Since my announcement at #cssday that I'm about to release a song about browsers with a video in which I'm wearing gold hotpants, I've been inundated with questions about when it will be out. I can't say, but here's a still from the vid to whet your appetites.
"Surveillance is not safety" says Signal of the UK government's proposed child protection compulsory "A.I.". Why do Labour governments always end up proposing daft authoritarian tech? (PDF:) signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
Career update: I’ve got a new job, circumcising elephants at the zoo. The pay is lousy, but the tips are huge.
The only downer about the excellent Aldous Harding gig I went to see tonight was having to walk past about 20 fash having a Raise the Colours "demo", setting off red white and blue flares at the statue of Queen Victoria.
"Marketers chose the slogan after consulting an AI tool, looking for suggestions... It turned out some managers who approved the campaign never opened the email attachments showing the marketing material." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Apple, Siri AI and the European Union brucelawson.co.uk/2026/apple-s...
I haven’t updated my iPhone from iOS 18, and Apple is to blame www.stuff.tv/features/i-h...
"The best thing Apple could announce at WWDC 2026 is an iOS 27 that remembers usability matters more than bling. And the same goes for iPadOS 27 and macOS 27"
Apple designed its fab new (fast! private! thinking of the children!) Siri AI in a way it knew contravened EU law, but asked to do it anyway, pinky-promising that it would make it compliant after 18 months. EU said "no". Not-Steve and Not-Steve-Either are both Very Sad. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
UK gov has been pimping "SafeToNet", a proprietary AI that lives on kids' phones and detects nude selfies and stops them sexting. The splendid @heatherburnstech.bsky.social noticed that this app was hailed by well-known protector of young girls, ex-Prince Andrew. heatherburns.tech/2026/02/20/t...
"Instead of trying to find a suitable compliance solution, Apple simply made a request to the Commission to be exempted from their interoperability obligations under the DMA – and this for at least 18 months. That’s not an option"
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Due to the Digital Markets Act, Apple will not be able to ship Siri AI in the European Union with the release of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.
