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Mar 4

Why I’m giving in to the whims of the algorithm

Drowning in a sea of online content, I’ve given up on trying to curate it myself. Severance is a psychological thriller that was released on Apple TV+ last year. It was undoubtedly one of my favourite series of 2022. In the show, we follow a protagonist named Mark whose brain…

Artificial Intelligence

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Why I’m giving in to the whims of the algorithm
Why I’m giving in to the whims of the algorithm
Artificial Intelligence

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Jan 18, 2021

The case against the Apple car

It’s official: Apple is making a car. But should it? Apple loves to flex its green credentials. In the past decade, the company has transitioned its facilities to run entirely on renewable energy. Apple also claims to use recycled materials in nearly all its products. Yet, there’s nothing environmentally friendly…

Apple

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The case against the Apple car
The case against the Apple car
Apple

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Jan 11, 2021

Here’s why you should ditch WhatsApp for Signal

And why switching is easier than you think. WhatsApp was once considered the most private messaging platform. The messaging app was one of the first to implement end-to-end encryption in 2016. This means neither Facebook nor your internet service provider has access to the content of your messages. New terms…

WhatsApp

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Here’s why you should ditch WhatsApp for Signal
Here’s why you should ditch WhatsApp for Signal
WhatsApp

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Jan 5, 2021

Why my sister never wears a mask

And what it taught me about the UK’s failed response to coronavirus “So, you don’t even wear masks” I say to my sister. “No,” she says. “I do still see some people wearing them in the supermarket but otherwise we never do. There’s just no need.” Apart from the occasional…

Covid-19

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Why my sister never wears a mask
Why my sister never wears a mask
Covid-19

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Dec 1, 2020

What is a 15-minute city?

Could this new vision for city-life become the new normal? The mayor of Paris recently announced something radical: A promise to remove over half the city’s parking spaces. In other cities across the world this would have make her a very unpopular politician. In Paris it’s a promise that won…

City Living

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What is a 15-minute city?
What is a 15-minute city?
City Living

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Nov 25, 2020

Why I’m never buying another game console

A year on, Google Stadia is paving the way for game streaming. Imagine a video game console with no loading times. A console which lets you play brand-new AAA games as soon as you’ve clicked the ‘buy’ button. A console that you can play from anywhere, on any device. No…

Stadia

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Why I’m never buying another game console
Why I’m never buying another game console
Stadia

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Jul 13, 2019

No, Google isn’t eavesdropping on your conversations

… but the issue raises larger concerns about our relationship with technology — If you own a Google Home, you may have caught yourself in a world of worry yesterday, when you read a headline that proclaims “GOOG-HELL Google ‘eavesdropping on your PRIVATE conversations’ with Android phones and smart speakers”. Underneath the alarming headline from Britain’s most popular tabloid, The Sun, begins the…

Tech

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No, Google isn’t eavesdropping on your conversations
No, Google isn’t eavesdropping on your conversations
Tech

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Mar 24, 2019

Is this the solution to Britain’s dying local news industry?

Hyperlocal newspapers are spreading across the UK. Can they stop the slow demise of local news? — “When I first moved to Brixton in 1975, the was a must read. If it wasn’t in the South London Press, it didn’t happen.” …

News

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Is this the solution to Britain’s dying local news industry?
Is this the solution to Britain’s dying local news industry?
News

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Mar 21, 2019

We’ve all become data hoarders — Is it time to Marie Kondo our digital lives?

Inspired by the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, I spent my new year decluttering my life. I threw out half of my wardrobe, and spent hours neatly folding only those which “spark joy”. I wasn’t alone in this. Thousands in the UK spent the first month of the…

Technology

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We’ve all become data hoarders — Is it time to Marie Kondo our digital lives?
We’ve all become data hoarders — Is it time to Marie Kondo our digital lives?
Technology

4 min read


Mar 19, 2019

A step-by-step guide on how to not get scammed on Amazon

Amazon.com. Everyone’s favourite “everything store” has a problem. The platform is ripe with scams. Don’t get me wrong, I love Amazon and I use it regularly. It almost always has the best price, and the delivery times are incredible. However, as the platform has grown and become more popular, it’s…

Amazon

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A step-by-step guide on how to not get scammed on Amazon
A step-by-step guide on how to not get scammed on Amazon
Amazon

4 min read

Richard Haas

Richard Haas

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Media graduate from Goldsmiths, University of London. Welcome to my blog. I write about anything that’s on my mind. https://twitter.com/RichardHaas99

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