De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data's dirty little secret
Feature Jeffrey Singh, stamp-collecting bachelor (35) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin – is that you?
16 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)
13 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
27 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
30 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
04 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*
10 May 2021 | 128
WTH are NFTs? Here is the token, there is the Beeple....
76.23kWh per-transaction footprint... WTF, people?
04 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
04 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
26 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
24 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
07 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
26 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
21 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
25 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!'
22 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
26 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
25 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
01 Jun 2018 | 37
The Agile and the Continuous: Database Drift ... Neat film title but something to avoid
Devs: Talk to your friendly neighbourhood DBA
24 Apr 2018 | 13
Your AI pet project is only as smart as its garbage training set
No one said it'd be easy
23 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
18 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
12 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
23 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?
07 Feb 2018 | 12
