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It’s increasingly difficult to move about – both in the physical world and online – without being tracked.
Cookie notifications remind people that they are being tracked, which affects how people behave online.
The laws about cookies are fairly clear in EU and UK, but many big companies are breaking them anyway.
Google’s shift to ‘profiling’ is being billed as a privacy boon – but it’s also a strategic pivot.
Most Americans underestimate how many calories nutritionists recommend they consume each day, which means maybe you can probably have one more treat without feeling guilty.
If you check a website multiple times for a flight on a specific date, the seller might assume this is the only date you’re interested in and increase the price on offer.
Baking offers some interesting insights into the state of the modern world.
People have a mental model of shopping that is based on experiences from brick-and-mortar stores. We intuitively understand how this process works: all available products are displayed around the store…
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