The iPhone 7 isn’t remembered as being a particularly important iPhone release, but it did represent several ‘firsts’ for Apple. It was the first iPhone to lose the traditional headphone jack, the first to boast IP67 water resistance, and the first to swap the mechanical Home button for a pressure-sensitive equivalent. The iPhone 7 was … Read more
The ‘SaaSpocalypse’ narrative continues to dominate investor outlooks, with fears that AI development is threatening the value of software companies. However, I believe that this is not a SaaSpocalypse, but instead a period of natural selection for the software industry – where the strong will thrive. Widespread AI adoption is raising the bar, so SaaS … Read more
While OpenAI continues to sit pat on whatever device it is planning to build with Jony Ive, it is embarking on a journey that Google began years ago with the launch of the Android and Chrome OS operating systems followed by its own Pixel devices. Long before anyone had heard of ChatGPT, Google CEO Sundar … Read more
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of attending the Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) 2026. During the evening ceremony where this year’s victors were announced, I met Will Burrard-Lucas, an award-winning wildlife photographer whose work I was already familiar with. Burrard-Lucas took home another award that night, the SWPA 2026 wildlife and nature category, … Read more
For much of the past two years, artificial intelligence in finance has been defined by experimentation and exploration. Organizations across sectors have been testing tools, running pilots and identifying potential use cases ranging from automated reporting through to more advanced forecasting and analysis. In most cases, however, the emphasis has been on understanding what AI … Read more
UK banking is at a divide. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, an AI model designed to identify and patch software vulnerabilities, has been rolled out to roughly 200 partner organizations as part of ‘Project Glasswing’, but UK banks have so far been notably absent from the list. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has expressed serious security … Read more