Mark Pesce
The Register
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Sadly, the web has brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'nothing is true; everything is permitted'
Well, isn't this a lovely paranoid bed we've made for ourselves → Read More
Built to last: Time to dispose of the disposable, unrepairable brick
Maybe sustainability's not just for hipsters? → Read More
What if everyone just said 'Nah' to tracking?
Privacy is nearly dead, but we're not even close to getting over it → Read More
I cannae do it, captain, I'm giving it all she's got, but she just cannae take another dose of bullsh!t
A tricorder for food is possible, but the truth is trickier → Read More
Like a grotty data addict desperately jonesing for its next fix, Google just can't stop misbehaving
Column Here we go again. Google, that universal vacuum of all data created by humanity, can't seem to swim within the lane carefully laid out for it by regulators. With its ubiquitous tracking data attached to nearly every action on the commercial web – via a hidden "Push Page" – browser maker Brave asserts that Google has violated the intent of the EU's GDPR legislation, creating only just… → Read More
Silly money: Before you chuck your chequebook away, triple-check that super-handy digital coin
Only fools rush into mobile payments and cryptocurrencies → Read More
It's all in the wrist: Your fitness tracker could be as much about data warfare as your welfare
Tick, tick, boom? → Read More
Minecraft's my Nirvana. I found it hard, it's hard to find. Oh well, whatever... Never Mined
What on Earth are you playing at, Microsoft? → Read More
FAANGs for the memories: Breaking up big tech's biggest isn't a matter of if, but of when
Column Somewhere between Cambridge Analytica and Christchurch, historians of the future will draw a line and say: "This marked the peak of FAANG*'s influence." The competition regulators have suddenly found themselves pipped by the infinitely more persuasive case put by the guarantors of national security, who have weighed these engines of amplification, toxification, division and disunity and… → Read More
Cheap as chips: There's no such thing as a free lunch any Moore
Industry faces down Spectre of performance optimisation → Read More
Having AI assistants ruling our future lives? That's so sad. Alexa play Despacito
Column At the annual spectacular of crap that we optimistically term the Consumer Electronics Show, I found myself locked into a room with Alexa. And yes, disembodied AI servant though she may be, she still filled every corner of a rather spacious room with all of the various products now connected to and enabled by Alexa - everything from alarm clocks to refrigerators to automobiles to -… → Read More
Between you, me and that dodgy-looking USB: A little bit of paranoia never hurt anyone
Let's lift our eyes from the balance sheet and take a look around... → Read More
‘Moore’s Revenge’ is upon us and will make the world weird
When everything’s smart, the potential for dumb mistakes becomes enormous → Read More
Social networks have already violated the spirt of GDPR
Closing off researchers’ access to APIs in the name of ‘safety’ means we’ll never know how we’re being screwed → Read More
Social networks have already violated the spirit of GDPR
Closing off researchers’ access to APIs in the name of ‘safety’ means we’ll never know how we’re being screwed → Read More
Tech’s big lie: Relations between capital and labor don't matter
IBM shafting fifty-somethings shows business-as-usual hasn't been disrupted → Read More
Fear the wrath of robots, for their judgement is final and irrevocable
The right to be forgiven will soon be more important than the right to be forgotten → Read More
Voice assistants are always listening. So why won't they call Police if they hear a crime?
We've given away our privacy for the wrong rewards → Read More
Face, face, face! Apple, TrueDepth and a nose-driven iPhone X game
Selfie-satisfied to augment reality with their mugs → Read More
Talk down to Siri like she's a mere servant – your safety demands it
Voice assistants get samples of our voice that can be remixed and faked → Read More