Independent legal analysis of a controversial UK government proposal to regulate online speech under a safety-focused framework — aka the Online Safety Bill — says the draft bill contains some of the broadest mass surveillance powers over citizens every proposed in a Western democracy which it also warns pose a risk to the integrity of…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
SAVE OVER £10: The Chromecast with Google TV is on sale for £24 this Black Friday, saving you 31% on list price. We’ve all seen the videos of shoppers battling over giant TVs during the Black Friday sales. Crazy, sure, but we all love a bargain — and when the bargains are that good, it’s…
At only some 1,600 feet above the moon’s surface, Neil Armstrong grabbed control of the Apollo moon lander. The spacecraft’s computer had guided the crew to a boulder-strewn field, so the legendary pilot had to quickly steer away. Meanwhile, errant alarms sounded in the module, and a gauge showed they would soon run out of…
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious episode of Netflix’s Wednesday that this show has a veritable shitload of references to Edgar Allan Poe. The 19th century American writer and poet famous for his macabre tales of mystery, grief, insanity, murder, ghosts, and revenge like…
The pressures of filling developer positions with qualified, suitably-skilled candidates is holding back many businesses from achieving full success, new research has claimed. On top of the struggle to bring in fresh talent, existing developers are feeling the pressure, as companies struggle to recruit developers quickly enough. Rapidly rising workloads are increasing faster than the…
Task delegation in the workplace is nothing new, but a survey from The Harris Poll has identified one key difference as we look toward the future: workers will soon be delegating repetitive tasks to AI. According to the research, almost three-quarters (72%) of American workers would consider delegating tasks like invoicing, auditing, and reporting, to…
If you’re looking to upgrade your house to a smart home, or expand the smart home setup you already have, then you’ll want to take advantage of this year’s Black Friday Amazon Echo deals. Many of these are worthy of a place among the best Black Friday deals of 2022; on the cheaper end, you…
The majority of cloud developers are now using Kubernetes and containers as part of their daily operations, according to new research from Civo which found 51% of those are doing so. Of those deploying Kubernetes, 57% of the 1,000 cloud developers surveyed said they had seen an increase in the amount of Kubernetes clusters running…
Jerome Powell chairs the Federal Reserve. Yuri Gripas/Reuters The Federal Reserve’s staff economists said there’s a major risk of a US recession next year. They flagged tepid consumer spending, foreign headwinds, and tighter financial conditions. The economists join a long line of experts warning the US is headed for a painful downturn. The Federal Reserve’s…