Technology has never been cheaper, more accessible or more readily available. Computing power that once required significant capital investment can now be rented by the hour. Storage is abundant. Software can be subscribed to rather than bought. Cloud providers compete aggressively on price. All of which sounds like good news.... read more →
Sep
29
Sep
22
There are few parts of the internet that have been around as long as the humble domain name. Long before cloud computing, SaaS, smartphones, social media or AI, businesses were registering their names on the internet and pointing them towards a website. For more than three decades, domains have remained... read more →
Sep
15
There are probably few things more personal than grief. So, when Dolly Parton's sister asked people to stop posting AI-generated tributes following the singer's death, it was difficult not to wonder how we had arrived here. On 7 September, Stella Parton pleaded with people to stop posting what she described... read more →
Sep
08
In 1979, when The Clash recorded London Calling, the city was hardly at the height of its powers. Britain was emerging from a decade of economic turbulence, the three-day week was still a recent memory, and London carried the visible scars of industrial decline. Joe Strummer's voice, urgent and half-apocalyptic,... read more →
Sep
01
More than 100 technology, cybersecurity and financial organisations are warning that the AI threat - AI enabled cyberattacks - could become significantly more capable. The question is whether businesses are ready to change with it. In September 2000, three people from a relatively small internet company travelled to Dallas to... read more →
Aug
25
Data breaches are becoming almost routine. Over the past few days alone, organisations ranging from a major French telecoms company and one of the world's largest private equity firms to a children's hospital, charities, a government department and a hardware wallet provider have disclosed incidents involving the theft or exposure... read more →

