remaking the U.S. map into an AI empire — kingdom-scale data centers, unprecedented debt, power constraints, and a near-religious belief in scaling.

Economic oasis emerges in the Arizona desert

Arizona is fast becoming a major hub for computer chip production thanks to what's being called the largest foreign direct investment in U.S. history. Kris Van Cleave takes us to a sprawling campus in Phoenix that is providing thousands of jobs while reducing America's reliance on overseas products.

Google wraps up best year on Wall Street since 2009, beating megacap peers as AI story strengthens

Shares of Alphabet rallied in 2025 as the company responded to skepticism of its position in artificial intelligence with new products that excited investors.

In Pluribus, the apocalypse arrives with a smile

In the imaginative mind of Vince Gilligan, the end of the world does not arrive with flaming alien spacecraft or pulverized monuments, but with the unsettling cheer of a Walmart greeter. His new series, Pluribus, eschews the bombast of traditional science fiction tropes in favor of something far more disquieting: a world saved from war, famine, and conflict at the cost of individuality itself.