Rural broadband: Where has all the money gone?
Posted on Thursday 26 November, 2020
Network and service providers ask why the government's £5bn for rural broadband has been slashed.
Black Friday: Why bots will beat you to in-demand gifts
Posted on Thursday 26 November, 2020
Black Friday and Christmas shopping are here - but it may be harder than ever to snag what you want.
AWS: Amazon web outage breaks vacuums and doorbells
Posted on Thursday 26 November, 2020
Smart-home owners are left without service as an AWS outage breaks device functionality.
Why don't Facebook and Apple like each other?
Posted on Thursday 26 November, 2020
Relations between the two companies are at an all-time low.
UK to impose new rules to limit tech giants' power
Posted on Friday 27 November, 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority will stop major firms from abusing their market dominance.
TikTok sale deadline pushed back to December
Posted on Thursday 26 November, 2020
A new plan for a sell-off of its US assets has been submitted to the US government.
Working from home means we're still buying PCs. Lots of them
Posted on Thursday November 26, 2020
Slim laptops and convertibles might be making the much of the running, but even desktop PC is seeing increasing demand right now.
Filling the 5G gap left by the Huawei ban is going to be expensive
Posted on Thursday November 26, 2020
The UK government has pledged £250 million to diversify the country's 5G supply chain in the wake of a ban on Huawei's equipment.
You might have to wait longer for those faster broadband speeds after all
Posted on Thursday November 26, 2020
The UK government's new infrastructure strategy has significantly downgraded targets for country-wide faster connectivity.
Who will your algorithm harm next? Why businesses need to start thinking about evil AI now
Posted on Thursday November 26, 2020
Building AI systems that are ethical is no longer a box-ticking exercise, and could deliver a key competitive advantage to the businesses that embrace responsible technology.
Hands-On: Adventures with Ubuntu Linux on the Raspberry Pi 4
Posted on Thursday November 26, 2020
With the larger memory of the Raspberry Pi 4 series, it is now more practical to run Ubuntu. I'm going to see how easy it is - or isn't, and how well it works - or doesn't.
Working from home: Making those Zoom calls and Microsoft Teams meetings a bit more comfortable
Posted on Thursday November 26, 2020
Working from home needn't be uncomfortable. Here's the kit I've been using to made it feel better.