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
15 Sep 2021 | 55
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
11 Aug 2021 | 135
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
28 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
15 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
14 Jul 2021 | 90
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
01 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
09 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
12 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
20 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
10 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
08 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
14 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
16 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
16 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
05 Mar 2020 | 124
Built to last: Time to dispose of the disposable, unrepairable brick
Column Maybe sustainability's not just for hipsters?
10 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
08 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
04 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
04 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
09 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
23 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?
19 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?
23 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
25 Apr 2019 | 81
