Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez – a world designed for men
From the ‘one-size-fits-men’ approach to smartphone design to the medical trials that are putting women’s lives at risk … this book uses data like a laser
John Haynes obituary
Publisher of the Haynes workshop manuals that fuelled a boom in DIY car repairs
Go with the flow: the mesmerising moves of Russell Maliphant
With a dance version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a collaboration with Greek composer Vangelis and his touring show Silent Lines, the questing choreographer is busier than ever
Roger McNamee: ‘It’s bigger than Facebook. This is a problem with the entire industry’
Mark Zuckerberg’s mentor and an early investor in Facebook on why his book Zucked urges people to turn away from big tech’s toxic business model
New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators
The Elon Musk-backed nonprofit company OpenAI declines to release research publicly for fear of misuse
Zucked by Roger McNamee review – Facebook’s catastrophe
An important investor explains how his enthusiasm has turned to shame
‘Screen time’: how the phrase went from neutral to shameful
It was once used by academics to describe the length of a film – now it is used to scare parents who use technology to distract their children
Internet Archive’s ebook loans face UK copyright challenge
The Society of Authors has called on the website’s Open Library to stop making scanned books ‘unlawfully’ available to British readers
Off the chart: the big comeback of paper maps
As Stanfords travel bookshop moves into new London premises after 118 years, its cartographer explains how the ability to tailor-make any map is keeping their magic alive
Surveillance Valley by Yasha Levine – review
A righteous polemic depicting the likes of Amazon as part of a military conspiracy just doesn’t hold water
‘I’d love to scream at them’: how showroomers became the No 1 threat to bookshops
Customers who visit stores only to research their online purchases are the biggest threat to the industry – and booksellers are taking a stand
Palaces for the People: How to Build a More Equal and United Society by Eric Klinenberg – review
Why libraries, parks and other endangered public spaces are essential to good city living
Blink and you’ll miss it: can you really digest a whole book in 15 minutes?
Blinkist promises to condense the ‘key takeaways’ of popular nonfiction into short summaries. But does it work? And what is the point?
Human rights for the 21st century: by Margaret Atwood, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Dave Eggers and more
The right to live offline, to self-define, to choose, to a healthy planet ... as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70, leading authors reimagine it for today
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2018 review: the new standard
Refined design, water resistance and good screen makes latest e-reader about as good as a single-use device gets