Andrew Orlowski

Andrew Orlowski is a technology journalist who writes a weekly Telegraph column every Monday. He founded the research network Think of X and previously worked for The Register. You can find him on Twitter @AndrewOrlowski

Trustbusters will be unable to smash Apple down

US competition case against the iPhone maker looks like thin gruel

Andrew Orlowski 25 Mar 2024, 11:00am

China and our universities threaten to undermine Britain’s creativity

Granting AI-generated work copyright protection simply opens the door to theft

Andrew Orlowski 18 Mar 2024, 11:00am
Internet cookie pop-ups are an emblem of rotten EU technology regulations

Big tech has extended its reach into every corner of our lives – but at what cost?

Andrew Orlowski 11 Mar 2024, 11:00am
Whitehall keeps administering the digital drug – and making itself worse

Embracing this technology risks embedding clunky processes and lacklustre workers

Andrew Orlowski 4 Mar 2024, 11:00am

Google has drowned the internet in a sea of stupidity

AI models are being fed a diet of low quality data – and the search giant is to blame

Andrew Orlowski 26 Feb 2024, 11:00am
To save capitalism, get rid of venture capitalists

After so many flops, the glamour of high-risk technology investing looks distinctly tainted

Andrew Orlowski 19 Feb 2024, 11:00am
Don’t let kids waste their time learning to code

Tech industry is dispensing with software developers en masse

Andrew Orlowski 12 Feb 2024, 11:00am
Nonsensical jargon means the success of online advertising is impossible to determine

Meta's slick platform is an advertiser's dream – but its effectiveness is debatable

Andrew Orlowski 5 Feb 2024, 11:00am
‘Mad’ AI risks destroying the Information Age

Artificial intelligence's poisonous feedback loops threaten to warp reality

Andrew Orlowski 1 Feb 2024, 6:00am
Self-driving cars are journeying into a moral black hole

The dangerous self-driving experiment is turning us all into human guinea pigs

Andrew Orlowski 29 Jan 2024, 2:34pm

Whitehall’s free trade farce is a woeful muddle

Westminster mandarins are at a loss as to how to respond to new geopolitical challenges

Andrew Orlowski 22 Jan 2024, 11:00am
Computer says theft: What the Post Office scandal says about our faith in technology

Computer-generated fiction remains a subtle, yet widespread problem in our country

Andrew Orlowski 15 Jan 2024, 11:00am
Why we need to break up Big Tech to save capitalism

Insulated from any real competition, Silicon Valley giants are slowly eroding belief in the very idea of markets

Andrew Orlowski 8 Jan 2024, 11:00am
Silicon Valley’s mimicry machines are trying to erase authors

The US tech industry should regard a lawsuit filed last week as a learning experience

Andrew Orlowski 1 Jan 2024, 11:00am
Brussels’ anti-green fuel agenda points to a conspiracy against driving

Net zero objectives are being questioned as regulators shun ‘drop-in’ alternatives

Andrew Orlowski 18 Dec 2023, 11:00am
How Britain outsourced the safety of its public services

Putting cybersecurity in the hands of just a few suppliers could have dire consequences

Andrew Orlowski 11 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Whitehall mandarins are stalling Britain’s nuclear power revolution

If successive governments had done their job, our energy systems would not be close to breaking point

Andrew Orlowski 4 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Beware Britain’s pensions grab

Jeremy Hunt risks squandering our nest eggs on bad business ideas

Andrew Orlowski 27 Nov 2023, 11:00am
Google’s dirty laundry is finally being aired – and it stinks

Apple was reportedly working on creating its own search engine, but Google didn't like that

Andrew Orlowski 20 Nov 2023, 11:00am
Look outside London, and British enterprise is flourishing

The seeds of a vibrant UK economy are being planted in unlikely locations

Andrew Orlowski 13 Nov 2023, 11:00am
Rishi Sunak risks walking headlong into the next tech bubble

Our first LinkedIn PM should heed the warnings of a very recent history

Andrew Orlowski 6 Nov 2023, 11:00am
Cheap electric cars are still out of reach

The West needs to pick between a rapid net zero transition and its decoupling from China

Andrew Orlowski 30 Oct 2023, 11:00am