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6 days ago | 
loudersound.com | Rich Hobson |Dannii Leivers |Dave Everley |Tamlin Magee
Festival season is upon us! The US might've got a head-start with Sonic Temple, but with Mystic kicking off in Europe the first week of June and the likes of Download and Hellfest following shortly after, we're well and truly into the season of new discoveries. Much as we do every month, we've searched far and wide to find you the most exciting new bands around to take us into June.
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1 week ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
In 2016, Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, released the solid protocol – a web decentralisaiton project, which is vital for realising his future vision of the internet, where people retain full control of the data they share online. But to achieve this vision he needed scale.
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1 week ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
When the Labour Party came to power in 2024, Keir Starmer immediately relaxed the UK’s planning laws, thus opening the gates for a data n the Labour Party came to power in 2024, Keir Starmer immediately relaxed the UK’s planning laws, thus opening the gates for a data centre construction boom. The move wasn’t just a way to attract international investment in a shaky economy – it was part of a larger strategy to make the UK a leader in AI technology.
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2 weeks ago | 
freitag.de | Tamlin Magee
Der italienisch-schottische Musiker Luca Prodan brachte in den 1980ern inmitten der Militärdiktatur den Post-Punk nach Argentinien. Dort wird er postum bis heute verehrt, in Europa kennt man seine Band Sumo kaum Von The Guardian Auf dem Höhepunkt der argentinischen Militärdiktatur landete 1980 ein großer, dünner Mann auf dem Flughafen von Buenos Aires.
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3 weeks ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
With doomscrolling, digital addiction and brain-breaking misinformation, much has been said about the impact of technology on our mental health. But far fewer words have been uttered on the damaging effects computing can have on our physical wellbeing. When technology fails, it can cause distress and raise levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the brain. One technique for combatting overly high cortisol is deep-breathing exercises. However, technology may be hampering our ability to do this too.
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3 weeks ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
With today’s hard drives packing terabytes of storage and even the flimsiest internet connections delivering transfer speeds of 30 megabytes per second, it’s baffling to think that the sturdy floppy disk, with its mere megabytes of capacity, was once the default medium for the exchange of digital information. For decades, these rectangular hardware units symbolised computing. Now, their legacy is a literal symbol – the ‘save’ icon appearing on our software toolbars.
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4 weeks ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
In September 2024, Andy Jassy, Amazon’s CEO, announced a return-to-office mandate that would require the firm’s office staff to be on-site five days per week. Although Amazon’s employees reportedly began ‘rage applying’ for other jobs, and a petition protesting the decision gathered signatures from 30,000 staff, many commentators predicted the initiative would inspire a wide-scale shift back to in-office working. Eight months on, that prediction has yet to come true.
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1 month ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
With weeks of cyber chaos for Marks and Spencer, an attack on the Co-op and now Harrods being targeted by cyber criminals, UK retailers are on high alert. On the Easter weekend, M&S suffered a cyber incident that affected contactless payments and knocked its web store offline. Its stock was also affected, with shelves running empty in its brick-and-mortar shops.
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1 month ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
When your phone battery’s in the red zone with quickly depleting power reserves, spotting a free charging station can feel like encountering a lush oasis in the blistering desert heat. However, people should be wary of using public ports to charge their devices. A new variation of an old cyber attack, called juice jacking, could sneak malware onto your device while it’s plugged in.
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1 month ago | 
raconteur.net | Tamlin Magee
The prevalence of the generative AI brings to light important questions around who owns our data and whether or not we have a say in how it’s used. Almost every platform markets AI features. In our professional lives, AI pop-ups offer to summarise Zoom meetings or guide us through Salesforce’s CRM, meanwhile users of Meta’s Instagram and WhatsApp have compared removing its AI chatbot to “opting out of a bad blind date”.
