The Software That Predates Your Mortgage28 Jun at 8:30 amSomewhere in a server room you'll never visit, a program written before mobile phones existed is processing your direct debit.…
Your WhatsApp Message Just Swam the Atlantic23 Jun at 3:48 pmYou tapped send, put your phone down, and carried on with your tea. Meanwhile, something extraordinary happened. Your message –…
The Co-Pilot Who Got There First22 May at 12:09 pmBy the time your foot actually moves, the conversation is already over. You spot a gap in traffic, decide to…
The Internet Is Not Up There. It’s Down There.11 May at 8:56 amMost people, if you asked them to point at the internet, would gesture vaguely upward. Towards a satellite, maybe, or…
The Holiday You Never Took Felt Better Than the One You Did21 Apr at 8:55 amThere is a particular kind of evening, usually in January or February, that goes roughly like this: you are on…
Your Screen Has Been Making Up Colours This Whole Time20 Apr at 8:08 amHold your phone at arm's length and look at anything on it. A blue sky, your friend's red jumper in…
The Computer That Learns Exactly Like You Do (and Fails the Same Way First)1 Feb at 9:50 amPicture a neural network on its first day trying to recognise a cat. It looks at a photograph and makes…
