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Tech Reporting

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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