Month: February 2025
Tackling the UK’s cybersecurity skills shortage
When I joined the newly formed Police Service of Scotland in 2014, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – the United Kingdom (UK) cybersecurity authority – did not yet exist. By the end of my policing career in 2023, I was working as a Detective in Police Scotland’s newly established…
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The best music streaming services in 2025
There’s no such thing as one “best” music streaming service. Most of these apps are designed around the same principles and provide access to a huge music catalog. Pretty much none of them are paying artists properly, yet nearly all of them are steadily raising prices. If you’ve used one…
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How sites are falsely blaming ad blockers for site breakdowns
When you use an ad blocker, encountering an “ad-block wall” or a pop-up asking you to disable it for access is common. While opinions on these ad-block walls vary — some implementations being more reasonable than others — they are generally straightforward in their intent. These websites openly express their…
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Nokia is bringing ridiculously fast 50Gbps broadband to the UK as the global race for hyperfast internet heats up
UK joins China and UAE in global race for hyperfast broadband Openreach and Nokia show how fibre networks can scale from 10G today to 50G Telemedicine and AI-driven healthcare will benefit from 50Gbps broadband The UK’s first live 50Gbps fibre broadband connection has been successfully tested in a trial by…
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I matched Google’s new Gemini 2.0 Flash against the old 1.5 model to find out if it really is that much better
Google wants you to know that Gemini 2.0 Flash should be your favorite AI chatbot. The model boasts greater speed, bigger brains, and more common sense than its predecessor, Gemini 1.5 Flash. After putting Gemini Flash 2.0 through its paces against ChatGPT, I decided to see how Google’s new favorite…
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Meta can turn your thoughts into words typed on a screen if you don’t mind lugging a machine the size of a room around
Meta is testing a machine that decodes brain signals into words typed into a computer. The brain-typing system is up to 80% accurate but nowhere near practical. The machine is a half-ton, costs $2 million, needs a shielded room, and even slight head movements disrupt the signal. Meta is showing…
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