Tech

Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour

Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power

The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider

Next head of Cern backs massive replacement for world’s largest machine to investigate mysteries of the universe

Tell us: have you trained your AI job replacement?

We’d like to hear from people who are training AI to replace their current roles

Roblox, James Bond and a billion-dollar multiplayer

In this week’s newsletter: The year’s most popular stories reveal how play, power and politics collided in the past 12 months – and what you’re psyched for in 2026

Trump family business delays launch of $499 gold smartphone

US-made device planned by end of year hit by recent government shutdown affecting shipments

‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing?

The bioscience startup has attracted billions in investment – and a flurry of criticism, but founder tells the Guardian plans to bring back the woolly mammoth will not be derailed