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Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Feature Government: 'Trust us, it'll be different this time' Public Sector15 Aug 2025 | 82
As AI becomes more popular, concerns grow over its effect on mental health Opinion Too much of anything is bad for you, including faux-magical statistical models AI + ML25 Jul 2025 | 31
Trump AI plan rips the brakes out of the car and gives Big Tech exactly what it wanted 'Build, baby, build', and forget about regulation and wokeness is the gist of it Public Sector24 Jul 2025 | 49
One in six US workers pretends to use AI to please the bosses ai-pocalypse AI-nxiety is real, and it's causing some bizarre behavior AI + ML22 Jul 2025 | 47
Sacramento cops scoured energy records to target suspected weed growers, and the EFF has sued Raided homes despite known likelihood that aircon or EVs could explain high electricity consumption Legal21 Jul 2025 | 31
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AI caramba, those neural networks are power-hungry: Counting the environmental cost of artificial intelligence Feature (And, also worryingly, its increasing financial cost) AI + ML13 Sep 2021 | 64
I've got a broken combine harvester – but the manufacturer won't give me the software key Feature Right-to-repair activists welcome policy wins with caution Legal27 Jul 2021 | 195
This always-on culture we're in is awful. How do we stop it? Oh, sorry, hold on – just had another notification Feature Turn off. Tune out. Relax Legal30 Jun 2021 | 134
The policy of truth: As ransomware claims rise, what's a cyber insurer to do? Feature Never again is what you swore... the time before Security04 Jun 2021 | 38
When software depends on a project thanklessly maintained by a random guy in Nebraska, is open source sustainable? Much of the OSS world is critically underfunded yet critically important* Software10 May 2021 | 128
WTH are NFTs? Here is the token, there is the Beeple.... 76.23kWh per-transaction footprint... WTF, people? Software04 May 2021 | 64
Welcome to the splinternet – where freedom of expression is suppressed and repressed, and Big Brother is watching Feature The new internets of Iran, China, and Russia are nothing like the original Networks04 Jan 2021 | 146
Why make games for Linux if they don't sell? Because the nerds are just grateful to get something that works Feature And when nerds are your audience, everything is easier OSes26 Dec 2020 | 92
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open... for years Feature Leaky data systems fixed now, but the issue affected millions Security24 Nov 2020 | 35
You've patched your cloud software, and feeling smug when... bang! A legacy edge device bricks itself Backgrounder Don't want to be an enterprise id-IoT? Time to look at process Devops07 Dec 2018 |
That sphincter-flexing moment for devs when it's time to go live No stress test? Then prepare for a potential TSB-like mess Software26 Nov 2018 | 18
Real talk: You're gonna have to get real about real-time analytics if you wanna make IoT work Backgrounder A gentle intro to design considerations for a large-scale internet-connected web of sensors Edge + IoT21 Nov 2018 | 6
That scary old system with 'do not touch' on it? Your boss very much wants you to touch it. Now what do you do? Analysis Migrating dusty mission-critical systems 101 On-Prem25 Sep 2018 | 90
Network monitoring is hard... If only there was some kind of machine that could learn to do it Comment *AI bursts through wall* 'OHHH YEAHHH!' AI + ML22 Aug 2018 | 9
Playing nice with a host of tech-pushers pushed OpenStack close to edge A cross-vendor framework for edge functionality is no small task Software26 Jun 2018 | 1
So you're doing an IoT project. Cute. Let's start with the basics: Security And for heaven's sake, don't fall in love with the data Edge + IoT25 Jun 2018 | 36
You should find out what's going on in that neural network. Y'know they're cheating now? Interpretability in machine learning is a minefield AI + ML01 Jun 2018 | 37
The Agile and the Continuous: Database Drift ... Neat film title but something to avoid Devs: Talk to your friendly neighbourhood DBA Databases24 Apr 2018 | 13
Your AI pet project is only as smart as its garbage training set No one said it'd be easy AI + ML23 Apr 2018 | 25
Build a serverless framework at home: Go on, bit of open sourcey hijinx won't hurt Rifling through riff: Another option that's not Amazon's Lambda Devops18 Apr 2018 | 8
A developer always pays their technical debts – oh, every penny... but never a groat more But how to measure that? Your team is waiting Devops12 Apr 2018 | 57
Software shortcuts: Pay down your tech debt. It's time to fix a price Rushing to ship won't get you to the other side Devops23 Feb 2018 | 26
Look at stupid, sexy Kubernetes with all the cloud firms hanging off its musclebound arms The container war is won – but what now? Devops07 Feb 2018 | 12
Hyperledger 3 years later: That's the sound of the devs... working on the chain ga-a-ang But is anyone actually using it? OSes02 Jan 2018 | 16
2017 – the year of containers! It wasn't? Oops. Maybe next year Immature tech still has a bunch of growing up to do Devops19 Dec 2017 | 12
Sure, Face ID is neat, but it cannot replace a good old fashioned passcode Facial recognition isn't the most reliable authentication right now Security14 Nov 2017 | 42
Onwards to Valhalla: Java ain't dead yet and it's only getting bigger That is, if the sheer amount biz uses is anything to go by Software05 Oct 2017 | 31
The power JavaScript: 'Gandalf of JS' Wirfs-Brock on ECMAscript 2017 Looking to the AI future Software26 Sep 2017 | 39
TfL hackathon showed data can keep transport running and people safe Sponsored Analytics is about the journey AND destination Security18 Sep 2017 | 5
Former UK.gov IT man and Python king's guide to neural networks Interview Tariq Rashid on programming AI AI + ML14 Sep 2017 | 9
Grab a fork! Unravelling the Internet of Things' standards spaghetti 'Just switch it on and watch it connect.' Yeah, right Edge + IoT02 Aug 2017 | 16
What sort of silicon brain do you need for artificial intelligence? Using CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and ASICS to make sense of AI AI + ML24 Jul 2017 | 19
The lady (or man) vanishes: The thorny issue of GDPR coding The Devil is in the enhanced data model Software21 Jul 2017 | 53
Is this a hotdog? What it takes for an AI to answer that might surprise you Don't boil the ocean AI + ML10 Jul 2017 | 36
Why, Robot? Understanding AI ethics Maybe we're headed for a robo-pocalpse, but let's deal with these other problems first, eh? AI + ML04 Jul 2017 | 42
Network-sniffing, automation, machine learning: How to get better threat intel When two 'innocent' events on the network are anything but Security24 May 2017 | 9
Sorry, Dave, I can't code that: AI's prejudice problem The life-changing effects of algorithmic bias AI + ML08 May 2017 | 47
A bot lingua franca does not exist: Your machine-learning options for walking the talk Monolinguist or code polymath? AI + ML25 Apr 2017 | 10
Your machine used to crunch numbers. Now it can chew over what they mean, too Promo Moving beyond analytics AI + ML06 Apr 2017 | 2
How Ford has slammed the door on Silicon Valley's autonomous vehicles drive Owning the smartphone-dashboard interface Edge + IoT27 Mar 2017 | 110
Your IDE won't change, but YOU will: HELLO! Machine learning Sorry, Dave. I can’t do that – without an appropriate multi-GPU framework or Python library AI + ML23 Feb 2017 | 11
Can all-flash arrays, spinning disks and hybrid really live together? AFA without tears Storage19 Jan 2017 | 6
Sayonara North America: Insurance guy got your back when Office 365 doesn't? Read the small print SaaS21 Dec 2016 | 40
What’s next after hyperconvergence? Hyperconverged box humming away nicely? Time to take things up a notch Storage15 Dec 2016 | 5
Hyperconvergence 101: More than a neatly packaged box of tricks Simplicity is good, but what else can you do? On-Prem22 Nov 2016 | 6
Rolling out flash in the enterprise? It's a matter of application Here's what flash viable looks like Storage10 Nov 2016 | 6