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Articles on computing (that aren’t specifically about healthcare<\/a> or government IT<\/a>), including driverless cars\/autonomous vehicles.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have focused on computing for most of my career in journalism, working in the late 1990s and early 2000s for the weekly magazine (as it then was) of that name – a couple of articles are at the end of this list. <\/em><\/p>\n

Can business software empower rather than control workers?<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Nov 28, 2025<\/p>\n

How AI can help to optimise supply chains under pressure<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Sep 12, 2025<\/p>\n

Business resilience needs comprehensive approach<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Jul 23, 2025<\/p>\n

How generative AI is playing out in the media industry<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, May 6, 2025<\/p>\n

Large language models harnessed for education<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Jul 31, 2023<\/p>\n

The importance of improving data quality at source<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Dec 29, 2022<\/p>\n

How to track greenhouse gas emissions<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Jun 27, 2022<\/p>\n

How algorithmic automation could manage workers ethically<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Apr 14, 2022<\/p>\n

How data analytics drives wind turbine power generation<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Mar 15, 2022<\/p>\n

Big Data London: Mitigate AI bias rather than try to remove it, say experts<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Sep 24, 2021<\/p>\n

How to monitor remote workers humanely<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Dec 30, 2020<\/p>\n

Learning on the job when working from home<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Dec 15, 2020<\/p>\n

How business software can stay clear of digital addiction<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Jul 9, 2020<\/p>\n

Designing software to include older people in the digital world<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Apr 29, 2020<\/p>\n

How HR robotics can be good for people<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Feb 20, 2020<\/p>\n

Robot markers and online submissions: what will exam assessments look like in the future?<\/a>
\nGuardian Labs (Transforming the student experience series paid for by Jisc), Feb 19, 2020<\/p>\n

How diversity spurs creativity in software development<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Dec 16, 2019<\/p>\n

Mr Robot: will androids ever be able to convince people they\u2019re human?<\/a> and How cloud computing helped one university to digitise the student experience<\/a>
\nGuardian Labs (Connected University series paid for by Staffordshire University), Nov 29 and Dec 4, 2019<\/p>\n

How companies can do the right thing with online reviews<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Nov 6, 2019<\/p>\n

Search beyond search engines<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Oct 30, 2019<\/p>\n

Automatic for the people? Experts predict how AI will transform the workplace<\/a>
\nGuardian B2B, Jul 18, 2019<\/p>\n

Can you trust Huawei… or any other networks supplier for that matter?<\/a>
\nThe Register, Jul 10, 2019<\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s autonomous ships point to new horizons<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, May 29, 2019<\/p>\n

Reinventing higher education: \u2018Can we use AI to give the lecturer superpowers?\u2019<\/a>
\nGuardian Labs (Transforming the student experience series paid for by Jisc), Apr 9, 2019<\/p>\n

Can work allocation algorithms play fair?<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Feb 18, 2019<\/p>\n

When is it best to stick with paper?<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Jan 2, 2019<\/p>\n

Antisocial media and AI in play at Oxford Science and Ideas Festival<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Dec 3, 2018<\/p>\n

Where in Britain works best for IT?<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Nov 9, 2018<\/p>\n

Software requirements for international aid go beyond cloud and apps<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Oct 19, 2018<\/p>\n

Blueprint of modern construction can be found in a tech cluster… of 19th century England (Geek’s Guide to Flaxmill Maltings, Shrewsbury)<\/a>
\nThe Register, Sep 27, 2018<\/p>\n

Blockchain delivers value with food sourcing system<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Sep 18, 2018<\/p>\n

Ethical AI requires collaboration and framework development<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Jun 20, 2018<\/p>\n

Reinventing the wheel<\/a>
\nEconomist Intelligence Unit Innovation Matters series, Jun 13, 2018<\/p>\n

Chatbots demonstrate unexpected range of uses, from mental health to education<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, May 5, 2018<\/p>\n

How artificial intelligence can aid and replace higher order human creativity<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Mar 22, 2018<\/p>\n

Life’s a beach \u2013 then you’re the comms nexus of the British Empire and Marconi-baiting hax0rs (Geek’s Guide to the Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno)<\/a>
\nThe Register, Feb 15, 2018<\/p>\n

We already give up our privacy to use phones, why not with cars too?<\/a>
\nThe Register, Feb 14, 2018<\/p>\n

Are you human? How to defeat the bots in e-commerce<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Feb 9, 2018<\/p>\n

How gamification is used to motivate workers<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Nov 3, 2017<\/p>\n

Hotter than the Sun: JET \u2013 Earth\u2019s biggest fusion reactor, in Culham (Geek’s Guide)<\/a>
\nThe Register, Sep 25, 2017<\/p>\n

Automated decision making shows worrying signs of limitation<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Aug 9, 2017<\/p>\n

Self-driving cars could be steered towards business use cases<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Nov 18, 2016<\/p>\n

Turing, Hauser, Sinclair \u2013 haunt computing’s Cambridge A-team stamping ground (Geek’s Guide walking tour of Cambridge’s computing history)<\/a>
\nThe Register, Sep 26, 2016<\/p>\n

Fruitful pickings for browsers<\/a> (alternatives to Google services – links here<\/a>), p18
\nThe Journalist, June-July 2016<\/p>\n

How software drives safety in aerospace, healthcare, oil and gas<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Jan 20, 2016<\/p>\n

Lovelace at 200: Celebrating the High Priestess to Babbage’s machines<\/a>
\nThe Register, Jan 8, 2016<\/p>\n

Natural language generation progresses from robo-journalism to finance<\/a>
\nComputerWeekly.com, Nov 30, 2015<\/p>\n

Marconi: The West of England’s very own Italian wireless pioneer<\/a>
\nThe Register, Feb 23, 2015 (also published in Geek’s Guide to Britain<\/em> book<\/a>, 2016, ed. Gavin Clarke)<\/p>\n

Suffering satellites! Goonhilly’s ARTHUR REBORN for SPAAAACE<\/a>
\nThe Register, Nov 25, 2014 (also published in Geek’s Guide to Britain<\/em> book<\/a>, 2016, ed. Gavin Clarke)<\/p>\n

The digitisation of help services<\/a> (ChildLine, Samaritans and BB Group)
\nGuardian Voluntary Sector Network, Oct 30, 2013<\/p>\n

Bringing your data to life<\/a> (PDF of page – use of big data by charities and non-governmental organisations)
\nThe Guardian\/Guardian Voluntary Sector Network, Jun 27, 2012<\/p>\n

Bletchley Park: where government started computing<\/a>
\nGuardian Government Computing, May 15, 2012 – also see this blogpost<\/a><\/p>\n

Broadband’s turn-on frustrations<\/a> (inside the technology that connects users)
\nGuardian Technology, Jan 11, 2007 – also see this blogpost<\/a><\/p>\n

Hot stocks to your inbox<\/a> (pump and dump email spam)
\nInfosecurity Today, July\/August 2006<\/p>\n

A sidestep in the right direction<\/a> (wikimapping on the Isle of Wight)
\nGuardian Technology, May 11, 2006<\/p>\n

Spread the word, and join it up<\/a> (Tim Berners-Lee’s semantic web)
\nGuardian Technology, Apr 6, 2006<\/p>\n

The country switches on<\/a> (rural broadband reaches businesses in the Wiltshire countryside)
\nGuardian Online, Dec 4, 2003<\/p>\n

Track your every move<\/a> (using the Data Protection Act on supermarkets, ISPs, banks and telcos)
\nGuardian Online, Aug 3, 2002<\/p>\n

You can ring, but you can’t hide<\/a> (mobile phone tracking of user locations)
\nGuardian Online, Nov 29, 2001<\/p>\n

Let me be your fantasy<\/a> (virtual actors, Final Fantasy, Guinness squirrels and Eyes Wide Shut)
\nGuardian Online, Apr 26, 2001<\/p>\n

New York, London, Paris, Munich: Fear and loathing on the IPO trail
\n<\/a>Business 2.0, Jul 1, 2000<\/p>\n

Parc life: the people who changed the world<\/a> (the history of Parc Xerox)
\nComputing, May 11, 2000<\/p>\n

Oracle: as happy as Larry?<\/a> (Larry Ellison)
\nComputing, Nov 18, 1999<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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