The script of my Reuters story on cybersecurity. Podcast available here (mp3) If you’re getting tired of internet security companies using images of padlocks, moats, drawbridges and barbed wire in their ads, then chances are you won’t have to put up with them much longer. Turns out that keeping the bad guys out of your … Read more
A piece I recorded for the BBC World Service. Not Reuters content. Disruptive innovation is like one of those terms that worms its way into our vocabulary, a bit like built-in obsolescence or upselling. It’s become the mantra of the tech world, awhich sees its author Clayton Christensen, as a sort of messiah of the … Read more
Let’s face it: we’re not about to have driverless cars in our driveway any time soon. Soonest: a decade. Latest: a lot longer, according to the folk I’ve spoken to. But in some ways, if you’ve got the dosh, you can already take your foot off the gas and hands off the steering wheel. Higher … Read more
This is a version of my (and Noel’s) Reuters piece on wireless charging, recorded for the BBC World Service. Without question, in a few years’ time our children will look back at pictures of this era and ask us what those little pieces of string are snaking across our desktops, bedside tables, mantelpieces and car … Read more
This is a piece I wrote and recorded for the BBC World Service. It’s not Reuters content Until my spoilsport wife told me to stop, I had a brief career battling for the little guy against big corporations and lousy service. I called myself the Consumer’s Caped Crusader. My theory is this: that as companies … Read more