Tech Reporting

AI Never Forgets. What Happens to Our Privacy?
THE EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT - What does privacy mean when AI scrapes everything? A deep-dive into personal data in the age of large language models and the limitation of Europe's legal frameworks.

We All Hate Social Media and Yet We're All Still Here
THE EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT - People are becoming increasingly sick of social media. A few alternatives to mainstream platforms have popped up. So why don't we go for them?

I Rejected All Cookies for a Week. Here’s What Happened.
VICE - I spent days trying to opt out of non-essential cookies on every website I visited. The results revealed that consent banners were designed to wear users down, not empower them.

How a Tiny Bug Broke the Internet
THE EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT - Cloudflare is an often overlooked internet middleman. This is how a small mistake in a random file caused such a huge meltdown.
Selected Essays

Scientifically, What Makes Us Feel at Home?
What does “home” actually mean — biologically, psychologically, and socially? Drawing on neuroscience and psychology, this essay explores what it means to build home when one doesn’t come naturally.

Friction, Care and Connection: On "Both, Instrument and Sound"
Reported from its European premiere, a review of "Both, Instrument and Sound", an experimental short film exploring solidarity, intergenerational activism, everyday acts of care.