Society
Why Moving Out Has Become So Difficult for a Generation
Rent, deposits, food, transport and stagnant starting salaries have turned independence into a much more complicated calculation for young adults.
Top Stories
Independent reporting from the Crazy News newsroom
Technology / World
The AI Boom Needs More Electricity Than Most People Realize
Behind every chatbot, image generator and AI service sits physical infrastructure consuming electricity, water and enormous amounts of computing power.
Investigation / Technology
Deepfakes Are Getting Easier to Make and Harder to Ignore
Synthetic voices, faces and videos once required specialist tools. Now the barrier to creating convincing fake media is rapidly falling.
Analysis
The Job Market Is Changing Before Workers Know What It Will Become
Artificial intelligence may eliminate some tasks, transform others and create new kinds of work. The final shape of that transition remains uncertain.
Latest
More Reporting
Special Report
Why Europe Cannot Build Enough Homes
Politicians across Europe say housing must become more affordable. Building the homes people need has proved much harder than making the promise.
Privacy / Technology
Your Phone Knows More About You Than You Think
Location histories, advertising identifiers, app analytics and behavioural data can reveal far more about a person than a single profile ever could.
Culture
Why the Internet Feels Less Human
AI-generated posts, recommendation algorithms, advertisements and engagement bait are changing the texture of online life.
Across Crazy News
News & Analysis
World
Technology / World
The AI Boom Needs More Electricity Than Most People Realize
The physical infrastructure behind artificial intelligence is turning computing demand into a much larger question about energy, water and the systems that keep the digital economy running.
Also in focus
Why Europe Cannot Build Enough Homes
Politics
Housing Policy
Why Europe Cannot Build Enough Homes
Housing promises collide with planning systems, construction costs, infrastructure, land availability and an affordability problem that governments across Europe are struggling to solve.
Policy
AI Growth Is Becoming an Infrastructure Question
Society
Cost of Living
Why Moving Out Has Become So Difficult for a Generation
Independence has become an increasingly difficult financial calculation as housing costs, everyday expenses and starting salaries move further apart.
Work
The Job Market Is Changing Before Workers Know What It Will Become
Investigations
Technology
Deepfakes Are Getting Easier to Make and Harder to Ignore
Synthetic media is becoming easier to create, cheaper to distribute and more difficult for ordinary viewers to confidently identify.
Privacy
Your Phone Knows More About You Than You Think
Culture
Digital Life
Why the Internet Feels Less Human
Recommendation systems, advertising, engagement bait and AI-generated material are changing not only what people see online, but how online spaces feel.
Technology & Life
The Data Trail Behind Everyday Digital Life
The Newsroom
Who we are, how we report and how to reach us.
Reporters
Meet the people behind Crazy News.
Our reporters cover society, technology, investigations, international affairs and analysis.
Our ReportersStandards
How we approach factual reporting.
Read our standards for sourcing, attribution, corrections, headlines and visual material.
Editorial StandardsTips
Have information we should investigate?
Send information, documents or a potential story directly to the Crazy News newsroom.
Submit a TipAbout
Independent reporting with context.
Learn more about Crazy News, our publication and what we aim to provide readers.
About Crazy News