Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Explained
Bitcoin launched in 2009, and the US approved the first spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024. Beyond the price headlines, here is what…
Amelia Hart
Amelia Hart
Technology Correspondent
Amelia Hart covers artificial intelligence, consumer tech and the platform economy. She has written about the technology industry for more than a decade.
What Is 5G and Why Does It Matter?
5G is the fifth generation of mobile network technology. Here is what makes it different, what it enables and why the rollout has been…
Amelia Hart
How the Internet Works: A Plain-English Guide
The internet is a global network that billions of people use every day. Here is how data actually moves from your device to a server and…
Amelia Hart
What Is a Large Language Model? A Plain-English Explanation
Large language models power ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Here is what they are, how they are trained and what their limitations are.
Amelia Hart
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Scientific Research
AlphaFold's creators won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the AlphaFold database now covers over 200 million predicted protein…
Amelia Hart
AI Regulation Around the World: How Different Countries Are Approaching the Challenge
The EU AI Act entered into force in August 2024 with prohibited-practice rules applying from February 2025. The US rescinded its main…
Amelia Hart
The Problem with Move Fast and Break Things in AI Development
Facebook's old motto built social media. Now the same ethos is being applied to AI — but when the AI Safety Institute was quietly renamed…
Amelia Hart
How to Protect Your Business from Ransomware in 2025
The UK government's Cyber Security Breaches Survey has found around half of UK businesses reporting a cyber attack or breach in the past 12…
Amelia Hart
Quantum Computing Explained
Google's Willow chip demonstrated below-threshold quantum error correction in December 2024, and Microsoft claimed a topological-qubit…
Amelia Hart