Twelve seconds. That’s how long it took from the final dart hitting the board in the PDC World Championships in January to Wikipedia updating Luke Littler’s entry as the confirmed 2026 world champion.

The result of this poll will surely gladden the heart of Jimmy Wales (see p28), with more than two-thirds of our readers declaring Wikipedia to be one of the most influential sites in the world. “Huge

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

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

From supermarket tills to fast-food restaurants, having to do it for yourself is turning customers into unpaid employees, says Terry Tavner

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