How do you enshittify an entire sport? Certain football clubs are having a go, but they can’t match a whole governing body prioritising cash over the sport itself, as FIFA is competently demonstrating ahead of this year’s World Cup. Those extortionate ticket prices and mid-game breaks to allow additional advertising...

It’s said that AI will bring about the era of taste as a differentiator. When production is fully democratised, anybody can generate what they envision without a huge team to support them, the playing field will finally level out, and the products that rise to the top will be the...

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This week, Apple announced the MacBook Neo. The headline features sound viable: it’s small, light, colourful, and available from £599 – a fraction of the cost of the next-in-line MacBook Air (£1,099). On the face of it, it seems like a solid entry-level option for those without the budget to...