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Last Week on My Mac: Hollywood’s lessons

What should we learn from the “mysterious data corruption issue” which struck down Mac Pros used in editing studios?

September 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Internet search isn’t fit for purpose

Search is getting worse: only 2 good hits in the first 15. The time has come for independent benchmarks to provide Google and others with consumer-oriented targets.

August 5, 2018 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Google Translate you’re drunk, go home

Can you translate Selbstporträt als Fahnenträger into English, please, Google?

January 16, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

An introduction to rights to use images in blogs and websites

How can a blogger (or website author) ensure that they do not infringe copyright when using images of artworks? Here are some suggestions.

November 4, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

How ranking may be polarising society

Facebook, Google, Amazon, and others now use AI to make choices for us. Are they changing our opinions too?

July 6, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

More mapstakes

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When I drove down the drive I had seen on the satellite view, it opened out to a block of flats. The care home had vanished.

June 8, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Sweet talk and salutory reminders

The decision to shut down Revolv home hubs is inexcusable, but hardly surprising, and another good reason for caution when buying into IoT.

April 5, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Six stand against the UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo together have a lot of clout. More than the UK government?

March 25, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The surrogate, virtual, and intangible, and their worth

Alphabet (formerly Google) now has the largest market capitalisation of any company in the world. That’s got to be news, hasn’t it?

February 2, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Internet-enabled toys, kids, and their safety

As a parent, threats to children now seem out of your control. Should you let them have that Internet-enabled Barbie doll, or remain a Luddite?

December 11, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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