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 | 37
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 | 110
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
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 26 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 05 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 17 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... 13 Nov 2018 | 156
'Moore's Revenge' is upon us and will make the world weird When everything's smart, the potential for dumb mistakes becomes enormous 04 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 08 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 03 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 12 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 26 Feb 2018 | 126
Face, face, face! Apple, TrueDepth and a nose-driven iPhone X game Selfie-satisfied to augment reality with their mugs 13 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 12 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 24 Jan 2018 | 218