A look at the rise of AI companion apps; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with 220M+ total downloads as of July 2025
The technology is changing the way many people meet and form relationships but some experts believe it may do more harm than good LinkedIn: Kieran Smith . Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app LinkedIn:...
Sources: UK companies tell the UK that a planned ban on paying ransoms to ransomware gangs is unlikely to stop attacks and could result in services collapsing
Kieran Smith / Financial Times : LinkedIn: Greg Palmer . Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social LinkedIn: Greg Palmer : Georgina Kon and I spoke with Kieran Smith from the Financial Times about the...
ThinkBroadband: 78%+ of UK properties have access to full-fiber broadband, up from 12% in January 2020, which experts trace to Ofcom pushing competition in 2021
If that chucklefuck worked any harder for ISPs they'd have to list him as a line item on your cable bill. [embedded post] Dominik Picheta / @dom96.picheta.me : A rare thing in the UK that's actually ...
Sources: Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd says Bumble's “center of gravity” will move to the US where the “talent pool is right now”; 70% of its staff is UK-based
Amazing that Bumble's staff weren't charmed by their CEO's approach.... [images] Christopher Mims / @mims : “Dating apps are feeling like a thing of the past” says [checks notes] CEO of a dating app ...