The big idea: should we leave the classroom behind?
The pandemic has driven a great leap forward in digital learning. Is there any point in looking back?
The Every by Dave Eggers review – scathing big-tech satire sequel
The writer’s follow-up to The Circle is longer and baggier, but still fuelled by rage at the power of Silicon Valley and its numbing effect on the human race
What does tech take from us? Meet the writer who has counted 100 big losses
We have never been more reliant on the internet – yet Pamela Paul still gets DVDs in the post and buys CD players. Why? Because we have lost more to the digital era than we realise, she says
Bec Hill: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
In this column we normally ask funny people to list the best things they’ve seen online. This one sends in a letter of complaint instead
The Contrarian review – inside the strange world of PayPal founder Peter Thiel
Max Chafkin’s thorough study of the tech titan reveals a man with his eye on the main chance, rather than a visionary
Dave and Goliath: maverick writer Eggers makes a stand against Amazon
The author likes small bookshops. So he won’t let the online giant sell his new hardback
Breakfast time: Christopher Anderson’s best phone picture
‘My daughter has this comedic flair, this sense of timing’
Dracula: The Untold Story review – a wild gothic thrill ride
For a tale of the undead, Imitating the Dog’s inventive blend of live theatre and tech is bursting with life
Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk to serialise new book on Substack
Newsletter platform pays upfront sum for Greener Pastures, with no strings attached over what he writes
What is Substack and why is it proving so popular?
Firm promotes itself as alternative to ‘journalistic totems of the last century’, which it says are dying
Exponential by Azeem Azhar review – bridging the technology gap
A bullish survey of AI, biotech, renewable energy and more explains how change is leaving us behind, and what we can do about it
Scientists identify key conditions to set up a creative ‘hot streak’
Researchers use AI to reveal runs of artistic success are commonly preceded by an experimental phase
Why authors are turning down lucrative deals in favour of Substack
The newsletter platform has poached big names including Salman Rushdie along with a slew of comic book authors from DC and Marvel
‘I guess I’m having a go at killing it’: Salman Rushdie to bypass print and publish next book on Substack
The author on why he’s chosen to release his next book on the online platform – and why he hopes digital won’t see off the medium he loves most
‘Chipageddon’: how a global tech crisis came to sound quite tasty
First chickens, and now a worldwide shortage of microprocessors … the word ‘chip’ is the latest word to gain an Armageddon flavour