Zillennials: the generation game
Are you neither Gen Z nor millennial? If you’re “too young to talk about adulting and avocado toast, too old to make a TikTok account” you might just be a zillennial. Eve Upton-Clark demystifies the micro-generation.
Technology
“It performs exceedingly well”: Facebook and the light-touch approach towards hate
While Twitter was quick to to add a warning to Trump’s recent “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” tweet, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided roll over, citing a commitment to “free expression”. It’s a move which staff saw as capitulation. So, what’s behind the company’s reluctance to clamp down?
Cicada 3301: the coders still working on the internet’s strangest mystery
When a post appeared on a message board in 2012, it sent a small corner of the internet spiralling into a conspiracy of whistleblowers, dead man’s switches and NSA surveillance. Eight years on, and Cicada 3301 has become a story of obsession, paranoia and, most improbably, community.
Meet the gamers who love playing healer
From nurse practitioners to anti-fascist activists, we speak to the people who take on healing roles in otherwise bloodthirsty games.
This 3D printed ventilator is 16 times cheaper than the standard alternative
Introducing the Leitat 1, a new respirator created by a Spanish consortium of doctors, engineers and scientists with the specific goal of battling the current pandemic.