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Sea

Under the sea, under the sea

‘Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter, take it from me’ – Sebastian the crab, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, ‘Under the Sea’, 1990. What on Earth were we watching (and singing along to) in our youth? Good grief. But Sebastian the crab

Pull the plug!

Or in this case, don’t put it in there in the first place. Good all-round advice for life there. The type of plug to which I am referring however, are smart plugs. And this week I happened across a very interesting blog

What a hack *applause*

For decades, the US has been aware of the vulnerabilities within its energy infrastructure, yet no contingency plans seem to have been put in place. Now, after an (oddly easily executed) hack on one of the country’s major fuel lines cut the

Big tech or a big problem? Tackling the monopoly

The relentless rise of ‘big tech’ (specifically the ‘big six’) consisting of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Alphabet (owner of Google), Apple and last but not least, Microsoft – has led to these companies possessing power quite unlike anything we have ever seen. These

5G

5G: Are we a country of secret cynics?

If you’ve been reading my newsletters for any length of time, you will probably have an inkling by now, I’m pretty cynical at the best of times. But online data has shown, that when it comes to the rollout of 5G, as

Fraud

The answer to fraud? Education, education, education

‘Knowledge is power’, ‘it’s easy when you know how’, phrases we hear all too often. Phrases I hear all too often are things like, ‘data breach’, ‘scam’, ‘fraud’, ‘is that fourth glass really necessary?’ Just the sort of negativity none of us

FLAP

No need to FLAP

Well, there certainly isn’t for the European data centre market, as the FLAP market prepares for record take-up and supply growth, surpassing 2,000MW. Of course, the FLAP (Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris) crew will be getting the attention it’s used to, expecting

tech

The church of tech?

Many tech companies have been touted for leading the way with their sustainability measures and green credentials, yet tech billionaires have carbon footprints thousands of times higher than the average person. The wealthy own yachts, planes and multiple mansions, all of which

facial

That’s not my face: When facial recognition goes wrong

For a while now, law enforcement have been using biometrics to help fight crime, and more recently, advances have been happening in the field of facial recognition technology. The idea behind biometric technology such as this is to improve the ‘quality and

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