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Get ready for Crudstergram! Charlie Brooker's gadgets to save the world

The Black Mirror creator invents exciting products to transform your life – from the workout that makes you feel like a saint to the world’s cleverest toilet

Published: 1 Jun 2019

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Charlie Brooker: ‘The more horrible an idea, the funnier I find it’

As the anthology series Black Mirror returns, its creator explains what fuels the show’s twisted tales – and tells us where we’re going wrong with technology

Published: 14 Oct 2016

Cameron rebooted: five more years of a shiny computerised toe in a prime-ministerial suit

We’ve had the blood-letting of the Ed Wedding. Now we’ve got the full-fat Tory government that virtually no one predicted

Published: 11 May 2015

Published: 11 May 2015

The leaders’ debate: ‘It’s never worth listening to public opinion before making a decision’

What sort of person can’t decide who to vote for, but can rate how much they like whatever they’re hearing out of five, and wants to sit there tapping a button accordingly?

Published: 6 Apr 2015

Published: 6 Apr 2015

The new Mario is self aware. How long before he goes inside you to fix things?

Charlie Brooker: Researchers have created a version of Mario that experiences basic emotions – now he needs a purpose that affects the real world

Published: 19 Jan 2015

Published: 19 Jan 2015
Never mind the 'selfie stick' or the 'smart belt' – here are some REALLY useful inventions

Charlie Brooker: Products I’ve made up for the sheer giddy thrill of it include Total Farage Plus, which skilfully Photoshops the Ukip leader into whatever you’re looking at

Published: 5 Jan 2015

Published: 5 Jan 2015

Goodbye, cruel 2014: we promise not to miss you once you’ve gone

Charlie Brooker: From flooding to Benefits Street, the rise of Ukip to the Apple Watch, the year was filled with huge, grim events. We could all use a lie-down over Christmas

Published: 22 Dec 2014

Published: 22 Dec 2014

A trafficked penguin, a creepy talking doll and trench warfare – Happy Christmas 2014

Charlie Brooker: The John Lewis and Sainsbury’s ads have kickstarted an earlier-than-ever festive season in which we’ll shop or click our way to bankruptcy chasing 15% off the top Christmas products. But beware of My Friend Cayla

Published: 24 Nov 2014

Published: 24 Nov 2014
Even wearing a slogan T-shirt is a nightmare for Ed Miliband. The fashion industry ruins everything

Charlie Brooker: If the fashion industry truly cared about the future of our planet, it would issue a solitary line of unisex, one-size-fits-all smocks, then shut down for good

Published: 3 Nov 2014

Published: 3 Nov 2014

Gamergate: the internet is the toughest game in town – if you’re playing as a woman

Charlie Brooker: It’s a stealth adventure with nowhere to hide and hundreds of respawning enemies waiting to attack you the moment you stand out in any way

Published: 20 Oct 2014

Published: 20 Oct 2014
This awesome dissection of internet hyperbole will make you cry and change your life

Charlie Brooker: Exaggeration is the official language of the internet. Only the most strident statements have any impact. Oversteer and oversell, all the time

Published: 6 Oct 2014

Published: 6 Oct 2014

Apple’s software updates are like changing the water in a fish tank. I’d rather let the fish die

Charlie Brooker: The all-new iPhones and Apple Watch can be easily avoided but there’s no escaping iOS 8

Published: 22 Sep 2014

Published: 22 Sep 2014
David Cameron can’t help the No campaign – he’s less popular in Scotland than Windows 8

The first rule of panic mode is you don’t talk about panic mode. And this is purely for personal reasons, but I don’t want Scotland to reject us, writes Charlie Brooker

Published: 8 Sep 2014

Published: 8 Sep 2014

2014 is so horrible, nothing can cheer us up. Not even Simon Cowell with a bucket on his head

Charlie Brooker: Russia v Ukraine, Isis, Boris Johnson, Cliff Richard and Ebola – there's not much to be cheerful about right now, though the ice bucket challenge is working overtime

Published: 25 Aug 2014

Published: 25 Aug 2014
Want to silence a two-year-old? Try teaching it to ride a motorbike

Charlie Brooker: I decided to introduce my son to video games. We soon found one he liked … and I mean really, really liked

Published: 11 Aug 2014

Published: 11 Aug 2014

How can a party sell a policy when it can't even sell a decent keyring?

Charlie Brooker: Ukip has made thousands from merchandise on its online store. What could the other parties learn from it?

Published: 28 Jul 2014

Published: 28 Jul 2014
What is Drip and how, precisely, will it help the government ruin your life?

Charlie Brooker: The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers bill is the most tedious outrage ever, right down to the dreary acronym. But oh, the horrors it will bring …

Published: 14 Jul 2014

Published: 14 Jul 2014

Time for the emperors-in-waiting who run Facebook to just admit they're evil

Charlie Brooker: Facebook's emotion study reveals it is hopelessly disconnected from emotional reality: that people get upset when people they care about are unhappy

Published: 30 Jun 2014

Published: 30 Jun 2014

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