De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data's dirty little secret
Feature Jeffrey Singh, stamp-collecting bachelor (35) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin – is that you?
Security16 Sep 2021 | 77
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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
Learn to use machine learning
Promo Chatbots are boring. What’s next?
AI + ML29 Mar 2017 | 1
How Ford has slammed the door on Silicon Valley's autonomous vehicles drive
Owning the smartphone-dashboard interface
Edge + IoT27 Mar 2017 | 110
How the cloud can kickstart your business
Startups, PaaS and Blockchain
SaaS14 Mar 2017 |
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
SSDs in the enterprise: It's about more than just speed
They're fast, sure, but they have so much more to offer
Storage11 Oct 2016 | 35
Hyperconvergence: Where is the technology, and the CIO, going?
Going fast is great, but only if you have direction
Devops27 Sep 2016 |
Going hyperconverged? Don't forget to burst into the cloud
Just make sure your team evolves with the technology
Virtualization22 Sep 2016 | 2
DDoS attacks: For the hell of it or targeted – how do you see them off?
Cloud-based DDoS defences introduce delays
Channel22 Sep 2016 | 10
Brexit will happen. The EU GDPR will happen. You can't avoid either
Comply or not, in a few years you'll be able to choose
Channel16 Sep 2016 | 103
Ready for the Internet of Things big data firehose?
Sipping gently, if you can...
Edge + IoT04 Aug 2016 | 3
You’ve left too many VMs lying about. You’re a very naughty boy
Buy-buy baby: Building a disciplined cloud
On-Prem01 Aug 2016 | 5
The bigger they get, the harder we fall: Thinking our way out of cloud crash
Holy cascading cloutage catastrophe!
SaaS29 Jul 2016 | 14
Getting comfortable with cloud-based security: Whom to trust to do what
You don’t always have to do everything yourself. Really
On-Prem27 Jul 2016 | 4
DDoS, the cloud and you
Who are you rubbing shoulders with?
SaaS21 Jul 2016 | 2
ODM for the masses? Facebook's OCP still ain't for you, brother
The nuts and bolts of the matter
Systems30 Jun 2016 | 6
Biting the hand that feeds IT
