Technology
Could an Owl make video conferencing take off?
When I was ten, the two things we all expected to enjoy by 2020 were flying cars and videotelephony. What…
How luxury watches got connected
A new generation of luxury watches combines smartphone technology with time-honoured craftsmanship, says Simon de Burton
It is a sin to die in the Land of the Depraved
New York Remember when the internet, Twitter, Facebook and other such useless gimmicks were supposed to usher in an era…
Do we really need an app for everything?
‘If this madness goes on, I will not be able to leave my house without downloading the app,’ I told…
Where’s the internet revolution they promised us?
At the risk of sounding like Jean Baudrillard, I would like to suggest that the internet revolution has not yet…
It’s not all Twitter mobs – the internet can be a force for good
Few readerships of any intelligent national magazine will be more alive to the perils and downsides of 21st–century cyber-life than…
I can’t live without Jane Fonda
Everything since the ZX Spectrum has pretty much left me cold. Ghetto blasters, Sony Walkmans, CDs, Apple Macs, iPods, PlayStations……
How the Rat sniffed out £15,000 down the back of my virtual sofa
It must be about 25 years since the Rat first made an appearance in The Spectator. He started out as…
The inventions (and Welsh rarebit mix) that will change your life
At last. And just what you’ve been waiting for. The official Wiki Man guide to the best gadgets and gizmos…
How the iPhone came to rule the world
Rory Sutherland doesn’t have an iPhone. But he knows why you do
Everyone’s a decision breaker – why can’t we make up our minds?
Why can no one make up their minds about anything?
Want greater diversity in the workplace? Try being less fair
In its hasty dismissal of James Damore, Google showed a worrying disregard for one of the most important freedoms within…
Silicon Valley’s wealthy elite have made social inequality worse
California’s tech elite have made social inequality worse
The way the BBC constantly asks you to log in to iPlayer is sneaky
It’s sneaky, the way in which the BBC, so much regarded as part of the family as to be nicknamed…
Step up Boris – you’re just the man to be housing supremo in the next cabinet
Who should be housing supremo in what we all assume will be Mrs May’s new administration? Brandon Lewis and Gavin…
Theresa May has brutally carved away the tradition of Tory pro-EU politics
We are all drama queens, really, we political hacks; and so we were all thoroughly delighted by Theresa May’s Tuesday…
The men who declare themselves princes
Princes among men British DJ Mark Dezzani was hoping to be elected prince of Seborga, a self-proclaimed independent state in…
The importance of being trolled
In social media’s strange class system, victimhood belongs to those at the top
Tesla's Model S makes all other cars seem obsolete
Forget everything you know about electric cars. In fact, forget everything you know about cars. Tesla’s astonishing Model S is a whole new breed
Why I doubt the warm words about Vauxhall and Brexit
Budget week also turned out to be a week of notable deals. PSA, French owner of Peugeot and Citroën, went…
The misery of a full diary
We lose something by planning our diaries too far ahead
How technology exacerbates the winner-takes-all effect
I was exchanging emails with someone the other day and signed off with the sentence ‘let me know when you…
London Stock Exchange picked the wrong year for a pan-European merger
The marriage of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse may not be stone dead but that’s the way to…
Thank God for expensive lawyers!
When you buy a house in Britain, there is an extensive and well-established series of checks you must perform to…
At least David Beckham has exposed the honours system for the sham it really is
How will we remember him, do you suppose? If you’re a committed football fan, possibly for that exquisite chip from…
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