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How Blockchain Works
A plain-language explainer on how blockchain works, the shared, tamper-resistant digital ledger behind cryptocurrencies and many other applications.
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AI, consumer tech, enterprise and the policy around it. Cubed News technology coverage explains how the systems shaping daily life actually work, and what is at stake. Edited by Wei Chen.
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What Cloud Computing Is
An accessible explainer on cloud computing, the on-demand delivery of computing power, storage and software over the internet.
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What an API Is, and Why It Matters
A clear guide to APIs, the software intermediaries that let different applications talk to each other and share data and features.
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What Cryptocurrency Is, and How It Works
A neutral explainer on cryptocurrency, the digital money that runs on decentralised networks rather than banks, and the technology that makes it…
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What Metadata Is, and Why It Reveals So Much
Metadata is data about data, the descriptive context around files and messages, and it can reveal far more than the content itself.
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What a Semiconductor Is, and Why Chips Matter
A semiconductor is a material whose conductivity can be precisely controlled, letting it act as the electrical switch behind every modern chip.
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What a Botnet Is, and How It Powers Cyberattacks
A botnet is a network of secretly infected devices under an attacker's remote control, used together to launch large-scale cyberattacks.
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What Bandwidth Is, and How It Differs From Speed
Bandwidth is the maximum data a connection can carry per second, a measure of capacity rather than the everyday speed users actually…
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What Data-Localization Laws Do, and Why They Are Spreading
A growing number of countries now require that certain data about their citizens be stored or processed within their borders. The motives…
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How Modern Ransomware Operations Are Actually Structured
Ransomware is no longer lone hackers and crude code. It has become an industry — with suppliers, affiliates, customer service and a…
Technology ANALYSIS
The Economics of Cloud Lock-In, and How It Happens
Moving to the cloud was sold as freedom from owning hardware. For many organisations it has quietly become a new kind of…
Technology EXPLAINER
What Is Edge Computing, and Why It Is Reshaping the Cloud
For two decades the trend was to centralise computing in vast distant data centres. Edge computing pushes some of it back out…