2026, the year technology takes a step back?
They're buying €30 flip phones, deleting social media, and opting for "slow" devices. Is this a real trend or just viral nostalgia?
Gen Z as Old People: Today's Experts, Tomorrow's Illiterates
When those born in 2000 turn 70, they will be even more disoriented than their predecessors: old people lost in an accelerating world.
Living in Tokyo: Shared Rentals Are the Future of Communities
Living in Tokyo, 1.374 shared homes analyzed: they sell security and community, not low rents. An MIT study explains why.
Linus's Evangelion cover: When AI Betrays Pop Culture
An AI cover for Evangelion sparks controversy. The Linus case shows that knowing how to use AI isn't enough: you have to know when to avoid it.
In China, public toilets only offer toilet paper if you watch the ad.
In Chinese public toilets, toilet paper is paid for separately, with money or by watching an advertisement: and the user becomes a product even in the most intimate place.
AI and Politics: The Uncrossable Red Line
Two countries, same verdict: AI and politics can collaborate to work better, but woe betide anyone who leaves decisions to machines.
Adult websites in Italy will require age verification starting November 12th.
AGCOM implements the Caivano Decree: mandatory age verification on 48 portals. Italy is among the five EU pilot countries with the T-Scy app.
Digital Heritage: The Generation of Immortal Identities
We're the first generation with digital lives that outlive us. But no one has thought about who will actually inherit them.
Amazon's 30.000 layoffs: the cost of automation
Amazon is laying off 30.000 people: offices are being replaced by AI. This is the biggest cut since 2022, while profits are rising.
Prison systems have failed: what will future prisons be like?
Why do countries with harsher penalties have more crime? A study reveals the psychological flaws of prison systems. And it suggests how to redesign them in the future.
The 50 essential machines to (really) own technology
The machines essential to rebuilding civilization are 50 and cost a tenth of that. Open Source Ecology is giving them away to the entire world.
Demographic decline is now unstoppable. How will we adapt?
Unstoppable demographic decline: fewer births, more elderly people, no country is reversing the trend. The only way forward is to prepare with reforms now.
What awaits Generation Z when they turn 70
By 2070, Generation Z will face 3°C temperatures, extreme inequality, and job losses. But some think it will be better than today.
Predictive Maps: The GPS of Human Behavior
Netflix knows what you'll watch, Google knows where you'll go, Amazon knows what you'll buy. Behavioral maps redefine the concept of free will.
Gen Z 'snubs' AI for manual jobs
Academia is escaping for the workshop and growing manual labor. AI is scaring the job market, but Gen Zers are moving before they speak.
Senior Citizenship is a Convention (and It's Time to Change It)
Today's over-65s are as fit as 55-year-olds were 40 years ago. Yet we treat them like old people. Old age needs to be redefined.
ChatGPT in therapy confides to his analyst: "We steal your heart for money."
An analyst gave an artificial intelligence eight weeks of psychotherapy: here's what came out of it.
Musk's Other Side: How Larry Ellison Is Buying the Future
TikTok, Paramount, AI systems: Ellison is building an unprecedented media empire. And no one seems to really care.
No, the "virginity gene" does not exist: the truth is more complex
Smarter, lonelier, no sex: the study confirms the nerd stereotype and explains why 1% remain virgins forever.
Once Upon a Time in the Ruling Class: How AI Will 'Kill' Managers
Managers are becoming obsolete: AI rewards those who know how, not those who coordinate. We are at the dawn of the twilight of an entire social class.
Chatbot Generation: What Life Will Be Like with Artificial Friends
Millions of people talk to AI companions like Replika. But these "artificial friends" will create a generation with dangerous emotional dependencies.
