Opinion

Fed and Wall Street Differ on Recession

In the middle of last week, the Federal Reserve Chairman pointed to indicators which showed that the long-anticipated recession was a non-event. The US GDP was on a trajectory with a near 2% growth figure. When coupled with better than expected employment figure projections and the containing of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, little wonder […]

Just One Parting Shot Before I Leave, Elon

Twitter releases its final tweet One of the definitions of a successful brand is that the people who use it tend to think of it as their own. There was a famous occasion when Burger King didn’t make their iconic Whopper for one day. When people ordered it and were told it wasn’t being made […]

Barbie vs. Oppenheimer:  A True Clash of the Titans

It’s An Even Match “Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the most keenly anticipated contest in many a month. It’s the clash of the titans, the big weekend heavyweight knockdown featuring Mr. Atomic himself, Oppenheimer, in the one corner. And in the other, looking devastating in pink, heeeeeeeere’s Barbie! “Joining me ringside here […]

Dune: Is Frank Herbert tomorrow’s Nostradamus?

In November, the second instalment of Denis Villeneuve’s film adaption of Frank Herbert’s Dune will arrive. For those who’ve read the book, you know what’s coming. For those of you who haven’t, boy, you have no idea what’s coming! Inside Telecom has already covered the subject of prophesies in movies. This article may really prompt […]

Virgin Hyperloop: An Open Letter to Tom Cruise

Dear Tom We’ve held our breath while you cavorted around the world’s tallest structure, Dubai’s mighty Burj Khalifa. We searched for any trickery involved when you hung on to the exterior of an Airbus military carrier in flight. Searched in vain, I might add, it turns out you were really hanging on. No green screen […]

Enjoy Father’s Day with some 'hilarious' dad tech jokes

Please rate these dad tech jokes. And send your rating to nobody else cares dot com. Oh come on, at the very least it’ll be time well wasted! My all-time favourite: My password is ‘incorrect’ so every time I get it wrong my laptop tells me my password is incorrect. How about these: Why can’t […]

Sustainability in Progress: Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Yesterday it was announced that 22 renewable energy plants will be built in Europe, generating 2.2 gigawatts. This will serve a million households. To achieve the same wattage with legacy power generation would take 1.4 billion tonnes of burning coal. But if you have a picture in your head of a coal mountain when you […]