Time for the emperors-in-waiting who run Facebook to just admit they're evil...
Facebook's emotion study reveals it is hopelessly disconnected from emotional reality: that people get upset when people they care about are unhappy• Alex Hern: The final straw for Facebook?This...
View ArticleWhat is Drip and how, precisely, will it help the government ruin your life?...
The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers bill is the most tedious outrage ever, right down to the dreary acronym. But oh, the horrors it will bring …David Cameron cares about your safety. It's all...
View ArticleHow can a party sell a policy when it can't even sell a decent keyring? |...
Ukip has made thousands from merchandise on its online store. What could the other parties learn from it?It can't be easy trying to fund a political movement in the current climate, when politicians...
View ArticleWant to silence a two-year-old? Try teaching it to ride a motorbike | Charlie...
I decided to introduce my son to video games. We soon found one he liked … and I mean really, really likedSo I decided to introduce my two-year-old son to the world of video games. Before you accuse me...
View Article2014 is so horrible, nothing can cheer us up. Not even Simon Cowell with a...
Russia v Ukraine, Isis, Boris Johnson, Cliff Richard and Ebola – there's not much to be cheerful about right now, though the ice bucket challenge is working overtimeAh. Right. Looks like I picked a bad...
View ArticleDavid Cameron can’t help the No campaign – he’s less popular in Scotland than...
The first rule of panic mode is you don’t talk about panic mode. And this is purely for personal reasons, but I don’t want Scotland to reject usIt used to be unthinkable. Now it’s thinkable. In fact,...
View ArticleApple’s software updates are like changing the water in a fish tank. I’d...
The all-new iPhones and Apple Watch can be easily avoided but there’s no escaping iOS 8The past few weeks haven’t been great for Apple. First they were implicated in the stolen celebrity nude photo...
View ArticleThis awesome dissection of internet hyperbole will make you cry and change...
Exaggeration is the official language of the internet. Only the most strident statements have any impact. Oversteer and oversell, all the timeThe other day I was talking to a music fan who’d recently...
View ArticleGamergate: the internet is the toughest game in town – if you’re playing as a...
It’s a stealth adventure with nowhere to hide and hundreds of respawning enemies waiting to attack you the moment you stand out in any wayI haven’t always been the kind of man who plays videogames. I...
View ArticleCharlie Brooker | The fashion industry is responsible for everything that’s...
If the fashion industry truly cared about the future of our planet, it would issue a solitary line of unisex, one-size-fits-all smocks, then shut down for goodSo then. Alongside “eating a sandwich” and...
View ArticleA trafficked penguin, a creepy talking doll and trench warfare | Charlie Brooker
The John Lewis and Sainsbury’s ads have kickstarted an earlier-than-ever festive season in which we’ll shop or click our way to bankruptcy chasing 15% off the top Christmas products. But beware of My...
View ArticleGoodbye, cruel 2014: we promise not to miss you once you’ve gone | Charlie...
From flooding to Benefits Street, the rise of Ukip to the Apple Watch, the year was filled with huge, grim events. We could all use a lie-down over ChristmasSo 2014’s almost done, and unless you got...
View ArticleNever mind the 'selfie stick' – here are some REALLY useful inventions |...
Products I’ve made up for the sheer giddy thrill of it include Total Farage Plus, which skilfully Photoshops the Ukip leader into whatever you’re looking atThis week it’s the Consumer Electronics Show...
View ArticleThe new Mario is self aware. How long before he goes inside you to fix...
Researchers have created a version of Mario that experiences basic emotions – now he needs a purpose that affects the real world• It’s-a-me, Mario! And soon I’ll be playing my games without your help...
View ArticleHow to solve the election debate fiasco: Cameron watches at home,...
The prime minister has refused to go head-to-head with Ed Miliband – and the multi-party debate we are getting will be a 90-minute cry for help on behalf of the democratic systemLast week, Germany...
View ArticleWhy tug our forelocks to Richard III, a king who’s such a diva that he needs...
For somebody who did less for Britain than, say, Olly Murs, we’re making a dreadful fuss of our late monarchWho’s your favourite dead king? For me it’s a toss-up between King Henry VIII (likes:...
View ArticleThe leaders’ debate: option paralysis and the wriggling opinion worm |...
What sort of person can’t decide who to vote for, but can rate how much they like whatever they’re hearing out of five, and wants to sit there tapping a button accordingly?As the general election...
View ArticleCameron rebooted: five more years of a shiny computerised toe in a...
We’ve had the bloodletting of the Ed Wedding. Now we’ve got the full-fat Tory government that virtually no one predictedIt was supposed to be more complicated. After the vote, they said we’d have to...
View ArticleCharlie Brooker: ‘The more horrible an idea, the funnier I find it’
As the anthology series Black Mirror returns, its creator explains what fuels the show’s twisted tales – and tells us where we’re going wrong with technologyA sadistic version of The X Factor where...
View ArticleGet ready for Crudstergram! Charlie Brooker's gadgets to save the world
The Black Mirror creator invents exciting products to transform your life – from the workout that makes you feel like a saint to the world’s cleverest toilet I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but...
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