After yet another work from home week, I spent my Saturday at the “Gardens of the World”. I could not help but think about my Environmental Psychology course at University…
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Tokyo-Ga A few weeks ago, I watched Wim Wenders Tokyo-Ga from 1985. It’s a film about Japanese filmmaker Ozu but also a “diary on film” as Wenders called it, covering…
In April a brand-new study was published that was able to predict users’ affective states based on their smartphone touch data.
In the beginning of April 2020, Google started to publish mobility reports for 131 countries and regions in the world.
Yesterday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. Today, WHO reports 125.288 confirmed cases on their website. In the past two weeks, the number of cases outside of…
With more than 4,400 exhibiting companies and 50 years of history, CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual spectacle in consumer technologies. The offerings span from 3D Printing to Fitness,…
But what do we actually know about Instagram users, addiction to Instagram and relationships between Instagram use and mental health? I put together some interesting studies for you!
Due to the enormous impact on the life of citizens, public administrations have a special responsibility when it comes to the application and use of algorithms and automated decision-making software.
Threats of automation (?) Threats of job replacement has been covered extensively these days. A 2019 study by think tank Brookings Institution conclude that about 25% of US jobs will…
123456 is the most often breached password: 23.2 million accounts used it according to UK’s National Cyber Security Centre. Remembering dozens of passwords for our social media, email, online banking…