Upcoming Editions
Preview forthcoming editions, their editorial focus and scheduled publication dates.
The Technology We Carry: How Personal Devices Are Becoming More Powerful, Connected and Intelligent
Personal technology has evolved from a collection of separate gadgets into an increasingly connected digital environment. Smartphones, laptops, watches, earbuds and other devices now share information, services and intelligence across a growing ecosystem. This edition examines how advances in processors, displays, batteries, sensors, software and artificial intelligence are changing the technology we carry every day, and how the interaction between hardware and software is becoming as important as the specifications of any individual device.
Inside the Machine: The Hardware Revolution Powering the Next Generation of Technology
Every digital experience ultimately depends on physical hardware. Behind faster applications, sharper displays and increasingly intelligent devices are continuing advances in processors, graphics, memory, storage, batteries, sensors and semiconductor design. This edition looks inside the machines that power modern technology and explains how improvements at the component level translate into better performance, efficiency and new capabilities across computers, smartphones, gaming devices, wearables and the expanding universe of connected electronics.
Technology in 2026: The Ideas, Devices and Innovations That Changed the Conversation
Technology in 2026 developed across many fronts at once. Artificial intelligence became more deeply integrated into software and devices, processors continued to evolve, personal computing changed and connectivity reached more products and services. This edition looks back at the technological developments that shaped the year across hardware, software, gadgets, digital platforms and emerging technologies. Rather than ranking products or innovations, it examines the broader changes that influenced how technology was designed, discussed and used during 2026.
Technology 2027: The Innovations Moving From Possibility to Everyday Reality
Technology enters 2027 with several ideas moving beyond experimentation and into products people can actually use. Artificial intelligence is becoming part of devices and software, computers are gaining new capabilities, connectivity continues to expand and emerging interfaces are challenging familiar ways of interacting with machines. This edition examines the technological landscape at the beginning of 2027 across hardware, software, gadgets and digital services, focusing on developments moving closer to practical and everyday adoption.
The Personal Computing Renaissance: Why the PC Is Being Reinvented Again
Personal computing continues to reinvent itself. Laptops and desktops are gaining new processors, dedicated AI capabilities, improved efficiency and form factors designed around changing ways of working, creating and consuming digital content. At the same time, operating systems and applications are evolving alongside the hardware. This edition examines the renewed development of the personal computer, from chips and graphics to displays, software and AI, and explores why the PC remains a central and continually adaptable part of the technology landscape.
The Software That Runs Our Lives: Inside an Increasingly App-Driven World
Software sits behind an extraordinary portion of modern life. Applications help people communicate, work, shop, travel, create, manage money and interact with devices, while operating systems and online services quietly connect these experiences together. This edition examines the changing software landscape across desktop, mobile and web applications, subscription models, cloud-connected services and interoperability. It explores how software is becoming more capable and integrated while raising important questions around usability, ownership, privacy and dependence.
The Intelligence Inside Everything: How AI Is Moving Beyond the Chatbot
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond standalone chatbots and becoming a capability built directly into everyday technology. Phones can process images and language, computers can assist with creative work, cameras can interpret scenes and applications can adapt to users in new ways. This edition examines how AI is entering devices, operating systems, software, appliances and vehicles. It explores the transition toward embedded intelligence and considers what local processing, specialised chips and new software experiences mean for the future of everyday technology.
The Chip at the Centre of Everything: Why Semiconductors Define the Technology We Use
From smartphones and computers to cars, appliances and communication networks, semiconductors sit at the heart of modern technology. Different chips handle computing, graphics, memory, connectivity, sensing and increasingly artificial intelligence. This edition explains the technology behind processors and the continuing evolution of semiconductor design. It examines how improvements in performance, efficiency and specialised computing influence the devices and software people use, while making an extraordinarily complex technology more understandable to the everyday reader.
Beyond the Smartphone: What Comes Next for Personal Technology
The smartphone became the centre of personal technology by combining communication, computing, cameras, entertainment and internet access into a single device. The next phase may be less concentrated. Smartwatches, earbuds, glasses, foldable devices, connected accessories and ambient computing are extending digital experiences into new forms. This edition examines technology beyond the conventional smartphone and explores how new interfaces, sensors, connectivity and artificial intelligence could change the way people interact with information and devices throughout the day.
The Operating System Is Changing: How We Interact With Computers in the Age of AI
Operating systems have traditionally organized applications, files, hardware and user interaction. Artificial intelligence is beginning to challenge that familiar model by introducing assistants, contextual actions, natural-language commands and deeper automation. This edition examines how Windows, Android, iOS, Linux and the broader software landscape are evolving as computing becomes more intelligent. It explores how interfaces may change when users can increasingly describe what they want to accomplish instead of navigating every individual step themselves.
Connected Everywhere: The Technology Making the Physical and Digital Worlds One
Connectivity has become an invisible foundation of modern technology. Wi-Fi links homes and workplaces, mobile networks keep devices connected on the move, Bluetooth joins nearby products and satellite systems are extending access into new environments. This edition examines the technologies that allow devices and services to communicate and how improving connectivity is changing what products can do. It explores the movement toward a world where computers, appliances, vehicles, sensors and personal devices increasingly operate as parts of connected digital ecosystems.
The Digital Security Question: Protecting Our Devices, Software and Connected Lives
As more personal information, communication and everyday activity moves through connected devices and online services, digital security becomes part of ordinary technology use. Threats can target accounts, applications, phones, computers, home networks and even connected appliances. This edition examines cybersecurity from the user's perspective, including passwords, authentication, software updates, privacy, scams and device protection. It explores how security is increasingly being built into technology while showing why informed user behaviour remains an essential part of digital safety.
When Hardware Meets Software: Why the Best Technology Is Built as One Experience
The distinction between hardware and software matters less to users than the experience created when both work well together. Processors influence what applications can achieve, operating systems manage hardware capabilities and services connect devices into wider ecosystems. This edition examines the increasingly close relationship between physical products and the software that powers them. It explores why integration has become central to performance, efficiency, security and usability across smartphones, computers, wearables and other modern technology products.
The Invisible Technology Around Us: Computing Moves Into the Everyday World
Computing is moving beyond screens and traditional devices into objects and environments that do not always look like computers. Sensors, embedded processors and wireless connections now appear in appliances, vehicles, homes, cameras, industrial products and countless everyday systems. This edition examines the rise of invisible computing and how technology increasingly operates quietly in the background. It explores embedded intelligence, connected environments and the design challenge of making technology useful without requiring constant attention or complicated interaction.
The Next Technology Era: Where Hardware, Software and Intelligence Go From Here
Technology is entering a period in which advances in hardware, software, connectivity and artificial intelligence increasingly reinforce one another. More specialised processors enable new software experiences, intelligent applications change how people use devices and ubiquitous connectivity allows those experiences to move across products and environments. This edition brings these developments together to examine where technology may be heading beyond 2027, focusing on the forces already reshaping computing, personal devices, digital services and human interaction with machines.