Smartphones
‘Hey Siri, where are you from?’
Siri seems always to know everything about you and anything else, but what do you know about Siri? Here is a short video to illustrate where...
Continue reading...My phone got stolen
Did it ever happen to you that your phone got stolen? Well, it happened to me recently, on the 14th of October, on a Friday to...
Continue reading...Get steadily ready for the European Digital Identity
This week’s prompt “how do we handle information in the digital age?” reminded me of the handling of private information on the internet by public actors....
Continue reading...Mom! All the others have one
Okay, I’m only 22 and kids aren’t in my cards for another four to six years or so. Nevertheless, a few weeks ago, I found myself...
Continue reading...Does your phone listen in on you?
Did you ever have the feeling your phone is eavesdropping on you? For example when you just had a converstation about a product with someone offline...
Continue reading...Is the whole world spying on us?
Privacy is becoming a more pressing issue by the day. At the time of writing this, the whole world has its eyes on China and its...
Continue reading...Phones, crutches, and hope
For most of us, our phones are an integral part of our everyday lives. It’s one of our greatest tools for connecting with people far away...
Continue reading...Unpopular Opinion: Texting Sucks
It is a non negligible fact that text messaging is one of the best tools to improve our lives. We can reach out to whoever we...
Continue reading...I’ll be late for dinner. I’m going treasure hunting with the boys!
Second entry I found out about geocaching during my first year of my Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology Bachelors degree. Geocaching is a form of modern...
Continue reading...Reflections on the Digital Divide: How It Has Nothing to Do With Age
When one speaks of observable digital inequalities in their personal lives, it’s usually about how older generations are incapable of using technology and do not have...
Continue reading...Blue check marks
In the digital age we are becoming more and more available because the internet connects us all. Today many people use instant messenger apps such as...
Continue reading...Creative Workouts
Now that the weather is cooler, I take my runs outdoor (despite being from a warm-climate country, I absolutely DESPISE running outdoors in warm weather). Some...
Continue reading...Waking Up Next to You
Written by: Pieter de Jong Almost everyone has a smartphone nowadays. Almost everyone has heard it’s probably a bad idea to sleep while their smartphone is...
Continue reading...You’re an addict and you don’t even know it
Instagram likes = Cocaine? So this was supposed to be a podcast, but I had a technical fail. This shows how reliant we are on our...
Continue reading...Digitization, seniors and corona
By Marcel Beentjes, student French language and culture Are you that family person who helps your grand parents or your uncle who doesn’t really know how...
Continue reading...‘im here to learn so :))))))’ – The exploitation of an AI *Trigger warning for the content of some images*
Some people may have heard of the short-lived existence of Microsoft’s AI chatbot called ‘Tay,’ others may have completely missed the event. The latter would come...
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