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Alistair Fairweather

Why backdoors are a bad idea

Giving the UK government access to Apple's Advanced Data Protection would set an incredibly dangerous precedent.

The quantum waiting game

For all the billions spent on research, there isn’t even general consensus on how to achieve the most fundamental aspects of quantum computing.

Innovation

Alistair Fairweather

Big Tech barons are monopolists at heart

There are two big questions at the birth of any technology: how will it change the world?, and, who will get rich as a result?

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

How to really regulate Big Tech

Australia’s social media law is long on good intentions, but short on practicalities.

Business

Alistair Fairweather

The GenAI genie is out of the bottle

GenAI will boost productivity among workers who know how to ask the right questions.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

Fear and loathing in the WordPress world

The co-founder of the WordPress CMS is acting like a petty tyrant, and is risking the entire ecosystem.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

Judgment day for Google

Two courts have ruled against Google, which is good news for customers and rivals, but devising practical remedies is going to be a challenge.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

Intel down, but not out

Intel has, so far, conspicuously failed to capitalise on the move into AI.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

Don’t Panic

If the system on which the world runs is turned off, what are our contingency plans?

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

Huawei strides past Apple’s iOS

In just five years, Huawei has managed to claw together a larger share of the market than Microsoft did in over 15.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

Why is Google losing the AI race?

After nearly three decades of global dominance, the company is starting to lose its shine.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

The fragility of open source

How a lone coder uncovered a Linux backdoor that could have sent shockwaves through the open source supply chain.

Innovation

Alistair Fairweather

ChatGPT no substitute for human effort

LLMs will improve to the point where they make very few errors of fact, but the errors will still be there.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather