Modern Riddles

Ask me anything and I will answer — but I have no mind. I know everything ever written, yet I understand nothing. What am I?

I am a camera, a phone, a computer, a map, a clock, and a library — all in your pocket. Thirty years ago I did not exist. Today people panic without me. What am I?

I am invisible yet I surround you in your home. I carry voices, films, and music yet I make no sound. Switch me off and the whole house complains. What am I?

Everyone checks on me with anxiety when I run low. I power your world silently. When I die, everything around me dies too. What am I?

I store things in a place that has no address you can visit. I exist everywhere and nowhere. Lose your device but never lose me. What am I?

I decide what you see without asking. I know your preferences better than you do. I am invisible yet I shape your opinions. What am I?

I am a letter without paper, delivered without a postman, and arrive in an instant. I am read but I am never touched. What am I?

I am a portrait, but the subject is also the photographer. I am taken with an outstretched arm. I am shared more than any other type of photograph. What am I?

I am born on a screen and spread like a virus. I can make millions laugh or destroy a reputation. I am impossible to stop once I am loose. What am I?

I am a radio show with no radio and no fixed schedule. I talk to millions but I am never live. I wait for you whenever you are ready. What am I?

I am a collection of songs that is more than the sum of its parts. Before me, music was sold one song at a time. I can tell a story that no single song can. What am I?

I come in small plastic bricks that can become anything. I am painful to stand on barefoot. I am one of the most popular toys ever made. What am I?

I am two days that feel shorter than five. I am what makes the week worth enduring. I was invented by industrialists and won by workers. What am I?

I am the secret that protects secrets. I am only useful if nobody knows me but the right person. Forget me and you are locked out of your own life. What am I?

I approach like a wave that grows larger the closer it gets. Before me, people do nothing. As I arrive, people do everything. I am the greatest motivator known to humanity. What am I?

I fill every room in your home yet you cannot see or feel me. Remove me and watch the chaos begin. I am taken for granted until I disappear. What am I?