Articles by Chris Merriman
Blade Runner is set in November 2019, here's how accurate the tech is
Perfect human replicas but not so much as a Nokia 3310 to be seen
RIPE's IPv4 allocations to run out next month
Crunch time finally approaches for IPv4
Python creator Guido van Rossum quits Dropbox, triggering his retirement
But he's not an ex-programmer. He has not ceased to be.
Ticwatch S2 review
A great fitness watch disgused as an above average smartwatch
Bitdefender on how its protecting your smart home with a Box
And why all the machine learning happens inside your home network
Robocop, but not as you know him: Singapore's has four tyres and a camera
Singapore showed the robot off at the Annual Association of South East Asian Nations conference
EU is testing AI-controlled border crossing - updated
Hungary, Latvia and Greece are testing the iBorderCtrl (yes, really) AI system
Warning over VPNFilter malware and botnet as more routers are affected
Popular Netgear and TP-Link routers added to Cisco Talos VPNFilter warning list
April release date fixed for Microsoft's Windows 10 Spring Creators Update
Next Creators Update will feature Skype-like re-design of the user interface
Professor Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018: obituary
Hawking defied Motor Neurone Disease for much of his life
Obituary - Professor Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018
Professor Stephen Hawking overcome the debilitating effects of motor neuron disease diagnosed at the age of just 21
Microsoft to dump Windows 10 S and ship Windows 10 with a locked-down 'S Mode' instead
Joe Belfiore confirms the operating system shift on Twitter
Microsoft pulls Meltdown and Spectre Windows patch poleaxing AMD Athlon PCs, blaming AMD for the borkage
AMD documentation not up to snuff, sniffs Microsoft
Nintendo Switch reaches 10 million sales less than nine months after launch
Nintendo plans to manufacture up to 30 million Switch consoles next year
Google Pixel 2 XL has a problem with responsiveness at screen edges
Another problem with the Google Pixel 2? That's unusual, isn't it?
Uber loses employment rights appeal over drivers' self-employed status
Uber vows to fight on (and on, and on)
Amazon Key will enable drivers to let themselves in to your house to deposit parcels
Err, I don't think so, thank you very much, Amazon
Facebook claims 30,000 more customers for Workplace as it adds chat, and clients for Windows and Mac
Facebook adds features to Workplace in a bid to chisel off some users from Slack
Google Pixel 2: Users complain of even more faults
Problems deepen for Google's ultra-expensive smartphone
Elon Musk: AI, not North Korea's Kim Jong-un, will start World War Three
Musk responds to Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning that the leader in AI would "become ruler of the world"
Windows 7 EOL timebomb identified
Latest figures reveal Microsoft is still struggling to shift people off Windows 7. Will it be the XP End of Life drama all over again?
Google and Apple share 'mixed reality' plans
Mixed reality adds a virtual edge to the real world
465,000 vulnerable pacemakers recalled by US authorities
Faulty firmware in St Jude Medical / Abbotts devices means there is a risk of malicious attack
Uber unveils new CEO - Dara Khosrowshahi lured from Expedia - to replace Travis Kalanick
Uber brings in "calming influence" to help steady the sinking ship
Western Digital's MyCloud Home aims to unify the connected home
First NAS aimed at the smart home
Crucial releases BX300 SSD offering more performance for the same price
Still running your old PC on spinning rust? Crucial wants you to buy one of these instead
Eve V, the World's first crowdsourced tablet, to be launched within weeks
Eve V looks like it will give the Microsoft Surface Pro a strong run for its money - if the price is right
Google Updates: Sex, Yandex and Bad Ad Hex
It's the week in Google....
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations officially announced
Microsoft reveals another new feature in the Fall Creators' Update
Google engineer fingered for writing diversity memo is fired
Engineer James Damore "currently exploring all possible legal remedies"
Windows 10 eye-tracking feature goes into open beta for Microsoft's Windows Insiders
Accessibility feature will enable Windows 10 users to type with their eyes
IBM breaks tape storage record getting 330 terabytes onto a single cartridge
Who said tape was (completely) dead?
Half of UK adults never change their router password
Security? We've heard of it
Acer releases cut-price HoloLens alternative to developers - available for just $300
If it's anything like Acer's laptops it will work for a couple of years and then fall apart
Mark Zuckerberg criticises Elon Musk for 'irresponsible' warnings over AI
But Elon Musk hits back suggesting that Zuckerberg 'has limited understanding of AI'
Western Digital wins injunction over Toshiba restoring access to intellectual property databases and chip samples for WD staff
Western Digital wins first round against Toshiba - one of many in the legal battles to come between the two companies
Ubuntu Linux lands in Microsoft Windows 10 Store for Insiders
Ubuntu for Windows to run in a Sandbox environment, with SUSE and Fedora also expected to get similar treatment
New internet DRM standard approved by W3C in 'compromise' that critics say favours content providers
HTML5 and 'encrypted media extensions' will at least mean that Flash and Silverlight can be put up against a wall and shot
Stanford and MIT researchers create 3D carbon nanotube CPU architecture
Techniques unlikely to be adopted any time soon, however
Researchers at Stanford and MIT create 3D carbon nanotube CPU architecture to stretch Moore's Law more
What they gain in enthusiasm, they lack in a solid ETA
Microsoft to nag Windows 10 users to upgrade to the Creators Edition
Microsoft to transmit on-screen pop-ups to prod Windows 10 users to install Creators Update
Volvo autonomous vehicles struggle to identify kangeroos on Australian roads
'When it's in the air it actually looks like it's further away, then it lands and it looks closer,' says Volvo's David Pickett
Microsoft admits to deactivating non-Microsoft security applications in Windows 10
Don't worry! Microsoft has a perfectly valid excuse, honest.
Passengers left steaming as IT glitch knocks out rail ticket machines
Commuters less than chuffed by ticket machine outage
Taxi for Uber CEO Travis Kalanick!
Kalanick resigns following shareholder pressure, as they watch their supposed $50bn company flush itself down the toilet
Atari to release the Ataribox, its first console since the Jaguar
Nostalgia never goes out of fashion
Microsoft shifts Windows Server to its twice-yearly update policy
Microsoft moves Windows Server to the same twice-yearly update cycle as Windows 10 and Office
Mozilla releases Firefox 54 web browser that, it claims, isn't a resource hog
Mozilla promises faster Firefox for browsers who like having hundreds of tabs open