IBM Says 2026 Is the Year Quantum Computing Finally Beats Classical. I Think They're Right.
IBM has staked its roadmap on delivering quantum advantage by end of 2026. The UK government has committed £670 million. After two decades of filming tech announcements, this one feels different.
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IBM Says 2026 Is the Year Quantum Computing Finally Beats Classical. I Think They're Right.
IBM has staked its roadmap on delivering quantum advantage by end of 2026. The UK government has committed £670 million. After two decades of filming tech announcements, this one feels different.
Europe Thinks It Lost the Internet and the UK Is About to Learn Why
Belgium's cyber chief says Europe has lost the internet. The UK government just delayed its AI Bill until spring. These two facts are connected, and not in a good way.
£210 Million for Government Cyber Security. Good. But Let's Talk About What Actually Matters.
The government's new £210 million cyber action plan is a proper investment. But will the guidance be usable by the small businesses who need it most?
Your Staff's AI Notetaker Is Probably Listening to Things It Shouldn't
AI notetakers are joining your meetings without permission. Here's what's actually happening, why it matters under UK law, and what to do about it without becoming the fun police.
Why Your Keyboard Isn't Going Anywhere
Voice dictation is three times faster than typing. The tech finally works. So why are we still hammering away at keyboards? The answer is sitting in the desk next to you.
Designing a Greener Cloud Together
If you’ve been in a meeting lately where “sustainability” was mentioned, there’s a good chance someone said, “Yes, we should look into that,” and the conversation quietly moved on. It’s not that peopl...
Cloudflare Goes Quantum Safe Before Your Data Runs Out of Time
Most companies are still busy running risk assessments and tweaking compliance checklists, while attackers are already thinking years ahead. Cloudflare just added post-quantum cryptography to WARP,...
Post-Quantum Encryption is Here and Your Cloud Stack Isn't Ready
Right, so here's the thing that's keeping every CTO awake at night — and if it's not, it bloody well should be. NIST dropped their first official post-quantum encryption standards back in August 2024,...
The Spectacular Return of Technological Optimism and the Ghost of Cloud Computing
If history indeed repeats itself first as tragedy and then as farce, then the current frenzy around Artificial Intelligence might well represent technology's encore performance of cloud computing’s in...
Lost in Translation? 5 UK/US Culture Gap Lessons
There’s an old adage about the US and UK being two countries divided by a common language, a neat reference to the culture clash between these nations, despite their many similarities. And I’m well-...
Is sustainability ‘enough’ from a Cloud perspective?
The idea of uprooting entire sustainability initiatives that took years to formulate and deploy is unsettling for businesses but, in truth, it doesn’t have to be so revolutionary.
AI Quantum and IP Security Shaping Innovation
As technology continues to evolve, the boundaries of possibility are constantly beingpushed. Each year brings new advancements that reshape industries, redefine business operations, and introduce fres...