If the events of 2020 and early 2021 can be likened to using an unsterilised lance to prick the boils on humanity’s arse, doomscrolling played the role of a slack-jawed bystander gawping on as jets of fetid pus made their arcing flights from our clenched buttocks. …

My inspiration for writing this story came while reading neuroscience professor Chris Niebauer’s No Self, No Problem, which I purchased following my experiences with the online community Liberation Unleashed in the long spring of 2020. …

Also known as a negative opt-out, Confirmshaming is a passive-aggressive marketing technique that tells you you’re an inferior life form for not wanting a certain product. …

In its original context, the Bait-and-Switch was a form of retail fraud where the customer was lured to a store by the offer of a discounted product, only to discover, when getting there, that it was no longer available. …

Although the goal of User Experience Design is to keep users engaged and satisfied with a product, there are occasions when the retention of interest can cross the line between engagement and actual harm. …

Have you ever been annoyed by the number of times you’ve had to click ‘Cancel’ to banish an unwanted subscription then discovered, much to your further exasperation when the cash disappears again a month later, that it was actually the cancellation you had cancelled? How about that passive, automatic scrolling…

With Duolingo dominating the marketplace with over 300 million users and with a swelling throng of apps inspired by it gathering pace, it’s clear that language learning apps will remain popular for some time. Industry estimates agree, with forecasts stating they should be generating around $21.2 …

After facing the inevitable closure of my local Underground station in the wake of London’s lockdown response to the coronavirus pandemic, I found myself pondering alternative ways to get to work. Then, when eventually confined to the great indoors, I was looking for a more socially distant way to exercise…