Social media is dead – here’s what comes next
23 July 2025
A new information ecosystem is on the rise, featuring closer connections, cosy media and worker-owned websites, writes Annalee Newitz
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Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future
16 July 2025
Lara Lewington's Hacking Humanity looks at the fabulous technology that is changing healthcare. But where is the critical analysis?
New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emoji
16 July 2025
Emoji add a new depth to communications, but what of their cultural impact? Keith Houston's Face with Tears of Joy offers some answers
Slay the new slang: check out a guide to social media’s baffling lingo
9 July 2025
Language is evolving rapidly in a world of social media. Our millennial reviewer finds Adam Aleksic's Algospeak to be a much-needed helping hand
This sci-fi debut is a quietly brilliant look at a disturbing future
21 May 2025
The premise of Grace Chan’s debut novel – that you can choose to upload yourself to a virtual reality – might sound dated, but this is a stunning big‑picture look at what might lie ahead for us, says Emily H. Wilson
This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture the AI bubble
19 May 2025
The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna wants to expose the hype generated by large artificial intelligence companies, but it is a frustrating read
Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros
16 April 2025
Exposing the origins of the improbable – and at times scary – plans of tech billionaires makes Adam Becker's More Everything Forever a disturbing but important book
Explore what shaped Bill Gates in part one of his autobiography
5 February 2025
A driven teenager up nights working on computer schemes. Could this be Bill Gates? Chris Stokel-Walker reads the much anticipated story of the billionaires's early years, as told by the man himself
Musical AI harmonises with your voice in a transcendent new exhibition
23 October 2024
What happens if AI is trained to write choral music by feeding it a specially created vocal dataset? Moving new exhibition The Call tackles some thorny questions about AI and creativity – and stirs the soul with music
Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book
4 September 2024
The author of Sapiens has turned his attention to the information networks that shape our societies, but when you stop and think about what he's saying, it's obvious
