From decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) run on Discord to city-wide mutual aid groups, people are finding safety and optimism in numbers. For growing numbers of people, collective action is emerging as the only viable solution to compounding crises and deepening alienation.

With the world in constant flux, people are using their possessions to ground themselves. However, as certain types of physical goods become less commonplace, many are reflecting on what’s still worth owning in a sharing-enabled world. The evolving nature of digital ownership means that people often feel lik...

Stable Diffusion is the latest open-source AI image generator signalling a growing appetite for new kinds of tech-enabled creativity. Offering brands exciting avenues for innovative communications, it also necessitates intentional mitigation against misinformation and technological biases.

Although people are growing more aware of the fact that AI is present in many of our daily activities and interactions, there remain concerns about the ways it might develop. German start-up QuantPi, which raised €2.5 million in October 2022 for its platform, aims to allay these fears.

From cancelled gigs to delayed album releases, the pandemic has been devastating for musicians. Bandcamp, an online discovery storefront, led the way with an ‘artist-first’, multi-channel approach to music consumption – emerging as a solution to grievances within the industry.

Art has long served as a form of protest, and as Americans face constraints on their freedoms, a growing number are seeking creative ways to voice their dissent and demand change. How is the digital landscape impacting this mode of self-expression? And what role can art play in modern citizenship?