Ali Berg

Ali Berg is the co-author of four bestselling romantic comedies with her best friend Michelle Kalus, including Love Overdue (Allen & Unwin, July 2025), and the co-founder of the community reading initiative Books on the Rail.

A driver takes their hands off the wheel of a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle equipped with autonomous driving technology during a test ride in the Yokohama, Japan.

Opinion
Driverless cars

I thought self-driving cars were for tech bros. As a mum who’s driven one, I was so wrong

The rules are pretty strict: hands near the wheel, eyes on the road. But for once, I was able to drive a car and let it go.

3 months ago
Ali Berg

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Web culture

Wordle’s a fad, and it’s well and truly K-A-P-U-T

Back in February 2022, like half the planet, I started a Wordle Whatsapp group chat with 10 friends. Every morning, we’d post our grids. Now it’s fallen eerily silent.