Technology and Business

Business is outraged at yet another new low for the Conservative Party

We lack conclusive evidence about aliens, but this won't deter the believers

What’s bad for the west is good for the Kremlin – and the fringe elements in the current government proved this

The need to tackle the likes of Google and Facebook is obvious. But is Brussels fighting the right battles?

We can measure it, but does it measure us? Productivity needs to take into account our values as well as our economic goals

An influx of digital nomads in Spain has caused a rent spiral, pricing locals out of their own area

Slowly but surely, old Europe is giving way to the new

Recent arrests may show that even as the invasion of Ukraine falters, Russia keeps sending its agents to the UK

The root of our evils – from water to trains to sport – is a belief that making money is not just good business, but morally right

The government has quietly admitted Singapore-on-Thames is dead

Musk is building his libertarian utopia on dry land while the rest of us hold up our hands in despair

With the Conservatives weaker than ever, giving 16-year-olds the vote could finish them off. Labour should listen

The QAnon cult is spreading – with deadly consequences. How can we stop it and its successors?

The co-founder of ethical cosmetics company Lush has blamed Brexit for its fall in European demand

A new proposal will make it easier to farm and sell genetically modified crops - and campaigners are aghast

Our historic mistake and lack of government action are creating costs that rivals don’t have to bear

Leaving the EU has “massively handicapped UK companies that do business in Europe", James Watt has said

The anxiety over artificial intelligence is a distraction from the real threat facing the planet

People instinctively assume that AI will lead to catastrophe. But what will the world look like if we get it right?

Russia’s supersonic airliner was a child of the cold war – but a fatal crash 50 years ago ripped through the veneer of Soviet tech superiority

Today, if you’re in public, you’re fair game

The pipe dream that the genie of AI is going to be thrust back in the bottle is just that

The government is failing to do even the simple things as rivals leave it trailing

Vladimir Putin’s next offensive in Ukraine will have a lethal digital component as cyberwar escalates across the world

Can the UK really keep up with the subsidies being offered by America and the EU?

Google is dragged into a debate over political bias after its new chatbot says Britain should have stayed in the EU

Europe’s great scientific experiment may not be hitting the headlines, but its work to explain the universe goes on

The country’s manufacturers have given up on the Conservatives and are waiting for the election that removes them

The latest AI system has been hailed as a gamechanger in journalism, but will the bots have their day?

The country’s capital, Lisbon, is buckling under the weight of visitors, including a new generation of ‘desirable’ migrants

Why the crazy 15-minute city conspiracy theory is no laughing matter