Articles by 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 Chat may tell on you when you're slacking off

By Max Slater-Robins published 16 May 22

A small tweak to Google Chat might help your boss keep an eye on you.

Anonymous bulletin app Yik Yak isn't so anonymous after all

By Max Slater-Robins published 16 May 22

Remember Yik Yak? Turns out it may have been leaking your data.

One of China's biggest social networks is revealing user locations to head off 'bad behaviour'

By Max Slater-Robins published 29 April 22

Using IP addresses, Weibo will begin showing the rough locations of users to combat 'bad behaviour'.

Google Workspace update will stop you hogging all the cloud storage capacity

By Max Slater-Robins published 29 April 22

Admins of the world, rejoice! Google is making managing storage less of a headache.

Airbnb will let all employees work from anywhere they like

By Max Slater-Robins published 29 April 22

Airbnb is the latest company to shift to a remote working model after the pandemic.

Facebook doesn't really know where all your data goes, leak suggests

By Max Slater-Robins published 28 April 22

Facebook ad engineers described their "open borders" system for data management.

Google blocked an alarming number of dangerous Android apps last year

By Max Slater-Robins published 28 April 22

Google has been working hard to cut down on bad apps in the Play Store.

Microsoft rides high on cloud and Windows, but Alphabet's profit takes a tumble

By Max Slater-Robins published 27 April 22

Microsoft and Alphabet had similar but different Q1 results.

Google Play Store now shows you how much data your Android apps are collecting

By Max Slater-Robins published 27 April 22

Google is adding labels to the Play Store showing how much data apps collect.

Google Docs update eliminates an extremely common frustration

By Max Slater-Robins published 27 April 22

Google is hoping to help users find items in the menus on Docs more quickly and easily.

Hackers just stole millions of dollars' worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

By Max Slater-Robins published 26 April 22

Millions of dollars worth of NFTs were stolen in Instagram phishing attack.

More web browser variety may be coming to iOS, leak suggests

By Max Slater-Robins published 26 April 22

The EU's DSA targets companies developing browsers, potentially impacting Apple's Safari on iOS.

The latest GitHub update solves major headaches for developers

By Max Slater-Robins published 26 April 22

Developers will get improvements to pull requests and more as part of GitHub Desktop 3.0.

Amazon has a cunning plan to snatch up even more of the ecommerce market

By Max Slater-Robins published 25 April 22

Amazon has announced a new $1 billion innovation fund.

Google's $5 billion Mandiant acquisition just hit another snag

By Max Slater-Robins published 25 April 22

The US Department of Justice is taking a closer look at Google's acquisition plans.

Google, Meta and the rest will be forced to explain their mysterious algorithms

By Max Slater-Robins published 25 April 22

The EU is pushing ahead with regulations to more closely monitor Google, Meta, and other giants.

Brave adopts Reddit to give you the search results you're really looking for

By Max Slater-Robins last updated 25 April 22

After criticism of Google, Brave wants to help surface more useful results.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is live - and Raspberry Pi owners have plenty to celebrate

By Max Slater-Robins published 22 April 22

Canonical delivers 'significant upgrade' with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Google Docs is having some serious issues with its new 'inclusive language' warnings

By Max Slater-Robins published 20 April 22

There's a fine line between being helpful and being annoying – and Google Docs has crossed it

Many workers really aren't enjoying the return to the office

By Max Slater-Robins published 20 April 22

Slack says employees are finding it hard to give up remote working.

Developers are split over Web3 and the future of the web

By Max Slater-Robins published 20 April 22

Web3, blockchains, and the future of the web itself are all key topics for developers, Stack Overflow finds.

DuckDuckGo pushes back on suggestions that it removed pirate websites

By Max Slater-Robins published 19 April 22

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg rejected the claims on Twitter.

GitHub is getting better at hunting down your dangerous code

By Max Slater-Robins published 19 April 22

Dependabot, acquired by GitHub in 2019, helps flag vulnerabilities in code.

a16z is moving into early stage startup accelerators

By Max Slater-Robins published 19 April 22

Funding startups at their inception offers the best return on investment, believes Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z

Gmail will no longer harass you with notifications outside working hours

By Max Slater-Robins published 18 April 22

If you're being pestered by notifications by your boss outside of work, turn on Focus mode in Gmail for iOS.

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