Nicole Kobie

Nicole is a journalist and author who specialises in the future of technology and transport. Her first book is called Green Energy, and she's working on her second, a history of technology. At TechFinitive she frequently writes about innovation and how technology can foster better collaboration.

Joined: 3 Feb 2023
Articles: 145

Innovate

Meaningful AI work: How AI is actually being used by businesses

OpenAI has tried to answer the question of what meaningful work AI is being put to - and the answer is "not nearly enough"

James Tweed, Founder of Coracle, in one of His Majesty's prisons

Innovate

Prisoner laptop programme worth every penny

What happens when you give laptops to prisoners? According to a new report, you help people reboot their life and deliver £16 of value for every £1 spent

Protect

Microsoft cracks down on Gaza protests while still investigating how Israel uses Azure

Why has Microsoft cracked down on Palestinian protests among its ranks, reportedly firing multiple employees for taking part in direct action against the company?

Innovate

Macrohard: AI can’t make software yet, but Musk is ready with a cringe name

Elon Musk has given yet another company a pun-based name, but what can this one actually do? Nicole Kobie investigates

Data

UK needs better data centre water data, not honesty-based surveys

Data centres are thirsty beasts, but how much water do they actually use? A UK survey suggests one answer, but the US says differently

Innovate

What next for GitHub after CEO departure?

GitHub’s CEO, Thomas Dohmke, has quit as the coding company looks set to be fully swallowed up by Microsoft - so what happens next?

Microsoft AWS monopoly of cloud market shown by their servers on much bigger cloud than Google's

Data

UK regulator says Microsoft and AWS monopoly damages cloud competition

AWS and Microsoft are harming competition in the UK cloud market because of their dominant positions, according to a regulator’s long-running investigation.

What Sam Altman said story illustrated by ChatGPT-generated image of a Sam Altman lookalike smiling into the camera

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Five things Sam Altman said this week – and what (we imagine) he really means

The OpenAI CEO has been doing media rounds this week, sparking a series of increasingly alarming headlines. We try to understand what he means, all without the help of ChatGPT.