The title is not a question. It is a statement that ‘how’ should not be the priority for the bigger tech companies over the next couple of years. Look at what you do with your phone today; photography, organisation, games,… Read More ›
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A human in the land of the Gods
Murray wasn’t a freak of technique like Roger Federer, nor a freak of endurance like Rafa Nadal, nor a freak of physics like Novak Djokovic. In many ways, he was all too human. He didn’t have an earth-shattering serve or… Read More ›
Take fitness away from the Apple Watch and it becomes annoying
I have managed to hurt my Achilles tendon which means I cannot run and so my fitness regime has taken a serious knock over the past two weeks. A bit of weight training does not feel like fitness to me… Read More ›
What is the worst pain?
Some people say that life is pain. Those people are optimistic: life isn’t pain, it’s pains, plural—tooth pain, back pain, breakup-pain, the pain of watching your parents grow old and die, the pain of downwardly adjusting your expectations for life,… Read More ›
1 Woman, 12 Months, 52 Places
When I started this harebrained experiment in January, to visit and report on the Times’s entire 52 Places to Go in 2018 list, I thought that by stop 48, for sure, I’d be the Wonder Woman of travel: blocking mishaps… Read More ›
1 iPhone X, 15 months, 94%
I received my iPhone X on 7th November 2017 and have used it extensively since. I consider myself a power user who uses it for a variety of tasks and who consistently does the following each day- Approx one hour… Read More ›
“Give me back your Twitter, bitch”
I wasn’t. I felt violated – and furious. As someone who writes a lot on feminism and racism, I’m sadly used to being trolled. I’m often told to go and kill myself, and am frequently told how ‘ugly’ and ‘worthless’… Read More ›
JUUL – building a new addiction
JUUL is the poster child of the vaping industry with a $38 billion valuation and teenagers hooked on the product all over the world. I have vaped for a few years and use 6mg nicotine content which is more than… Read More ›
Building your perfect Apple Watch face
On the series 4 Apple has added the ability to include a huge amount of glanceable data in one face (Infograph). With nine sections there is a lot on view at one time, but with some time spent looking for… Read More ›
The Future of Work Requires Investments in Human Capital
“The world is healthier and more educated than ever,” notes the World Bank in a new report, The Human Capital Project. “But a large and unfinished agenda remains. Life expectancy in the developing world still lags far behind that of… Read More ›