The business side of technology: AI, chips, data centres, cybersecurity and new tools, with the costs, risks and evidence explained in plain language.
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A phone’s update promise usually starts at its original release, not the day you buy it used. Check the exact model’s remaining security support, battery condition and total cost before judging the deal.
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Apple has announced a 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, with pre-orders opening on 28 October. Its performance claims are useful only when matched to the computer and workload you actually use.
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Understand synced and device-bound passkeys, plan account recovery and check your backup before replacing a phone.
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A helpful AI agent can encounter hostile instructions inside a webpage. A practical guide to separating what it reads from what it is allowed to do.
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A companion to Theories Elucidated’s first documentary: separate bot traffic from human activity, understand model collapse, and trace online claims to evidence.
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Understand what cyber insurance can cover, how policy conditions affect claims, and why tested backups, MFA and an incident plan still matter.
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Explore how AI agents change junior finance tasks, where human review remains essential, and how to build practical evidence of judgment and analytical skill.
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Learn how AI voice scams exploit trust and urgency, why familiar audio is not proof, and how a callback routine can protect your family and business.
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Explore ikigai beyond the popular career diagram, and use skill-building, bounded experiments and personal constraints to evaluate a possible work change.
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A practical post-quantum migration guide covering cryptographic roles, NIST standards, long-lived data, inventories, vendors, and interoperability.
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A grounded guide to robot components, task fit, uptime, supervision, safety, good-unit output, and illustrative cost per productive hour.
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How to test and deploy small language models with retrieval, selective fine-tuning, held-out evaluation, escalation routes, and realistic TCO.
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A control-first guide to finance agents, including three-way matching, evidence, permission tiers, prompt injection, exceptions, and illustrative ROI.
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Follow the money from investors to chips, data centres and paying customers.