Technology

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'
wires connecting to a monitor
Letters

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'

Big Issue readers have their say on big tech, a potential wealth tax and fair play in football
As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism
a data centre
Steven MacKenzie

As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'
The old speedway ground in Thurrock being eyed up by Google carries both sporting and ecological significance
Technology

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet
Big Issue Invest

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat
Technology

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How a journey on the train suggests living in the real world is not for everyone
Commuters on the District Line, pre-mobile phone
John Bird

How a journey on the train suggests living in the real world is not for everyone

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business
Opinion

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis
a data centre
Artificial Intelligence

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: 'I felt suddenly exposed'
an illustration of a phone with mapping software
Technology

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: 'I felt suddenly exposed'

giffgaff is connecting more homes with affordable broadband – and backing nature restoration too
Wide illustration of a countryside scene with mountains, homes, waterways and a windmill, with workers reviewing plans and Wi-Fi symbols across buildings, representing nationwide broadband connectivity.
Advertorial

giffgaff is connecting more homes with affordable broadband – and backing nature restoration too

More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors' lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff
Advertorial

More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors' lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: 'I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills'
Protests outside Rockstar Games' parent company Take Two Interactive's London headquarters
Employment

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: 'I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills'

Doomscrolling 'steals our joy', a new study warns. Here's how to fight back
Technology

Doomscrolling 'steals our joy', a new study warns. Here's how to fight back

The weekend turns 100 years old this year. It's time it got an upgrade
Joe Ryle

The weekend turns 100 years old this year. It's time it got an upgrade

The problem with Grok and AI is much deeper than Elon Musk vs the UK government
George Bell

The problem with Grok and AI is much deeper than Elon Musk vs the UK government

How safe is my fitness tracker data, really?
Data

How safe is my fitness tracker data, really?

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here's why
Christmas

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here's why

What do homeless people really think about Labour's digital ID cards?
Lord John Bird on Suella Braverman's comments regarding street homelessness as a lifestyle choice
Digital ID

What do homeless people really think about Labour's digital ID cards?

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?
someone stroking moflin
Artificial intelligence

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?

One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors
Advetorial

One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'
Minister Liz Lloyd in a workshop at the Bromley by Bow Centre.
Digital inclusion

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises
A group of young people sitting around a table using Lenovo ThinkPad laptops, with one screen open on a web browser during a session or workshop.
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How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?
Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves laughing
Benefit fraud

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI
ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'
A bench with armrest bars across it in Pokémon Legends Z-A
Gaming

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'