In August 2018, documentary filmmaker Trevor Birney and myself, Barry McCaffrey, were arrested in early morning raids on our homes in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Little did we know that our case would go on to expose how the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and other UK police forces regularly spy on hundreds of journalists to…
We need a judge-led inquiry into police spying on journalists and lawyers Read More »
One of the more subtle trends at this year’s Computex was that the majority of high-end motherboards now come equipped with a 5GbE network controller. At present, this might be considered a limited benefit as 5GbE and 10GbE switches and routers are still pretty expensive. But Realtek is planning on tackling the issue from both…
Realtek Previews Platform for Sub-$100 5GbE Network Switches Read More »
As the adage goes, if you give a man a fish, he can eat for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he can eat for a lifetime. For the past eight years, the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) has been gathering data and best practice to teach the technology industry how to…
Tech Talent Charter to disband after nearly 10 years of operation Read More »
Apple confirmed during the WWDC 2024 main keynote what many people had suspected: iOS 18 will bring official RCS support to the iPhone. Many Android users have wanted this feature for years, which is why Google and other rivals have been running massive ad campaigns against Apple.Apple didn’t say when it’ll enable RCS on iPhone.…
This is our first look at RCS texting on iPhone in iOS 18 Read More »
I think it’s probably safe to say that none of our 2024 bingo cards had President Trump going on Logan Paul’s podcast and raving about how good AI is at rewriting his speeches.AI, of course, is continuing to roil pretty much every industry on the planet, in the course of which it’s threatening to rob…
Finally, a Google-owned company is stealing something worthwhile. YouTube announced today that it’s begun experimenting with its own version of Community Notes, the feature that X/Twitter pioneered whereby the user community fact-checks and brings additional context to posts.Of course, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell these YouTube notes will on the whole be unbiased,…
YouTube launches its own version of X/Twitter Community Notes Read More »
Battery life continues to be our biggest concern when it comes to smartphones, laptops, wearables, and electric vehicles, despite the fact that we regularly see exciting battery innovations from all over the world. Some of them might present more sci-fi battery technology that isn’t viable in the immediate future, but other breakthroughs could significantly improve…
Ceramic battery breakthrough may be a game-changer for Apple Watch battery life Read More »
Alan Bates, who was described as a “nutter” and a “thief” by members of the federation representing subpostmasters when he campaigned about problems with the Post Office’s Horizon IT system, has been honoured for that very cause. Bates was previously forced to sleep in a tent at a National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) event because…
Once ridiculed Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates receives knighthood Read More »
In this first part of a two-part article, we look at some of the current and future trends and implications of AI for outsourcing, based on our experience as specialist technology and outsourcing lawyers. We’re predicting here how AI will impact “traditional” forms of IT outsourcing and the management and transformation of business processes through…
AI and outsourcing: What’s the future? (Part one) Read More »
Traditional incident response (IR) processes, honed for on-premises environments, face significant challenges when applied to the cloud. The shared responsibility model of cloud environments demands a reassessment and upgrading of IR procedures. To navigate these challenges effectively, security and risk management (SRM) leaders must embrace new strategies and technologies tailored to the unique nature of…
Gartner: Navigating incident response in the cloud Read More »
