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The UK government is considering a smart glasses ban

Perv specs — It comes as concerns have been raised over their ability to film video covertly, with a number of women discovering videos of themselves circulating online that were allegedly filmed with the technology.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop
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The people fighting back against an AI future

  • The Huck Long Read
  • Activism
  • Ginnia Cheng
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Activists slam “pervert glasses” in new guerrilla campaign

Everyone Hates Elon — Stickers have appeared on the London Underground network, criticising the wearable technology’s covert filming capabilities.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk

The Pope has declared holy war on AI

The New Butlerian Jihad — In his first encyclical letter, Pope Leo XIV addressed the increasing pervasiveness of artificial intelligence as a threat to the already fragile structures of society. Newsletter columnist Emma Garland makes sense of it all.

  • Activism
  • Emma Garland

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien: “Technology’s evolution on the human psyche is a massive problem”

Blue Morpho — With the release of his second solo album, the songwriter and guitarist explores analogue rawness, spirituality and pulling himself out of a dark place. D’Arcy Doran caught up with him at SXSW to find out more.

  • Music
  • D’Arcy Doran

OpenAI announces new ‘human powered’ ChatGPT-6

HLMs — It comes as users have reported widespread ‘hallucinations’ in answers from the popular chatbot, with the company believing the move will increase accuracy and answer quality.

  • Tech
  • Al Goritham
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Lee Quiñones: “We need privacy again”

Outside Is America — For Huck’s final newsletter interview of 2025, the New York graffiti legend reflects on arts from the fringes, his city’s crossroads moment, and the importance of community in a digital age.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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“Why ask mum? Mum doesn’t have a six pack”: Sky Yang on teen Google entanglement

Dear Google — The ESEA filmmaker’s latest piece explores coming-of-age in the information era, along with the added tension of racial dynamics in a predominantly white world. Here, he explains how and why he made it. 

  • Culture
  • Sky Yang
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Donald Trump says that “everything is computer” – does he have a point?

Huck’s March dispatch — As AI creeps increasingly into our daily lives and our attention spans are lost to social media content, newsletter columnist Emma Garland unpicks the US President’s eyebrow-raising turn of phrase at a White House car show.

  • Culture
  • Emma Garland

“Welcome to the Useless Class”: Ewan Morrison in conversation with Irvine Welsh

For Emma — Ahead of the Scottish author’s new novel, he sat down with Irvine Welsh for an in-depth discussion of its dystopic themes, and the upcoming AI “tsunami”.

  • Culture
  • Irvine Welsh

We need socialism to fix our broken internet

Ben Tarnoff discusses his new book, which calls for a radical restructuring of the internet to address its harm to society.

  • Books
  • Becca Inglis

The fight to amplify Black stories on BookTok

New chapter — As TikTok continues to transform book sales, Black BookTokers are calling for greater inclusivity both on the app and the publishing industry at large.

  • Activism
  • Tife Sanusi

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