Gone to shit

ONE ICY MORNING IN FEBRUARY, nearly 200 people gathered in a church in downtown Richmond, Va. Most had awakened before dawn and driven in from across the state. There were Republicans and Democrats fr

For a few months in 2001, the business world couldn’t stop talking about inventor Dean Kamen’s secret project, codenamed “Ginger”. Kamen had received the National Medal of Technology from US president

Donald Trump is flailing, and no wonder. He was not elected to shoot nurses or raise healthcare costs for ordinary Americans while cutting taxes for billionaires. Yet the Democratic party’s elderly, w

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Have you ever noticed that the apps you once loved have become increasingly frustrating to use? Have you found that the services you’ve relied on for years are suddenly cluttered with advertisements,

For more than a decade, social media ruled my life, says Sathnam Sanghera: it helped with my work, gave me an instant group of witty friends, and made me feel at the centre of things. But its attractions are wearing thin – and I’m not the only one feeling this