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Tanya writes regularly on tech ethics, digital wellbeing, digital detox, Big Tech, screen-life balance, cybersafety, AI, persuasive tech, the attention economy and other topical issues related to the digital world.
Seven Resolutions for a Healthier Digital Life in 2022
Seven resolutions to lead a healthier digital life in 2022: improve your tech-life balance, improve your relationships and save the planet.
My Top 10 Most-Read Articles of 2021
The top ten most-read articles on my website in 2021. The attention economy, Big tech, tech ethics, user privacy, parenting and smartphones, and more.
UK’s Online Safety Bill will make Big Tech (finally) abide by UK law
The Joint Committee reviewing the UK’s Draft Online Safety Bill has made key recommendations to make Big Tech abide by UK law.
Hired by an algorithm
If you’ve applied for a job recently you’ve almost certainly been hired or rejected by an algorithm – not a human being. Does it matter?
Parenting and Smartphones: the 3Ds
Follow my parenting and smartphones ‘3Ds’: Delay, Device, Discuss. Depending on the age of your child, there’s an approach that will work for you.
10 Tech Predictions for 2022
My tech predictions for 2022 cover AI, deep fake bank heists, metaverse land grabs, and the continuing techlash against Big Tech.
Is it time to quit social media?
With story after story breaking in 2021 about the harms caused to individuals and society, is it time to quit social media for good?
How the internet made us lonely
Is rising loneliness around the world linked to the seductiveness and ease of a retreat from the real world into the digital one?
Big Tech’s enormous carbon footprint
Our dependence on Big Tech has a big impact on the environment. The tech sector emits 2%-3% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.