Mary-Ann Russon
@concertina226.bsky.social
📰Freelance Tech, Science & Biz Journalist |
🏆British Journalism Awards 2021 nominee | Seen on: BBC News, ITN, The Economist, TRT World, Evening Standard, New Scientist, IBTimes UK et al.🎙️📺
Email: breakitdowngurl@pm.me
https://www.maryannrusson.com
🏆British Journalism Awards 2021 nominee | Seen on: BBC News, ITN, The Economist, TRT World, Evening Standard, New Scientist, IBTimes UK et al.🎙️📺
Email: breakitdowngurl@pm.me
https://www.maryannrusson.com
After catching the cold/flu for the 3rd time in the last 2 months, I finally decided to get the flu jab.
…but that’s now been cancelled because the flu jab nurse is ill too xD
#lurgy #flu #londonlife
…but that’s now been cancelled because the flu jab nurse is ill too xD
#lurgy #flu #londonlife
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
After catching the cold/flu for the 3rd time in the last 2 months, I finally decided to get the flu jab.
…but that’s now been cancelled because the flu jab nurse is ill too xD
#lurgy #flu #londonlife
…but that’s now been cancelled because the flu jab nurse is ill too xD
#lurgy #flu #londonlife
Goodness, from looking at my email inbox today - it seems like everybody is upset with the Budget for a multitude of reasons, yikes 😬
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Goodness, from looking at my email inbox today - it seems like everybody is upset with the Budget for a multitude of reasons, yikes 😬
In other news, our lift has just stopped working. I doubt it’s got anything to do with Cloudflare but it’s a funny coincidence.
Yes, I should probably get off the Internet and go outside 🤣😭
Yes, I should probably get off the Internet and go outside 🤣😭
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In other news, our lift has just stopped working. I doubt it’s got anything to do with Cloudflare but it’s a funny coincidence.
Yes, I should probably get off the Internet and go outside 🤣😭
Yes, I should probably get off the Internet and go outside 🤣😭
X seems to be back but you can’t upload any photos.
Anyway, here’s the information I’ve collected so far about the #Cloudflare outage:
Anyway, here’s the information I’ve collected so far about the #Cloudflare outage:
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
X seems to be back but you can’t upload any photos.
Anyway, here’s the information I’ve collected so far about the #Cloudflare outage:
Anyway, here’s the information I’ve collected so far about the #Cloudflare outage:
X is back! But right now, I can’t seem to post anything. Anybody else having the same experience?
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
X is back! But right now, I can’t seem to post anything. Anybody else having the same experience?
Reposted by Mary-Ann Russon
Not LMAO, all my builds are broken because the testing library is hosted on CloudFlare.
LMAO, stack overflow is down because cloud flare is down.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Not LMAO, all my builds are broken because the testing library is hosted on CloudFlare.
Reposted by Mary-Ann Russon
Oh look this is relevant again
It is 2005, the internet is a distributed network of servers designed so that no one outage can take down the entire network
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Oh look this is relevant again
Reposted by Mary-Ann Russon
happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
Question: Everyone else in the world affected by the #Cloudflare outage, if you go to cloudflarestatus.com, do you get a similar page to what I’ve got but with your geographic region listed?
Does it say that your WARP access has been disabled too?
Does it say that your WARP access has been disabled too?
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Question: Everyone else in the world affected by the #Cloudflare outage, if you go to cloudflarestatus.com, do you get a similar page to what I’ve got but with your geographic region listed?
Does it say that your WARP access has been disabled too?
Does it say that your WARP access has been disabled too?
The last day of @websummit.bsky.social was a blast! 🎤
Chris Ballance of IonQ and I chatted about #quantum chips based on trapped ions, then I delved into superconducting quantum applications in aerospace with Mirko Reuter of @airbus.com Defence & Dr. Juan Bernabe Moreno of IBM Research Europe.
Chris Ballance of IonQ and I chatted about #quantum chips based on trapped ions, then I delved into superconducting quantum applications in aerospace with Mirko Reuter of @airbus.com Defence & Dr. Juan Bernabe Moreno of IBM Research Europe.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The last day of @websummit.bsky.social was a blast! 🎤
Chris Ballance of IonQ and I chatted about #quantum chips based on trapped ions, then I delved into superconducting quantum applications in aerospace with Mirko Reuter of @airbus.com Defence & Dr. Juan Bernabe Moreno of IBM Research Europe.
Chris Ballance of IonQ and I chatted about #quantum chips based on trapped ions, then I delved into superconducting quantum applications in aerospace with Mirko Reuter of @airbus.com Defence & Dr. Juan Bernabe Moreno of IBM Research Europe.
Hello from @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, Portugal! 👋🏼
Today I spoke abt chip shortages & #cloud sovereignty at the Economic Policy Summit, plus interviewing an electric truck startup & #AI autonomous software firm abt the future of logistics at Machine Summit.
Back tomorrow to chat quantum 😉
Today I spoke abt chip shortages & #cloud sovereignty at the Economic Policy Summit, plus interviewing an electric truck startup & #AI autonomous software firm abt the future of logistics at Machine Summit.
Back tomorrow to chat quantum 😉
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hello from @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, Portugal! 👋🏼
Today I spoke abt chip shortages & #cloud sovereignty at the Economic Policy Summit, plus interviewing an electric truck startup & #AI autonomous software firm abt the future of logistics at Machine Summit.
Back tomorrow to chat quantum 😉
Today I spoke abt chip shortages & #cloud sovereignty at the Economic Policy Summit, plus interviewing an electric truck startup & #AI autonomous software firm abt the future of logistics at Machine Summit.
Back tomorrow to chat quantum 😉
I'm off to Lisbon today for @websummit.bsky.social, where I'll be speaking and moderating panels, plus hunting for cool new ideas to cover.
Here are the details, come see me interviewing live on stage 👇
#websummit2025 #AI #quantum #cloudcomputing #techpolicy #datasovereignty
Here are the details, come see me interviewing live on stage 👇
#websummit2025 #AI #quantum #cloudcomputing #techpolicy #datasovereignty
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I'm off to Lisbon today for @websummit.bsky.social, where I'll be speaking and moderating panels, plus hunting for cool new ideas to cover.
Here are the details, come see me interviewing live on stage 👇
#websummit2025 #AI #quantum #cloudcomputing #techpolicy #datasovereignty
Here are the details, come see me interviewing live on stage 👇
#websummit2025 #AI #quantum #cloudcomputing #techpolicy #datasovereignty
Seeing that someone has resigned from the BBC tonight. That person directly aided and abetted in bullying me and is one of the reasons I left the BBC.
Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it?
Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it?
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Seeing that someone has resigned from the BBC tonight. That person directly aided and abetted in bullying me and is one of the reasons I left the BBC.
Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it?
Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it?
Pleased to announce that I'll be speaking and moderating at @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon next week.
I'm also actively looking for story ideas relating to emerging tech, tech policy and anything cool or quirky, so feel free to pitch me!
📧breakitdowngurl@proton.me
#websummit #AI #cybersecurity
I'm also actively looking for story ideas relating to emerging tech, tech policy and anything cool or quirky, so feel free to pitch me!
📧breakitdowngurl@proton.me
#websummit #AI #cybersecurity
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Pleased to announce that I'll be speaking and moderating at @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon next week.
I'm also actively looking for story ideas relating to emerging tech, tech policy and anything cool or quirky, so feel free to pitch me!
📧breakitdowngurl@proton.me
#websummit #AI #cybersecurity
I'm also actively looking for story ideas relating to emerging tech, tech policy and anything cool or quirky, so feel free to pitch me!
📧breakitdowngurl@proton.me
#websummit #AI #cybersecurity
A major overhaul of IT infrastructure in just-in-time power networks across the Western world is needed as it's incredibly easy to overwhelm national grids - we're just lucky that attackers haven't bothered, so far.
Here's my latest for @theregister.com🔐:
www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/e...
Here's my latest for @theregister.com🔐:
www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/e...
Europe's energy grid faces growing cyber threat
Feature: Ukraine first to demo open source security platform to isolate incidents, stop lateral movement
www.theregister.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A major overhaul of IT infrastructure in just-in-time power networks across the Western world is needed as it's incredibly easy to overwhelm national grids - we're just lucky that attackers haven't bothered, so far.
Here's my latest for @theregister.com🔐:
www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/e...
Here's my latest for @theregister.com🔐:
www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/e...
Just seen my latest cybersecurity article is currently being featured top on @theregister.com, while another piece I wrote for The Array has climbed to second Most Popular on that site. How nice😊
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just seen my latest cybersecurity article is currently being featured top on @theregister.com, while another piece I wrote for The Array has climbed to second Most Popular on that site. How nice😊
I was asked on air twice yesterday re the #AWS outage but was busy. From seeing analysis tho, I'm glad I didn't - no journalist could have told you how this happened. "DNS" is not an answer.
Unless I can explain it the way @quinnypig.com has, I don't bother:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Unless I can explain it the way @quinnypig.com has, I don't bother:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS
column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
www.theregister.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I was asked on air twice yesterday re the #AWS outage but was busy. From seeing analysis tho, I'm glad I didn't - no journalist could have told you how this happened. "DNS" is not an answer.
Unless I can explain it the way @quinnypig.com has, I don't bother:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Unless I can explain it the way @quinnypig.com has, I don't bother:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Could proactive malware vaccines that make simple cosmetic changes to Windows PC #PowerShell profiles to trick #malware help to turn the tide against the onslaught of ransomware attacks? 🔐👾
Here's my latest feature for @theregister.com:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/m...
#cybersecurity
Here's my latest feature for @theregister.com:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/m...
#cybersecurity
Can malware vaccines stop ransomware's rampage?
Feature: Security pros explore whether infection-spoofing code can immunize Windows systems against attack
www.theregister.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Could proactive malware vaccines that make simple cosmetic changes to Windows PC #PowerShell profiles to trick #malware help to turn the tide against the onslaught of ransomware attacks? 🔐👾
Here's my latest feature for @theregister.com:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/m...
#cybersecurity
Here's my latest feature for @theregister.com:
www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/m...
#cybersecurity
Everyone keen on sovereign cloud & on-premise cloud is having a field day with the AWS outage xD
The problem is the region US-EAST-1, which is the default when you open the AWS console. A lot of firms use it as it’s the oldest, largest & therefore offers cheaper prices for on-demand capacity.
The problem is the region US-EAST-1, which is the default when you open the AWS console. A lot of firms use it as it’s the oldest, largest & therefore offers cheaper prices for on-demand capacity.
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Everyone keen on sovereign cloud & on-premise cloud is having a field day with the AWS outage xD
The problem is the region US-EAST-1, which is the default when you open the AWS console. A lot of firms use it as it’s the oldest, largest & therefore offers cheaper prices for on-demand capacity.
The problem is the region US-EAST-1, which is the default when you open the AWS console. A lot of firms use it as it’s the oldest, largest & therefore offers cheaper prices for on-demand capacity.
At @rusi.bsky.social’s military technology conference today, where AI, automation & sovereign control are the main topics 🤖
Love putting on my military tech hat again (covering since 2014)
Also enjoying the gorgeous architecture of the Banqueting House, a stone’s throw from No. 10 Downing Street
Love putting on my military tech hat again (covering since 2014)
Also enjoying the gorgeous architecture of the Banqueting House, a stone’s throw from No. 10 Downing Street
October 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
At @rusi.bsky.social’s military technology conference today, where AI, automation & sovereign control are the main topics 🤖
Love putting on my military tech hat again (covering since 2014)
Also enjoying the gorgeous architecture of the Banqueting House, a stone’s throw from No. 10 Downing Street
Love putting on my military tech hat again (covering since 2014)
Also enjoying the gorgeous architecture of the Banqueting House, a stone’s throw from No. 10 Downing Street
I’m not sure what London Mayor Sadiq Khan thinks Apple & Samsung can do abt phone thefts.
A method that could work wld be to create a list of stolen IMEI numbers & get mobile operators around the world to block them so they don’t work whichever SIM card you put in…
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
A method that could work wld be to create a list of stolen IMEI numbers & get mobile operators around the world to block them so they don’t work whichever SIM card you put in…
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
Gang who 'stole 16k phones from Londoners' caught in UK's largest ever crackdown
A man was charged with handling stolen goods after being stopped with 10 suspected stolen phones at Heathrow Airport
www.mylondon.news
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I’m not sure what London Mayor Sadiq Khan thinks Apple & Samsung can do abt phone thefts.
A method that could work wld be to create a list of stolen IMEI numbers & get mobile operators around the world to block them so they don’t work whichever SIM card you put in…
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
A method that could work wld be to create a list of stolen IMEI numbers & get mobile operators around the world to block them so they don’t work whichever SIM card you put in…
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
Me: It's so great to see #quantum mechanics, the foundations of superconducting qubits, recognised by the Nobel committee.
Also me: So why do editors continually refuse quantum news or feature pitches? This is the future, yo.
If you'd like some quantum articles, let me know😊
Also me: So why do editors continually refuse quantum news or feature pitches? This is the future, yo.
If you'd like some quantum articles, let me know😊
Physics Nobel: Three win prize for paving way for very powerful computers
The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Me: It's so great to see #quantum mechanics, the foundations of superconducting qubits, recognised by the Nobel committee.
Also me: So why do editors continually refuse quantum news or feature pitches? This is the future, yo.
If you'd like some quantum articles, let me know😊
Also me: So why do editors continually refuse quantum news or feature pitches? This is the future, yo.
If you'd like some quantum articles, let me know😊
Hello from The Hague!
I’m covering the One Conference this week and having lots of interesting conversations on developments in #cybersecurity 🔐
Here are some fun moments from the first day 🌈
#thehague #oneconference #presstrip #technologynews #innovation
I’m covering the One Conference this week and having lots of interesting conversations on developments in #cybersecurity 🔐
Here are some fun moments from the first day 🌈
#thehague #oneconference #presstrip #technologynews #innovation
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hello from The Hague!
I’m covering the One Conference this week and having lots of interesting conversations on developments in #cybersecurity 🔐
Here are some fun moments from the first day 🌈
#thehague #oneconference #presstrip #technologynews #innovation
I’m covering the One Conference this week and having lots of interesting conversations on developments in #cybersecurity 🔐
Here are some fun moments from the first day 🌈
#thehague #oneconference #presstrip #technologynews #innovation
I don’t usually want to promote a feature from a tech company, but I really like this idea. Helping to prevent AI content scrapers is definitely ethical behaviour that I can get behind. 👍🏼
To address the concerns our customers have today about how their content is being used by crawlers and data scrapers, we are launching the Content Signals Policy. https://cfl.re/4pCJdTL #BirthdayWeek
Giving users choice with Cloudflare’s new Content Signals Policy
Cloudflare enables website operators to declare their preference regarding AI scraping
cfl.re
September 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I don’t usually want to promote a feature from a tech company, but I really like this idea. Helping to prevent AI content scrapers is definitely ethical behaviour that I can get behind. 👍🏼
A lot of my work for a while has been for the private sector, so it's nice to have a direct byline for once!
Here's my new feature article on the hidden problems in #AI and #cloud investment that are being overlooked, for The Array 🤖☁️:
Here's my new feature article on the hidden problems in #AI and #cloud investment that are being overlooked, for The Array 🤖☁️:
AI’s Billion Dollar Bottleneck
Is the IT industry pouring billions into AI they can’t use?
thearray.hitachivantara.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM