Hello, Anil Dash wrote a lovely piece on installing apps on a Commodore 64 this week. I had a ZX Spectrum 128k,…

My mum’s iPhone face ID stopped recognising her. Just didn’t want to know her. We spent an hour resetting things, rebooting the…

A day late but hopefully not a dollar short! Here’s what happened last week that I caught and maybe you did too,…

I’ve been trying to explain to my kids why I won’t let them use certain apps, and they’ve started calling me paranoid.…

There was a mass uprising last week in support of moving this newsletter from Friday to Monday. Do not let anyone ever…

I’ve discovered that the best way to avoid working is to write a newsletter about work. It’s meta-procrastination. My therapist would be…

I’ve spent this week watching a scam artist successfully impersonate a friend on LinkedIn, complete with his job title and a slightly…

I’ve started bringing a small notebook everywhere. Not because I’m particularly organised, but because I’ve realised the best analogies arrive whilst I’m…

I’ve spent the week explaining to people that stateless protocols are not a commentary on government, and I’m not sure I’ve convinced…

I’ve been thinking about the number of security products that promise to solve problems nobody actually has. Then I remembered that most…

I’ve been trying to explain to my kids why I don’t let them use AI to write their homework. Then I read…

I’ve spent the week watching people argue about whether AI will replace security analysts whilst ignoring the fact that most organisations still…

I’ve started replying to emails with ‘sorry, Claude ate it’ and people seem to accept this without question. We truly live in…

I spent most of this week explaining to people that ‘human in the loop’ doesn’t mean what they think it means. It’s…

I was meant to post this Friday, but the day got away from me. Then I was waiting to watch the England…

I’ve spent the past week explaining to various family members that no, I cannot just ‘hack into’ their neighbour’s Ring doorbell because…

This week I think I’d like a refund on my optimism. The Doxxer Gets Doxxed Someone in Spain leaked the personal details…

I’ve spent the week watching people try to solve human problems with technical solutions and technical problems with human rage. Neither works…

Been a busy week. Stockholm is gorgeous in summer. The Ransomware Gang That Got Ransomed The Gentlemen ran their operation like McKinsey…

I saw what might have been the coolest dog in Florida this week. Got a better photo the second time. Still not…