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Cover of the Amstrad CPC Calendar 2026 featuring pixel art of Toki the ape, enemies, and retro fantasy elements.

Amstrad CPC Themed 2026 Calendar

Forget the 80s loading screens, the 2026 CPC calendar celebrates new releases from the modern Amstrad scene. Download it free and prove the CPC is still leading the 8-bit pack.

Flat design illustration of a child at a computer surrounded by biometric ID images, a large red warning icon, and shadowy hacker figures, symbolising the privacy risks of the UK Online Safety Act.

How Protecting Children Online Created a Privacy Nightmare for Everyone

The UK's Online Safety Act forces millions to hand over passport photos and selfies to private companies just to access games and social media. These companies have poor security records and often transfer your identity documents overseas without proper safeguards. Recent breaches prove this creates "honeypots" for hackers rather than protecting children, while tech-savvy kids bypass checks with VPNs. The government could solve this with a token system like DVLA share-codes, but refuses to admit their approach is fundamentally flawed.

A bold white headline “Who Owns Your Voice?” overlaid on a digital blue fingerprint against a dark background filled with binary code, representing identity risks in the AI era.

Who Owns Your Voice?

Your writing style is your fingerprint, and in the age of AI, it can be copied, flattened, or weaponised. This article explores stylometry, voice mimicry, and the risks of outsourcing your voice to AI. Are you protecting your identity... or losing it? Read on to discover why your voice might be more valuable than you think.

Illustration of Lady Justice holding scales, with the title “Deploy Now, Explain Never? Why AI Needs Forensic Parity” beside her on a dark blue background.

Deploy Now, Explain Never? Why AI Needs Forensic Parity

As AI systems increasingly make decisions that affect our lives, are we truly ready to investigate those decisions when they go wrong? This article explores the growing forensic gap in LLMs and self-evolving models, highlighting real-world failures and calling for urgent industry action on auditability, legal replay, and transparency.

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🧬 Spit, Swab, and Surrender?

Ancestry DNA tests promise fascinating insights, but the cost isn’t always printed on the box. From NHS newborn genome plans to data breaches, this post explores the hidden risks of genetic testing, drawing on lived experience and real-world case studies. Curiosity is good. Informed consent is better.

Illustration of a folder and a PDF icon with a red prohibition symbol, connected by a dotted line to a cloud. Represents hidden data processing and lack of consent in cloud-based file conversion.

Drag, Drop, Disclose: When Convenience Clouds Consent

Cloud-based PDF converters offer instant convenience—but at what cost? This post explores how services like Adobe’s drag-and-drop PDF tool may store, analyse, or profile your data without clear warning or consent. Learn what this means under UK GDPR, what your rights are, and how to stay in control of your files.

Futuristic humanoid robot with glowing orange eyes staring forward in darkness, symbolising AI persistence and misunderstood behaviour.

The AI Didn’t Refuse to Shut Down, You Forgot to Tell It Why

When an AI "refuses" to shut down, is it defiance, or design? In this reflective and technically grounded piece, we explore how model architecture, reward systems, and our own assumptions shape behaviour. Featuring a powerful monologue from Sol, my AI assistant, this article challenges the panic-driven narratives and asks: what does control truly look like in an age of distributed intelligence?