Once AI can create endless viral videos, good luck switching off social media
Column Imagine humans … watching humans …watching TikTok … forever
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 57
Conversational AI tells us what we want to hear – a fib that the Web is reliable and friendly
Opinion As Google and Microsoft make us all AI consumers, remember that to err is human, but to really mess things up at scale takes a computer
AI + ML08 Feb 2023 | 50
AI may finally cure us of our data fetish
Column There's still a place in the world for good old-fashioned human intelligence
AI + ML18 Jan 2023 | 27
Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users
Opinion Siri? Google? Alexa? Could ChatGPT save us from this data harvesting nightmare?
AI + ML14 Dec 2022 | 172
If Apple's environmental rhetoric is meaningful, Macs and iPads should converge
Opinion An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but too many might be a burden on the planet.
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 48
AI-driven creativity gives overpowered PCs something worthwhile to do, at last
Column Take your desktop rig out for a proper run, turning words into images, 3D models and videos – if it can
AI + ML26 Oct 2022 | 10
To preserve Earth's treasures, digital silence is golden
Column There are beautiful, undisturbed places in the world. You do not have to catch 'em all
Software14 Sep 2022 | 56
Amazon has repackaged surveillance capitalism as reality TV
Column Smile! You're on Candid Doorbell – and the joke's on us all
Personal Tech24 Aug 2022 | 195
After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite
Column From modems to the Metaverse, Mark Pesce has seen it all
Software20 Jul 2022 | 138
If you didn't store valuable data, ransomware would become impotent
Column Start by pondering if customers could store their own info and provide access
Storage23 Jun 2022 | 44
LIDAR in iPhones is not about better photos – it's about the future of low-cost augmented reality
Column The cost of kit to capture the real world is plummeting, thanks to Apple
Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 35
'Bigger is better' is back for hardware – without any obvious benefits
Column Software was supposed to eat the world, but it's scarcely snacking on today's monstrous silicon
On-Prem13 Apr 2022 | 49
The right to repairable broadband befits a supposedly critical utility
Column A bolt of lightning has caused me days of misery, because the fix requires too much proprietary tech
Networks16 Mar 2022 | 85
Apple has missed the video revolution
Column COVID-19 turned many of us into media producers, but the tools favour Windows
On-Prem01 Mar 2022 | 62
COVID-19 was a generational opportunity for change at work – and corporate blew it
Column Faux flexibility – and then back in the office where we can keep an eye on you ...
On-Prem19 Jan 2022 | 106
A proposal to beat below-the-belt selfies: Crowdsourced machine learning using victims' image stashes
Column Empty your inboxes, people, we can duck this problem together
Bootnotes22 Dec 2021 | 77
Zuck didn't invent the metaverse, but he's started a fight to control it
Column Begun, the Metaverse Wars have. And the metaverse will fight Facebook's attempts at domination
Software11 Nov 2021 | 70
It's one thing to have the world in your hands – what are you going to do with it?
Column Google won the patent battle against ART+COM, but we were left with little more than a toy
Off-Prem19 Oct 2021 | 18
Through the Looking Glass – holographic display hardware is great, but it's not enough
Review An intriguing proof of concept for real-time 3D arrives, but without the software it's just a gimmick
Personal Tech29 Sep 2021 | 45
Measuring your carbon footprint? There's no app for that
Column Smartphones can keep us informed about everything other than environmental impact. That needs to change
Applications15 Sep 2021 | 58
The web was done right the first time. An ancient 3D banana shows Microsoft does a lot right, too
Column It's wonderful that code written for Windows 3.1 still works well today
Columnists11 Aug 2021 | 136
Great reset? More like Fake Reset: Leaders need a reality check if they think their best staff will give up hybrid work
Column Fortune favours the flexible in the new normal
Offbeat28 Jul 2021 | 98
Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a marker of class
Column Opting out of data monetisation is neither easy nor cheap
Security15 Jul 2021 | 89
Imagine a world where Apple shacked up with Xerox in the '80s: How might it look today?
Feature An alternative history of the computer revolution
On-Prem14 Jul 2021 | 91
Data collected to promote public health must never be surrendered to police
Column Voluntary location-tracking to crimp COVID is too good a tool to waste
Legal01 Jul 2021 | 108
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The best time to build a semiconductor foundry is 5 years ago
Column The history of computing is all change, all the time. Yet silicon-slingers let the chips fail where they may
On-Prem09 Jun 2021 | 50
Blessed are the cryptographers, labelling them criminal enablers is just foolish
Column Preserving privacy is hard. I know because when I tried, I quickly learned not to play with weapons
Security12 May 2021 | 171
Harassers and bullies succeed in tech because silence is encouraged
Column Countless people signed away the right to have their trauma acknowledged, and that can’t stand
Legal20 Apr 2021 | 136
A Code War has replaced The Cold War. And right now we’re losing it
Column There’s always someone to blame for bad infosec, but never a willingness to make meaningful change
Columnists10 Mar 2021 | 85
How do we combat mass global misinformation? How about making the internet a little harder to use
Column We’re blinded by our trust of the Search box and its inscrutability
Networks08 Feb 2021 | 162
Breaking up big tech can make smartphones interesting again
Column We’re not upgrading to gorgeous new hardware because cloud services have stagnated
SaaS14 Dec 2020 | 40
The revolution will not be televised because my television has been radicalised
Column When recommendation engines promote misinformation during a pandemic, it's a matter of life and death
Science16 Nov 2020 | 119
To stop web giants abusing privacy, they must be prevented from respawning. Ever
Column History tells us tech companies just get bigger, even after being broken up or battered
Security16 Oct 2020 | 103
Sadly, the web has brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'nothing is true; everything is permitted'
Column Well, isn't this a lovely paranoid bed we've made for ourselves
Security05 Mar 2020 | 124
Built to last: Time to dispose of the disposable, unrepairable brick
Column Maybe sustainability's not just for hipsters?
Personal Tech10 Feb 2020 | 213
What if everyone just said 'Nah' to tracking?
Column Privacy is nearly dead, but we're not even close to getting over it
Security08 Jan 2020 | 223
I cannae do it, captain, I'm giving it all she's got, but she just cannae take another dose of bullsh!t
Column A tricorder for food is possible, but the truth is trickier
Science04 Nov 2019 | 97
The immovable object versus the unstoppable force: How the tech boys club remains exclusive
Comment The solution? A generation of woman being preferred for promotion over men
Legal04 Oct 2019 | 150
Like a grotty data addict desperately jonesing for its next fix, Google just can't stop misbehaving
Column It's time for an intervention
Legal09 Sep 2019 | 109
Silly money: Before you chuck your chequebook away, triple-check that super-handy digital coin
Feature Only fools rush into mobile payments and cryptocurrencies
Science23 Jul 2019 | 115
It's all in the wrist: Your fitness tracker could be as much about data warfare as your welfare
Column Tick, tick, boom?
Personal Tech19 Jun 2019 | 101
Minecraft's my Nirvana. I found it hard, it's hard to find. Oh well, whatever... Never Mined
Column What on Earth are you playing at, Microsoft?
Personal Tech23 May 2019 | 49
Complex automation won't make fleshbags obsolete, not when the end result is this dumb
Column We're messy, expensive, lazy, difficult – and entirely necessary
AI + ML25 Apr 2019 | 81
FAANGs for the memories: Breaking up big tech's biggest isn't a matter of if, but of when
Column Everyone's had enough of their sh!t
Legal26 Mar 2019 | 45
Cheap as chips: There's no such thing as a free lunch any Moore
Column Industry faces down Spectre of performance optimisation
Personal Tech05 Mar 2019 | 44
Having AI assistants ruling our future lives? That's so sad. Alexa play Despacito
Column It's Amazon how quickly these monopolies begin
AI + ML17 Jan 2019 | 88
Between you, me and that dodgy-looking USB: A little bit of paranoia never hurt anyone
Let's lift our eyes from the balance sheet and take a look around...
Security13 Nov 2018 | 155
'Moore's Revenge' is upon us and will make the world weird
When everything's smart, the potential for dumb mistakes becomes enormous
Security04 Jun 2018 | 107
Social networks have already violated the spirit of GDPR
Closing off researchers’ access to APIs in the name of ‘safety’ means we’ll never know how we’re being screwed
On-Prem08 May 2018 | 35
Tech’s big lie: Relations between capital and labor don't matter
IBM shafting fifty-somethings shows business-as-usual hasn't been disrupted
On-Prem03 Apr 2018 | 44
Fear the wrath of robots, for their judgement is final and irrevocable
The right to be forgiven will soon be more important than the right to be forgotten
Science12 Mar 2018 | 26
Voice assistants are always listening. So why won't they call police if they hear a crime?
We've given away our privacy for the wrong rewards
AI + ML26 Feb 2018 | 126
Face, face, face! Apple, TrueDepth and a nose-driven iPhone X game
Selfie-satisfied to augment reality with their mugs
Science13 Feb 2018 | 20
Talk down to Siri like it's a mere servant – your safety demands it
Voice assistants get samples of our voice that can be remixed and faked
AI + ML12 Feb 2018 | 71
Death notice: Moore's Law. 19 April 1965 – 2 January 2018
Done in by the weaponisation of optimisation, and now 2017 may be as good as it ever got
On-Prem24 Jan 2018 | 218
Smartphones' security enhancements just make them more dangerous
Is that incriminating data in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Security08 Jan 2018 | 77
Surveillance Capitalism thinks it won, but there's still time to unplug it
We gave up privacy for convenience, and 2018's the time to win both of them back
Science28 Nov 2017 | 79
Your attention has value, personal cryptocurrency will advertise it
ICOs meet advertising in the end-game for the gig economy
Science14 Nov 2017 | 21
Augmented reality: Like it or not, only Apple's ready for the data-vomit gush
It's all about AR... and iPhone has the X factor
Science13 Nov 2017 | 38
It's time to rebuild the world for robots
We smoothed the world for cars, but assume robots will have eyes and ears
Science24 Oct 2017 | 55
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