2026-09-27 -  Free trials are all the rage, but paid auto-renewals pose real risks to users' relationship with your brand. Is the short-term revenue boost worth giving customers a negative feeling that could last much longer?

2026-09-20 -  We can't stop bad things from happening to us, but we can change how we react. This month: Hospital visits, LLMs that struggle to identify a car, London's new 24/7 grindset café, and a new Weezer album.

2026-09-13 -  AI has entered the age of the contradiction. Just as the major labs dropped their doomer takes to focus on human-agent coexistence, a string of incidents caused by out-of-control models have damaged trust.

2026-09-06 -  Sony already doubled down on its unpopular decision to end the production of PlayStation game discs – now it's locking in the concept of digital games as temporary licences, with no real ownership for players.

2026-08-30 -  As long as you've prepared for the challenge ahead, try to be relentlessly optimistic about your chances of success. There's no downside to absolute belief in yourself, and worry can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

2026-08-23 -  From the CEO who once drove a forklift to game developers taking 250,000 photos of New York, real experience beats abstraction every time, and can make the difference between good and groundbreaking.

2026-08-15 -  From Thomas Tuchel's dissatisfaction with a winning England performance to a man running in the 35-degree Austin sun – this month's Field Notes is about doing things properly, even in difficult conditions.

2026-08-09 -  Rising prices, diminishing generational leaps, and the slow death of physical media have stripped games consoles of their advantages. The days of PlayStation and Xbox as we know them may be numbered.

2026-08-02 -  Gianni Infantino has scrapped his plan to sell stakes in FIFA's competitions, including the World Cup, to investors. It was always the wrong idea – custodians don't get to sell what they're only trusted to protect.

2026-07-26 -  Software bloat went unchecked for decades because memory was cheap. Now it isn't, and consumers can't afford those same specs. Which way the industry turns next depends on values, not just technology.