Technology
How China Censored Covid-19 – The New York Occasions
This article is copublished with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative newsroom.In the early hours of Feb. 7, China’s powerful internet censors experienced an unfamiliar and deeply unsettling sensation. They felt they were losing…
What We Realized From Apple’s New Privateness Labels
We all know that apps collect our data. One of the few ways to find out what an app does with our information is by reading a privacy policy.Let's be honest: nobody does that.Late last year, Apple introduced a new requirement for all…
CalmiGo Calming Device Review – Manage Your Anxiety
Calmigo is a new unique way for dealing with anxiety without the use of drugs or medications. It is a very small, discreet electronic device that helps you control your breathing to help you deal with anxious or stressful moments…
What’s Letterboxd? The Social Media Platform Going Mainstream
At the beginning of the last decade, Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, web designers from Auckland, New Zealand, were looking for a passion project. Their company, a boutique web design studio called Cactuslab, developed apps and…
Truly, QR Codes By no means Went Away
Roy Healy's first tattoo wasn't the kind people usually regret, like the name of a future ex or a quote in a language you can't read. Still, he was nervous. He had asked the artist to write a QR code on the inside of his wrist pointing to…
Monitoring the Climate on the Fringe of the World
It all started with a single sentence in a blog post about Iceland: "A farmer is looking for support in a weather station and a sheep farm."It was 2012 and after studying photography in the German industrial city of Dortmund, I was ready…