After catching the cold/flu for the 3rd time in the last 2 months, I finally decided to get the flu jab. …but that’s now been cancelled because the flu jab nurse is ill too xD #lurgy #flu #londonlife

Goodness, from looking at my email inbox today - it seems like everybody is upset with the Budget for a multitude of reasons, yikes 😬

In other news, our lift has just stopped working. I doubt it’s got anything to do with Cloudflare but it’s a funny coincidence. Yes, I should probably get off the Internet and go outside 🤣😭

X seems to be back but you can’t upload any photos. Anyway, here’s the information I’ve collected so far about the #Cloudflare outage:

X is back! But right now, I can’t seem to post anything. Anybody else having the same experience?

Not LMAO, all my builds are broken because the testing library is hosted on CloudFlare.

Oh look this is relevant again

happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate

Question: Everyone else in the world affected by the #Cloudflare outage, if you go to cloudflarestatus.com, do you get a similar page to what I’ve got but with your geographic region listed? Does it say that your WARP access has been disabled too?

The last day of @websummit.bsky.social was a blast! 🎤 Chris Ballance of IonQ and I chatted about #quantum chips based on trapped ions, then I delved into superconducting quantum applications in aerospace with Mirko Reuter of @airbus.com Defence & Dr. Juan Bernabe Moreno of IBM Research Europe.

Hello from @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, Portugal! 👋🏼 Today I spoke abt chip shortages & #cloud sovereignty at the Economic Policy Summit, plus interviewing an electric truck startup & #AI autonomous software firm abt the future of logistics at Machine Summit. Back tomorrow to chat quantum 😉

I'm off to Lisbon today for @websummit.bsky.social, where I'll be speaking and moderating panels, plus hunting for cool new ideas to cover. Here are the details, come see me interviewing live on stage 👇 #websummit2025 #AI #quantum #cloudcomputing #techpolicy #datasovereignty

Seeing that someone has resigned from the BBC tonight. That person directly aided and abetted in bullying me and is one of the reasons I left the BBC. Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it?

Pleased to announce that I'll be speaking and moderating at @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon next week. I'm also actively looking for story ideas relating to emerging tech, tech policy and anything cool or quirky, so feel free to pitch me! 📧[email protected] #websummit #AI #cybersecurity

A major overhaul of IT infrastructure in just-in-time power networks across the Western world is needed as it's incredibly easy to overwhelm national grids - we're just lucky that attackers haven't bothered, so far. Here's my latest for @theregister.com🔐: www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/e...

Just seen my latest cybersecurity article is currently being featured top on @theregister.com, while another piece I wrote for The Array has climbed to second Most Popular on that site. How nice😊

I was asked on air twice yesterday re the #AWS outage but was busy. From seeing analysis tho, I'm glad I didn't - no journalist could have told you how this happened. "DNS" is not an answer. Unless I can explain it the way @quinnypig.com has, I don't bother: www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

Could proactive malware vaccines that make simple cosmetic changes to Windows PC #PowerShell profiles to trick #malware help to turn the tide against the onslaught of ransomware attacks? 🔐👾 Here's my latest feature for @theregister.com: www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/m... #cybersecurity

Everyone keen on sovereign cloud & on-premise cloud is having a field day with the AWS outage xD The problem is the region US-EAST-1, which is the default when you open the AWS console. A lot of firms use it as it’s the oldest, largest & therefore offers cheaper prices for on-demand capacity.

At @rusi.bsky.social’s military technology conference today, where AI, automation & sovereign control are the main topics 🤖 Love putting on my military tech hat again (covering since 2014) Also enjoying the gorgeous architecture of the Banqueting House, a stone’s throw from No. 10 Downing Street

I’m not sure what London Mayor Sadiq Khan thinks Apple & Samsung can do abt phone thefts. A method that could work wld be to create a list of stolen IMEI numbers & get mobile operators around the world to block them so they don’t work whichever SIM card you put in… www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

Me: It's so great to see #quantum mechanics, the foundations of superconducting qubits, recognised by the Nobel committee. Also me: So why do editors continually refuse quantum news or feature pitches? This is the future, yo. If you'd like some quantum articles, let me know😊

Hello from The Hague! I’m covering the One Conference this week and having lots of interesting conversations on developments in #cybersecurity 🔐 Here are some fun moments from the first day 🌈 #thehague #oneconference #presstrip #technologynews #innovation

I don’t usually want to promote a feature from a tech company, but I really like this idea. Helping to prevent AI content scrapers is definitely ethical behaviour that I can get behind. 👍🏼

A lot of my work for a while has been for the private sector, so it's nice to have a direct byline for once! Here's my new feature article on the hidden problems in #AI and #cloud investment that are being overlooked, for The Array 🤖☁️:

🧵 1/7 Maybe this is weird given I'm a tech journalist who loves innovation, but over the last year I've started feeling very uncomfortable with the idea of using AI & the cloud, unless it's strictly necessary, as I feel I'm part of the problem & exacerbating climate change🌍🌡️

I am very impressed that DSIT made this sexy infographic to explain the new UK Compute Roadmap. So impressed I hope to stick it in some work somewhere. Just look at this beauty...👇🏼

I don't like to disparage anyone's work, but I think we need to be careful abt editorialising. If you've just won a $200m military contract, I don't think you're "desperate". I think you're laughing all the way to the bank. Journalism shouldn't be abt saying words other liberals might like to hear..

The effects of Trump’s tariffs: Alibaba is now heavily focused on courting UK businesses who might want to manufacture something, paying for one of the most expensive advertising slots in London - the travelator at Waterloo station, where campaigns cost up to £250,000… 👀

Our Labour govt is now trying to get rid of end-to-end encryption, since the Conservatives previously were told there is no way to bypass it. It makes perfect sense for Meta to join forces with Apple as enabling mass surveillance is a huge no-no. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I find this announcement a little bit funny since IBM previously insisted to me that they didn't want people to see AI as "a big central box". I know this isn't AI, but clearly not everyone is sure abt the vision of room-sized on-premise quantum computers, so we're back to this idea xD...

Well the writing's been on the wall for a while, if you look at Elon Musk's tweets. Just because you put him into power doesn't mean you can control him, and I reckon Musk was actually shocked by how people reacted to wards him & Tesla's share price... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ElonMusk #DOGE

My neighbour’s video as I was indoors working and not on my phone, but when you live by the Thames, you get to see really cool stuff like this huge naval ship The Sutherland passing by just casually playing bagpipes on Monday afternoon….

I’m starting to see major effects from the Co-op & M&S #cyberattacks - half-empty Co-ops with bemused staff standing around, brides in wedding fb groups saying their “naked wedding cake” orders have all been cancelled & begging for last minute alternatives….

Was back on @TRTWorld last night to comment on the European Commission fining #Apple & #Meta a total of €700m (£599m) using the new Digital Markets Act. While I feel the EU’s approach to fining Meta is just, I think they are being a bit heavy-handed with Apple. Video to come!

Trans women are women, full stop. 🏳️‍⚧️ Credit: @glamour.com on Instagram

Back on the telly on TRT World last night discussing the US #Meta anti-trust trial 🎤📹 There’s much interest 👀 in whether the #FTC will force Meta to sell off #Instagram & #WhatsApp. The tech industry fears that if Meta is broken up, it will set a precedent that will stifle innovation 📉

Fascinating talk by Uni of Naples Federico II’s Prof Angela Sara Cacciapuoti @royalsociety.org this afternoon about where we are with designing the quantum internet and how distributed multipartite entanglement will play a key part in realising such a network 🛜 #quantumcomputing #quantuminternet

Back @royalsociety.org on Day 2 of the Bits, Neurons and Qubits for Sustainable AI Conference for the afternoon session on quantum AI - two of my favourite specialist subjects in one! 🤖💡❄️ #quantumcomputing #AI #qubits

Watching Lav Varshney explain how Anthropic’s Claude model locates skills to help solve a mathematical problem, as part of his explanation on how to improve LLM performance in reasoning tasks @royalsociety.org’s Sustainable AI conference 🤖 #AI #MachineLearning #Claude #LLM

Currently @royalsociety.org’s Bits, Neurons & Qubits for Sustainable AI conference. Interesting research discussions so far on edge-computing and data compression / compute reduction 👩🏻‍💻🤖 #AI #machinelearning #wirelessnetworks #compression

Meghan Markle’s As Ever collection of jam, honey, baking mixes & teas has sold out in just 45 minutes. I fancied the jam. There seemed to be a mini restock 5 min ago but now it’s all gone. Relatively affordable, tho not sure how much UK shipping would have been, or taxes. #meghanmarkle #asever

I love this joke 🤣 It’s so simple, and yet you will only get it if you understand computer programming and unsigned integers 🪔

I'm really glad to hear that discussions are finally being held on newsroom culture, but rather than worry abt the impact of online abuse on reporters who write damaging lies abt other people, how abt looking at the vast negative impacts of a lying, bullying newsroom culture on reporters themselves?

The Atlantic story from yesterday is absolutely hilarious. But the funniest thing is that people on social media think Jeffrey Goldberg should have stayed in the private Signal group chat and just kept watching xD

A bit late to the party but I tried making #WithLoveMeghan’s one-pan vegetable pasta dish & it’s really nice! Very more-ish. Even got a friend who doesn’t like eating vegetables to try it - she liked it. I don’t have a Le Creuset pan but my trusty Tefal wok did just fine.

This is interesting - portable power banks are now being considered dangerous if they’re voltage is above 100Wh due to new rules about lithium batteries and charging them on aeroplanes 👇🏼🛫

So my career has had some random outcomes but this has to be the most unusual... I've been interviewed by Olivia Micenmacher of France's top royalty magazine Point De Vue on my views on #Meghan's new brand #AsEver. I did say I'm a tech journalist but they were still interested in my musings😅

Wow, so it was actually all about the Musk man 🙃

You know the shit's hit the fan when the @royalsociety.org comes out with this: