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How a mining engineer's invention made pop singers all sound the same

The birth of Auto-Tune

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Ideas aren't everything: Cash

No money, more problems – history is full of unsung inventors who failed to secure the investment to make big plans happen

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Too many people, not enough jobs – preparing for the world without work

An interview with Ryan Avent, whose new book looks at how technology is changing labour markets

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The shock of the news

The Tate is using AI to pair today's news photos with works from its permanent collection, with striking results

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Superhuman after all

Review: In the impressive follow-up to his blockbuster Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari suggests that humans' advantage over machines is a delusion – and that we may ultimately live in their shadow

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Grasping the political opportunity in automation

The traditionally stable professional class faces great disruption from technological change. If politicians help shape its future for the better, they will reap the benefits, and achieve a fairer economy for all

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How personalisation could be changing your identity online

Attempts to model your web experience lead to fears of an echo chamber effect, but rather than reinforcing your sense of self, the process might be altering it

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Stop talking about overconfidence – it doesn't really exist

Comment: We consider confidence a virtue, but from Trump to the financial crisis we have seen the downsides of too much of it. We need a whole new approach, says Rowland Manthorpe

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The future's in play

Comment: Pat Kane on why play will be our dominant way of knowing, doing and creating in the 21st century

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Lagos calling

Architect Tosin Oshinowo on how a new generation of creative talent is changing things in a city of 22 million