AI is transforming the role of the junior developer, but as routine tasks become increasingly automated, how will the next generation of software engineers master the craft of maintaining complex systems?

AI is beginning to blur the line between code and biology, prompting concerns about the long-term risk of new viruses and other biological agents.

Before Linotype revolutionised typesetting in the 1880s, compositors set texts by hand — and they set them fast. Alex Wright rediscovers the thrilling world of typesetting races, which drew crowds in the thousands, offered huge cash prizes, and helped women “Swifts” fight for workplace equity.