TechScape: Why CrowdStrike-style chaos is here to stay
Countless theories for the cybersecurity firm’s outage are flying, but whatever the reason, the fact is that this sort of thing is likely to happen again
Claude 3.5 suggests AI’s looming ubiquity could be a good thing
In this week’s newsletter: If you don’t like chatbots popping up everywhere, get ready to be peeved. But the latest version of Anthropic’s shows AI is becoming more useful – and, crucially, affordable
Why Facebook won’t be influential in the UK general election
In this week’s newsletter: All-powerful ‘microtargeting’ swaying the masses into voting a certain way was always overblown, but these days social media has moved on – and so have the parties
TechScape: How Snapchat is saving itself – and keeping up with Silicon Valley giants
The messaging service pegs itself as the ‘happiest place’ online, but Snap’s Ronan Harris explain how its post-pandemic struggles has made it focus on being friendlier not just to users but to small businesses, too
TechScape: No WhatsApp in China, no TikTok in the US, and the return of Llama
In this week’s newsletter: While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a squeak of public protest, its battle with the EU rages on. Plus, how a ban in the US could change TikTok everywhere
TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English
Workers in Africa have been exploited first by being paid a pittance to help make chatbots, then by having their own words become AI-ese. Plus, new AI gadgets are coming for your smartphones
TechScape: How one man stopped a potentially massive cyber-attack – by accident
In this week’s newsletter: An unknown attacker carefully infiltrated Linux over Easter, and very nearly gained access to millions of computers – were it not for one mildly inconvenienced developer
TechScape: Is the US calling time on Apple’s smartphone domination?
The tech giant fights regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, as the US government launches a grab-bag of accusations. Plus, Elon Musk’s bad day in court
TechScape: Could a Labour ‘nudification’ manifesto bring more safety to AI?
A new proposal aims to bring greater oversight to AI development, from deepfakes and ‘cheapfakes’ to electoral misinformation, but it could highlight a divide between parties
