Max Slater-Robins

Max Slater-Robins has been writing about technology for nearly a decade at various outlets, covering the rise of the technology giants, trends in enterprise and SaaS companies, and much more besides. Originally from Suffolk, he currently lives in London and likes a good night out and walks in the countryside.

Articles by: Max Slater-Robins

Google Sustainability

Google is getting into the data lake business

By Max Slater-Robins published

Anyone running a business at huge scale could benefit from BigLake from Google Cloud.

Sky Broadband

Sky just launched an incredibly fast broadband package

By Max Slater-Robins published

Sky Broadband's Gigafast package offers up to 900 Mb/s.

Dropbox

Dropbox launches its Shop ecommerce tools in beta

By Max Slater-Robins published

The file-sharing company is launching tools that sellers will love.

cloud

Cloud spending boom shows no signs of slowing down

By Max Slater-Robins published

Microsoft, Amazon and Google continue to dominate the sector.

data centre

Microsoft Azure is going all in on Arm-based chips

By Max Slater-Robins published

Microsoft says an Arm-based VM is now available in preview.

Raspberry Pi Network Install

Good luck getting a Raspberry Pi any time soon, unless you're buying in bulk

By Max Slater-Robins published

Raspberry Pi might be the tinkerer's choice, but it's very hard to get one right now.

A digital face in profile against a digital background.

New EU rules would allow it to shut down AI before it got dangerous

By Max Slater-Robins published

Regulating AI is a tricky problem to solve – but the EU is prepared to give it a good go.

Jack Dorsey Twitter

Twitter founder says centralization has "really damaged the internet"

By Max Slater-Robins published

Jack Dorsey took to Twitter, the platform he helped create, to express regrets over the open web.

Amazon

Microsoft System Center 2022 gets under-the-radar release

By Max Slater-Robins published

Microsoft System Center 2022 is now generally available, but the company isn't making a big deal about it.

Google Docs logo

Hidden Google Docs feature will turn you into a productivity machine

By Max Slater-Robins published

Power users, rejoice! Google Docs is getting Markdown support.

Data center

Meta halts plans for mega new data center after local backlash

By Max Slater-Robins published

Meta has shelved plans for a new data center after the Dutch government voiced concerns over the environmental impact.

Cookies next to a Computer

Google is charging ahead with its plan to replace cookies

By Max Slater-Robins published

Google's plan to replace third-party cookies has taken another step towards forward.

dollar

US lawmakers want to trial a digital dollar

By Max Slater-Robins published

Responding to fears over the rise of cryptocurrencies, Congress wants to give a digital dollar a try.

LinkedIn fake profiles

LinkedIn has a problem with fake profiles

By Max Slater-Robins published

Beware, those LinkedIn connection requests might be coming from fake accounts.

collaboration

This Microsoft Teams rival you've never heard of is ready for expansion

By Max Slater-Robins published

Watch out Microsoft Teams, Alibaba's rival service is getting an upgrade.

Computer

The Web Foundation wants to kill malicious websites for good

By Max Slater-Robins published

The Web Foundation is looking to put an end to deceptive dark patterns in malicious websites.

GitHub Webpage

Developers really aren't loving GitHub's new algorithmic For You feed

By Max Slater-Robins published

GitHub tries to offer a more personalized experience, but some developers aren't happy.

Digital wallets

The Apple Card could be coming to more markets following new deal

By Max Slater-Robins published

Apple has acquired Credit Kudos, a London-based startup that offers APIs for lenders - so what does this mean for the Apple Card?

Shopify link in bio

Shopify launches its own link in bio pages to help you sell direct

By Max Slater-Robins published

Linkpop from Shopify now lets you sell products from your link in bio page.

Mac Studio on wooden desk

The Apple Mac Studio might be modular after all

By Max Slater-Robins published

Apple isn’t known for making upgradeable computers, but the Mac Studio might be the exception.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge wants to make the web more accessible for everyone

By Max Slater-Robins published

Microsoft Edge helping blind and low-vision internet users by auto-generating captions.

Microsoft quantum computing

Microsoft has developed a whole new kind of qubit to accelerate quantum computing

By Max Slater-Robins published

Could "topological qubits" be the next big breakthrough in quantum computing? Microsoft thinks so.

Nvidia

Nvidia and IBM have a plan to connect GPUs straight to SSDs

By Max Slater-Robins published

Computing giants Nvidia and IBM detail plan to boost ML training and other tasks.

virtual reality users

Dell, Intel, and Nvidia are teaming up on a metaverse for professionals

By Max Slater-Robins published

Dell is collaborating with Nvidia to build the infrastructure for the metaverse.

Sabrent Thunderbolt 3

This Sabrent docking station comes with 16TB storage, but it'll bankrupt you

By Max Slater-Robins published

If you've been looking for a Thunderbolt 3 dock with 16TB storage and loads of ports, Sabrent has you covered.

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