Tech Zone

An automated botnet probe hit this server on 5 June 2026. It was looking for vulnerable IoT firmware. It found a 301 and a 404. This is what it was attempting, how it works, and why unsecured IoT devices on your network are not your neighbour's problem — they are yours.

Published: 5 Jun 2026

For two decades Google rewarded good content with visitors. Then AI Overviews arrived and discovered the most useful thing to do with your content is answer the question without sending anyone your way.

Published: 1 Jun 2026

AI can now find software vulnerabilities faster than the industry can catalogue them. A future of automated patching beckons — with humans promoted sideways into management.

Published: 30 May 2026

The smartphone replaced the ballot box with a thumbprint and nobody noticed. A modest proposal for doing something useful with the device already in everyone's hand.

Published: 29 May 2026

A week on X: free speech in theory, Albanian lizard bankers in practice, Scandinavian bots in the replies, and an abyss too busy to notice. A review.

Published: 27 May 2026

A man, a set of electronic ab pads, fourteen hundred calories a day, and the slow dawning realisation that the device was working — just exclusively in the wrong direction. A meditation on civilised ambition, the six-pack nobody asked for, and the flat stomach achieved by ceasing to pursue it.

Published: 27 May 2026

A brief, illuminating, and ultimately terminal encounter with Hacker News — the internet's foremost gathering of people who discuss disruption without, apparently, having considered disrupting their own behaviour.

Published: 26 May 2026

From electronic chakra balancers to cordless analogue phones and an overpriced 1980s Sanyo ghetto blaster, the Sunday car boot sale remains technology's most reliable museum of misplaced optimism.

Published: 24 May 2026

From Bluejacking on a Sony Ericsson to Raspberry Pi antenna arrays at DEF CON, Bluetooth 'exploitation' has a long and largely underwhelming history. Switch it off and carry on.

Published: 19 May 2026

Smart glasses have made surveillance fashionable. When AI meets wearable cameras that look like designer eyewear, the implications go well beyond James Bond fantasy.

Published: 18 May 2026

Smart scales use bioelectrical impedance to estimate visceral fat — the kind that wraps around your organs and quietly causes trouble. Are they accurate enough to be useful?

Published: 16 May 2026

The more complicated the system, the larger the attack surface. A look at why complexity is the enemy of security — and what to do about it.

Published: 12 May 2026

AI is quietly entering the bedroom — and taking notes. A look at connected pleasure devices, biometric data, and the privacy questions nobody is asking.

Published: 2 May 2026

A humorous but practical guide to avoiding street hustler scams in Majorca — from "free gifts" to hat-stacking persuasion tactics.

Published: 16 Apr 2026

Learn how to safeguard your digital footprint, secure financial independence, and live on your own terms with actionable strategies from our 2025 privacy guide.

Published: 13 Dec 2025