Technology

It’s easier than ever to connect with people from across the world. So why are we so lonely?
A man looking at a phone
Opinion

It’s easier than ever to connect with people from across the world. So why are we so lonely?

It’s easier than ever to find and connect with people from across the world. And still, somehow, we are lonelier
Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It's exploiting people for views
An illustration of smart glasses in Orwellian style
Technology

Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It's exploiting people for views

AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?
The reality vs AI enhancement
Housing

AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?

Inside the Big Issue: Smart glasses on the streets
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Smart glasses on the streets

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: 'It's not all Vera Lynn'
Music

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: 'It's not all Vera Lynn'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently
Carole Greig tries the CrossSense glasses, which uses audio and text to help wearers with dementia
Technology

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society
Letters

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society

Formula E and giffgaff give Big Issue Recruit candidates a taste of the workplace: ‘It was amazing’
Formula E cars at the London E-prix
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Formula E and giffgaff give Big Issue Recruit candidates a taste of the workplace: ‘It was amazing’

'Who are you going to trust on social media? You can trust what you hear at Jodrell Bank'
Jodrell Bank's Lovell Telescope.
Science

'Who are you going to trust on social media? You can trust what you hear at Jodrell Bank'

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

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

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
Sustainable Ventures HQ in London's old County Hall building
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
Energy House 2.0 in Salford
Technology

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

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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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?