TECH-ING THE P*SS
Hey Ho, It’s a Pirates life for me: Piracy and preservation
As media vanishes behind paywalls , digital piracy step in, not just to steal but preserve what corporations would rather let it sink Before your teacher slapped Narnia for the 5th time in the film club in year three, you were treated to another masterpiece of film...
Your brain on AI: How algorithms are quietly rewiring the way you think
In 2025, artificial intelligence isn’t just assisting us, it’s subtly reshaping how we think, decide and even feel. Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for your job, it’s coming for your brain. Every time you ask ChatGPT to write you a cover letter, let TikTok...
High Stakes, Low Morals: Welcome to the Streamer Casino Circus
Inside the world of gambling streamers where addiction is content, fortunes are fake and the house always wins There’s no better encapsulation for late-stage internet culture than watching a grown man in a neon-lit room haemorrhage $10,000 on digital fruit machines...
Face the Bias: How facial recognition fails people of colour
Facial recognition technology is the new thing of the future, you see it everywhere, when you unlock your phone, in the airport it’s like a friend that is here to stay. While it is built to detect faces, it somehow struggles with the basic concept that not all brown...
Swipe right on loneliness: The rise of AI love
Capitalism saw your loneliness and coded it into an AI girlfriend. If you don’t know it already, the new face of intimacy is synthetic, submissive and available for just £14.99 a month. AI girlfriends are the ultimate wet dream to have someone at the click of...
Nuggets of Neurons, the lab-grown brains of the future
Discover the world of lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ and if whether they could lead towards a new sci-fi apocalypse or medical marvels.
Alone and loving it: How the digital age turned us into isolation junkies
Here’s a fun thought: we are all isolation junkies and the fun part is that we don’t even realise it. Being alone is not just an option— it’s the preferred lifestyle. We’ve got Netflix on one screen asking if you’re still watching for the fifth time and social media...
“AI makes the arts accessible”: sounds like a skill issue
For centuries, art has been a process, often slow, difficult, and deeply human. Learning anatomy, understanding light, and building a style — these are not barriers to accessibility. They’re the very bones of artistic expression. But in the age of AI, all that is being tossed out in favour of instant gratification and zero skill.
Theft warped in code: AI copyright and why you should be concerned
As generative AI reshapes how we create music, art, and code, a legal grey area is growing. Who owns work made by algorithms? And what happens when these systems are trained on human creativity without consent? Inside the legal chaos of AI, copyright, and the concerns...
