Can we build better megaprojects with massive cranes? An engineering revolution happened with Hinkley Point C, as I reported for Professional Engineering www.imeche.org/news/news-ar...

A UK space firm is leading the way in a new spcae race - my latest for The London Standard www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/sp...

If you are one of the 2.1% of OpenAI employees not using Codex, I want to speak to you www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...

You might have had Alexa or Rufus pop up this Prime Day to direct you to bargains. My latest for @fastcompany.com looks at why they're there, and if they work in parting you from more cash www.fastcompany.com/91563947/ama...

Amazon has left an indelible impact on the fabric of America. It argues it's positive. Others are less certain. By me for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/h...

How do you harden drones against hacks and attacks? It's a question many military leaders are starting to ask. So for @imecheh.bsky.social I looked into it www.imeche.org/news/news-ar...

This is a fun panel and it's happening now! I'm posting from the stage. Come watch along

AI companies say we're going to be shopping though their systems in the near future - but a new study suggests you can waylay recommendations with a single webpage. My latest for @fastcompany.com on the weird future ahead www.fastcompany.com/91562049/one...

Is there a third way for software engineers looking to adopt AI that doesn't involve not doing anything due to legal teams' fears, and paying US companies big moolah? My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/ai/engineeri...

God, AI is remarkable. I've got an uncomfortably warm office at my university that they refuse to do anything about. Bought a £10 smart thermometer which has an associated app but I want to access it remotely. Uses Bluetooth. Have vibe coded a remote access dashboard

We've had SpaceX, and we're expecting OpenAI and Anthropic. Are the big AI mega-IPOs about to break the stock market? My latest for The Standard www.standard.co.uk/business/ai-...

UK government going very Chinese-y between thinking about cracking down on VPNs and dictating what you see in your feeds a la Douyin's "positive energy" tab in China www.ft.com/content/7f14...

If you have a script/screener of this movie, I would love to see it variety.com/2026/film/gl...

The climate at the World Cup is hot - so how do national teams at the tournament keep players cool? My latest for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...

I increasingly believe the future of AI is going to be locally-hosted models running on our own devices, not subject to export bans or the whims of companies. My latest for @tomshardware.com on my own setup www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Congress, like many other areas of government, has a deficit in AI knowledge. So how do we fix it? My latest for @transformernews.ai tries to offer some options www.transformernews.ai/p/how-to-fil...

Congress, like many other areas of government, has a deficit in AI knowledge. So how do we fix it? My latest for @transformernews.ai tries to offer some options www.transformernews.ai/p/how-to-fil...

The cut-throat competition to get placements in AI chatbot responses is resulting in some companies starting to do down their competitors on blog posts hosted on their own websites. My latest for @sherwood.news sherwood.news/tech/compani...

The cut-throat competition to get placements in AI chatbot responses is resulting in some companies starting to do down their competitors on blog posts hosted on their own websites. My latest for @sherwood.news sherwood.news/tech/compani...

The screeching halt for the distribution of the Claude Mythos and Fable models is a major headache for cybersecurity departments - my latest for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/us-l...

The folks at Business Traveller asked me to look at whether there's a 35,000-foot-sized loophole in the social media ban announced by the government yesterday. Your kids will be on tenterhooks www.businesstraveller.com/news/is-ther...

The folks at Business Traveller asked me to look at whether there's a 35,000-foot-sized loophole in the social media ban announced by the government yesterday. Your kids will be on tenterhooks www.businesstraveller.com/news/is-ther...

The screeching halt for the distribution of the Claude Mythos and Fable models is a major headache for cybersecurity departments - my latest for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/us-l...

Big names like Bryan Johnson are hacking their bodies to try and improve life and healthspan - but what does the science behind it show? My latest for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Keir Starmer's social media ban is a cowardly legacy grab by an outgoing prime minister that will reshape millions of childhoods – and arguably for the worse. Oh, and it won't work. My latest for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/socia...

The SpaceX stock boom on Friday stretched trading apps to their breaking point. With OpenAI and Anthropic's IPOs still to come, is that an augur of the future? My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91559698/spa...

Keir Starmer's social media ban is a cowardly legacy grab by an outgoing prime minister that will reshape millions of childhoods – and arguably for the worse. Oh, and it won't work. My latest for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/socia...

Keir Starmer keeps referring to the consultation as evidence for why the social media ban isn't a last gasp by-election gambit in his answers to the press. The consultation had 116,211 responses to 54 questions. The government has published a single percentage of answers to just two questions

Trump's export control on Fable/Mythos is a) the best case for AI sovereignty that doesn't rely on a handful of US models you can make and b) another example of Anthropic's "ooh scary model" overhype blowing back in their face

@dlauer.bsky.social Hi Dave, hope you're well - could I get a quick DM for an urgent story I'm writing? Thanks

The IPO is now live (but still not accessible to the general public, so high is demand). Here's why that's... tricky

SpaceX's IPO is remarkable in many ways - not least because its plans outline science that is nowhere near reality yet. For @sciam.bsky.social I dug into what is likely and what needs more work - but with Elon Musk, is always possible www.scientificamerican.com/article/spac...

Today is a massive moment for Elon Musk. So why did he spent yesterday twiddling his thumbs on social media supporting racist bile? My latest for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/elon...

We tore down the "assembled in America" Trump phone, X-rayed it, and conducted a technical analysis. It is nearly identical to the HTC U24 Pro, which is made by a Taiwanese company with Chinese parts. Read the full analysis here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets...

You've got until 22nd June to enjoy Anthropic's new AI model - at which point it goes behind a (much more expensive) API paywall. My latest for @fastcompany.com explores whether this is the new economics of AI www.fastcompany.com/91557467/ant...

AI has been touted as a way to make developers more productive. But a new paper suggests that actually all it's doing is making them busier. My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/ai/ai-isnt-m...

The World Cup starts tomorrow! Plenty of focus has been on the standard of the pitches in warm-up games and training facilities, but a lot of scientific engineering has gone into the real surfaces. My latest for @sciam.bsky.social speaks to those behind it www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

The AI bill is coming due - but how will businesses pay for the tokens they're burning? My latest for @fastcompany.com looks what happens when you're on the hook for a mutli-million-dolalr bill you didn't realise www.fastcompany.com/91556417/ai-...

Smart sand with RFID chips embedded could help solve the UK's water quality problems - my latest for IMechE www.imeche.org/news/news-ar...

Why are CPUs becoming ever more important for data centres? My latest for @tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

So... what was the prime minister's announcement today about stopping the sharing of explicit images on about, and how likely is it to be enforced? I dug into the details for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2529...

My latest for @nature.com looks at the challenge researchers are facing thanks to bots scraping their data uploaded alongside their research - and what they think ought to be done about it www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why are CPUs becoming ever more important for data centres? My latest for @tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

So... what was the prime minister's announcement today about stopping the sharing of explicit images on about, and how likely is it to be enforced? I dug into the details for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2529...

My latest for @nature.com looks at the challenge researchers are facing thanks to bots scraping their data uploaded alongside their research - and what they think ought to be done about it www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@leelum.bsky.social Hello! You've got a DM!

@joristeer.bsky.social Hi Joris, following up on our DM conversation - thanks

Anthropic came out with an eye-popping blog post calling for a global, coordinated pause on AI development because it sees something in the tea leaves. Not everyone is so convinced. My latest for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/anth...

Anthropic came out with an eye-popping blog post calling for a global, coordinated pause on AI development because it sees something in the tea leaves. Not everyone is so convinced. My latest for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/anth...

Synthetic data is everywhere you look, from market research to polling - but is it any good? My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91554056/syn...