Chris M Evans
@chrismevans.me
Owner, founder and Principal Analyst at Architecting IT. Food lover, eater and maker. Husband, father. Lover of all things computing (except perhaps Networking). https://architecting.it
It's fascinating to watch. Traditional media is dead - well, at least dying a slow death. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Daily Mail owner agrees to buy Daily Telegraph for £500m
The publisher of the Daily Mail says it is in talks to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph for £500m.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's fascinating to watch. Traditional media is dead - well, at least dying a slow death. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I think it seems quite reasonable. We're moving into a world where nothing can be taken at face value. Fake news, fake images, fake videos and possibly now fake capabilities. The
Dunning–Kruger effect of AI.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/m...
Dunning–Kruger effect of AI.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/m...
Microsoft exec finds AI cynicism 'mindblowing'
Opinion: The tech is impressive. Shoehorning it into absolutely everything is not
www.theregister.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I think it seems quite reasonable. We're moving into a world where nothing can be taken at face value. Fake news, fake images, fake videos and possibly now fake capabilities. The
Dunning–Kruger effect of AI.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/m...
Dunning–Kruger effect of AI.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/m...
One of the biggest misunderstandings in the current market is the difference of “worth” versus value. I see lots of articles proclaiming OpenAI for example is “worth” $500 billion.
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
One of the biggest misunderstandings in the current market is the difference of “worth” versus value. I see lots of articles proclaiming OpenAI for example is “worth” $500 billion.
Yes, the UK did too little, too late (by which we mean Boris Johnson's Conservative government).
But what does it matter? Will there be any consequences? Did anyone get punished for errors that could have been avoided?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
But what does it matter? Will there be any consequences? Did anyone get punished for errors that could have been avoided?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Yes, the UK did too little, too late (by which we mean Boris Johnson's Conservative government).
But what does it matter? Will there be any consequences? Did anyone get punished for errors that could have been avoided?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
But what does it matter? Will there be any consequences? Did anyone get punished for errors that could have been avoided?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Totally safe they say. End to end encryption they say. Right. True enough unless the software has a bug - and the platform provides no rate limiting... Only 3.5 billion of you have had your data swiped....
www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/w...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/w...
3.5B WhatsApp users' info scooped through enumeration flaw
: Two-day exploit opened up 3.5 billion users to myriad potential harms
www.theregister.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Totally safe they say. End to end encryption they say. Right. True enough unless the software has a bug - and the platform provides no rate limiting... Only 3.5 billion of you have had your data swiped....
www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/w...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/w...
Time to add "Black Friday" to all my RSS and media content filtering processes....
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Time to add "Black Friday" to all my RSS and media content filtering processes....
The irony of a company owned by a storage company for many years! I wonder how much additional cost was expended in licences (and hardware) because VMware didn't get the storage specification correct? Funny how they became owned by a hardware company...
www.techradar.com/pro/vmware-c...
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VMware confirms its spec guidance on storage servers was rather inaccurate
VMware’s guidance was pretty much unfounded
www.techradar.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The irony of a company owned by a storage company for many years! I wonder how much additional cost was expended in licences (and hardware) because VMware didn't get the storage specification correct? Funny how they became owned by a hardware company...
www.techradar.com/pro/vmware-c...
www.techradar.com/pro/vmware-c...
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NetApp claims ex-CTO built a secret cloud platform then sold it to VAST Data
NetApp claims ex-CTO built a secret cloud platform then sold it to VAST Data
Lawsuit alleges he poached staff, lifted trade secrets, and set up Red Stapler before quitting
NetApp has accused its former senior vice president and CTO of secretly building a rival cloud control platform while still on its payroll, triggering an urgent legal scramble.…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NetApp claims ex-CTO built a secret cloud platform then sold it to VAST Data
Can you imagine being told not to trust a spreadsheet calculation or double check a database query?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Can you imagine being told not to trust a spreadsheet calculation or double check a database query?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sage Online seems to be down - can't access from any device or any network (e.g. broadband/mobile). Is there a wider problem I wonder?
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sage Online seems to be down - can't access from any device or any network (e.g. broadband/mobile). Is there a wider problem I wonder?
Apple's stance on AI is pretty clear. Not rushing in, not destroying trust. Maintaining the App Store as a walled garden for which they can continue to justify value (and fees).
mashable.com/article/appl...
mashable.com/article/appl...
AI shut out of Apple's App Store
AI companies will have to look elsewhere for training data.
mashable.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Apple's stance on AI is pretty clear. Not rushing in, not destroying trust. Maintaining the App Store as a walled garden for which they can continue to justify value (and fees).
mashable.com/article/appl...
mashable.com/article/appl...
They let me in again. I’ll trade personal privacy for the speed and efficiency of Global Entry every time.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They let me in again. I’ll trade personal privacy for the speed and efficiency of Global Entry every time.
For my first and last business trip this year I’m about an hour out from NYC and Commvault Shift. Weather looks cold! Should be an interesting event. Hit me up if you’re attending.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For my first and last business trip this year I’m about an hour out from NYC and Commvault Shift. Weather looks cold! Should be an interesting event. Hit me up if you’re attending.
How do people know how rough a badger’s arse actually is? Have you ever felt a badger’s arse?
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
How do people know how rough a badger’s arse actually is? Have you ever felt a badger’s arse?
Watching Strictly Come Dancing, I'm struck by why UK folks are terrible at languages. It's "LA" Voix. Not Le Voix. It's easy to understand the difference but it grates on me every time I hear it pronounced incorrectly.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Watching Strictly Come Dancing, I'm struck by why UK folks are terrible at languages. It's "LA" Voix. Not Le Voix. It's easy to understand the difference but it grates on me every time I hear it pronounced incorrectly.
With the news about Andrew, all I have in my head today are the last few lyrics of the Madness song, The Prince.
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
With the news about Andrew, all I have in my head today are the last few lyrics of the Madness song, The Prince.
I'm somewhat bemused by the idea that we don't already have digital currency. Admittedly, bitcoin and other crypto can be considered currency, but in reality have turned more into assets for investments than exchange mechanisms. (1/5)
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
Europe preps Digital Euro to enter circulation in 2029
: Because fewer people like banknotes, and payment sovereignty is a problem
www.theregister.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I'm somewhat bemused by the idea that we don't already have digital currency. Admittedly, bitcoin and other crypto can be considered currency, but in reality have turned more into assets for investments than exchange mechanisms. (1/5)
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
When you're quoting the amenities of your hotel on your website, do customers care that 80% of your lightbulbs are LEDs? Not a typical "amenity". Also how useful to have compostable stirrers, but not top of my list....
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When you're quoting the amenities of your hotel on your website, do customers care that 80% of your lightbulbs are LEDs? Not a typical "amenity". Also how useful to have compostable stirrers, but not top of my list....
Who knew baseball was such a popular sport in west London. 4/5 people in one house alone, all with their own bats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Uxbridge triple stabbing: Residents tried to save victim
Uxbridge residents ran out with baseball bats to protect one of the men attacked on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Who knew baseball was such a popular sport in west London. 4/5 people in one house alone, all with their own bats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump threatens to cancel meeting with Xi
Trump also threatened a
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October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You wouldn't call something that wasn't a banana, a banana. So the same should apply to any product, including meat, burgers, sausage, cheese etc.
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
Lab-grown meat does not a burger make, EU lawmakers insist
A burger by any other name.
www.theverge.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You wouldn't call something that wasn't a banana, a banana. So the same should apply to any product, including meat, burgers, sausage, cheese etc.
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
I'm sure there are parts of rural Oxfordshire that you never see a brown face, but no-one ever calls that out, do they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jenrick defends calling Handsworth 'worst-integrated'
The shadow justice secretary is accused of racism after saying the Handsworth area was one of the
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm sure there are parts of rural Oxfordshire that you never see a brown face, but no-one ever calls that out, do they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Let’s not listen to the basis on which people are legitimately protesting, let’s just suppress them more so we don’t have to hear their protestations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Let’s not listen to the basis on which people are legitimately protesting, let’s just suppress them more so we don’t have to hear their protestations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazon having a laugh? Mr Benn’s address.
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Amazon having a laugh? Mr Benn’s address.