Tempting technology…
Technology today is so demanding, as anyone with a smartphone knows. It is constantly buzzing and beeping saying “read me”, “pay attention to me”, “this is important”, “you’re missing out..”. When was the last...
Category: Trends
Trust in a post-truth world
One of the most important values in life is trust and integrity. For instance, relationships are at the heart of everything that we do. From the parent/child relationship in the home to the teacher/student...
Lies, damned lies, and Politics
Mark Twain’s popularised this famous quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” But the sentiment behind statistics seems relevant to the use of lies in modern political discussion. A discussion which is becoming even harder to discern because of the use of technology to hide propaganda and influence whole communities in subtle barely detectable but effective ways.
Your next upgrade? The Brain Machine Interface (BMI)
Exploring the development of the brain machine interface – Neuralink is Elon Musk’s pioneering exploration of the link between mind and machine.
Getting to the heart and soul of AI
Modern Artificial Intelligence offers opportunities for collaborative work to solve the worlds problems. It however needs a strong ethical and moral guide.
Are UK businesses ready for post Brexit GDPR?
There are some significant consequences to Britain leaving Europe from a data protection point of view. Depending on the type of exit the politicians finally decide, if at all :), this will have significant...
Living in a pseudo secure world.
How are you feeling about security these days? It doesn’t seem like a week goes by without a major security vulnerability making the news. Some recent analyses by security researchers reported in Steve Gibson...
Application security a new approach: Software Defined Perimeter
Legacy security is not effective. With daily news of yet another security breach, (Microsoft, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Home Depot, Yahoo and Equifax breach. it is clear that the existing application infrastructure model is hard to keep secure. ...
Four Trends in Internet of things (IoT)
The Smart Summit took place in London last week and brought together some of the best minds and the latest technology in five key areas; Home, Cities, Insurance, Utilities, Retail and LPWAN. The technology is just...
The four horses of the GDPR apocalypse: Great resources to understand the new legislation.
The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force on 25th May 2018 and there is an abundance of information and misinformation on the web. I have taken a look at some of...
