Posts by Mike Knight

The world’s biggest hard drive manufacturers have already allocated all the units they will produce this year after hyperscale AI and cloud operators secured the bulk of available capacity. AI Infrastructure Buys Up The Year Western Digital and Seagate have both confirmed that their nearline hard drive production for calendar year 2026 is effectively spoken…

The UK government is moving to force tech platforms to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours of being flagged or face fines of up to 10 percent of global turnover. The 48 Hour Rule On 19 February 2026, ministers confirmed an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that will place a strict 48…

Microsoft has published peer-reviewed research demonstrating that data can be written into ordinary borosilicate glass and preserved for more than 10,000 years, positioning its ‘Project Silica’ work as a potential long-term archival storage platform for the cloud era. The Challenge This development addresses a persistent challenge for hyperscale cloud providers and large enterprises, i.e., how…

Ring’s latest AI-powered tool, designed to help find lost dogs and monitor wildfires, has prompted a backlash over how far neighbourhood camera networks should go. Search Party Expanded Ring, owned by Amazon, has just expanded its new Search Party feature across the United States, allowing its outdoor cameras to automatically scan for missing dogs reported…

New research suggests that generative AI adoption may actually intensify work patterns and increase burnout risk rather than reduce workload. Research (Inside A Live Company) For several years, generative artificial intelligence has been promoted as a way to reduce administrative burden and free professionals to focus on higher value tasks. Tools based on large language…

Google has expanded its Search removal tools to make it easier for users to request the deletion of sensitive personal information and non-consensual explicit images from search results. Announced on Safer Internet Day The update, announced to coincide with Safer Internet Day, strengthens Google’s existing “Results about you” system and introduces a simpler process for…

Openreach has warned that more than half a million UK business lines remain on legacy copper infrastructure and will face steep price rises as the Public Switched Telephone Network approaches its January 2027 switch-off. A Century Old Network Reaches Its End The Public Switched Telephone Network, known as the PSTN, has carried most UK phone…

SpaceX is now prioritising plans to build what Elon Musk describes as a “self-growing city” on the Moon, placing it ahead of its long-stated ambition to establish a settlement on Mars. A Public Reordering Of Priorities Elon Musk announced on X that SpaceX is focusing first on the Moon rather than Mars. He wrote: “For…