When Spotify started testing alternative payout systems — moving away from the long-dominant pro-rata model toward versions of a user-centric or “fan-powered” approach — I felt a mix of curiosity and cautious optimism. For years, the math behind streaming revenue has been the invisible...
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Politics
I’ve been watching our high streets with a mix of nostalgia and impatience....
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I travel frequently for work, and over the years I’ve learned that the...
Technology
When my neighbour first mentioned the idea of pooling our rooftops to sell...
Business
When your payment provider goes offline, the immediate feeling is a mix of...
When my neighbour first mentioned the idea of pooling our rooftops to sell excess solar to each other and reduce our bills, I admit I was skeptical. The image I had was of complicated contracts, technical headaches, and months of council red tape....
When your payment provider goes offline, the immediate feeling is a mix of frustration and vulnerability. I’ve been in newsrooms and worked with small businesses long enough to know that those first 30 minutes are decisive: how you react can...
I’ve been watching Meta’s latest ad-policy shifts closely because, as someone who’s spent years covering media economics, I know these decisions ripple quickly through independent publishing. For many small and mid-sized UK publishers,...
I’ve been following the debate about empty high street units and the chronic shortage of affordable childcare across the UK for years. On paper, the idea seems irresistible: repurpose vacant shops into neighbourhood nurseries, kill two birds with...
When public figures slow down, twitch, or disappear from view, audiences naturally ask: what is going on with their health? As someone who follows cultural life and public conversations closely, I find that the question of an état de santé dun...
When a source trusts me with sensitive information, their safety often depends on how I handle that communication. Over the years covering government and technology, I’ve learned that encrypted messaging apps can be indispensable — but they’re...
I watched a supermarket van pull up outside my neighbourhood shop the other day, the driver juggling a tablet, a coffee and a stack of parcels. It’s a scene most of us recognise: the last-mile delivery workforce keeping our instant-gratification...
When I evaluate an AI startup as a potential investment, one question keeps surfacing: will the model actually reduce bias in real-world use, or is “debiasing” just a marketing line? Over the years covering tech and business, I’ve learned that...
I’ve been watching town centres empty out for years: charity-run foodbanks tucked into former phone shops, boutique yoga studios in once-bustling department stores, and half the high street with “To Let” signs fluttering in the wind. What I...
I’ve been watching the debate over data residency rules in the UK with a mix of curiosity and concern. On one hand, the idea that sensitive data should be kept within national borders feels intuitively protective. On the other, the internet was...