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Enrique Dans
On the effects of technology on people, companies and society
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How long are we going to keep paying the price for our governments’ bungled energy policies?
How long are we going to keep paying the price for our governments’...
As energy prices continue to rise, it’s going to be a tough winter around Europe. In the United Kingdom, the Don’t Pay campaign is calling…
Enrique Dans
Aug 8
Is Amazon about to shake up home robotics?
Is Amazon about to shake up home robotics?
Amazon has announced the $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, the company that manufactures the Roomba, the leading vacuum cleaner in the…
Enrique Dans
Aug 7
Here’s why brands that advertise on TikTok should be ashamed of themselves
Here’s why brands that advertise on TikTok should be ashamed of the...
TikTok is set to overtake Facebook in terms of influencer marketing spend this year, and then YouTube in 2024, a shameful milestone that…
Enrique Dans
Aug 6
The problem with surveillance states is that they’re not very good at safeguarding information
The problem with surveillance states is that they’re not very good ...
The theft and sale of a huge police database with very detailed records of over a billion Chinese citizens highlights the intrinsic…
Enrique Dans
Aug 4
How come there’s always an excuse for not tackling the climate emergency?
How come there’s always an excuse for not tackling the climate emer...
One of the world’s largest and most valuable companies, Amazon, has published its 2021 sustainability report, and its results are hugely…
Enrique Dans
Aug 3
How hacking into photosynthesis could solve our food supply problems
How hacking into photosynthesis could solve our food supply problems
Photosynthesis is the principle means of converting inorganic matter into organic matter through light. Thanks to this process, plants are…
Enrique Dans
Aug 2
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Why meetings are the enemy of productivity
Why meetings are the enemy of productivity
I’ve been talking to Phil Libin for some time about his policy of eliminating meetings, which began when he was CEO of Evernote and has…
Enrique Dans
Aug 1
Video may have killed the radio star, but algorithms killed social networks
Video may have killed the radio star, but algorithms killed social networks
Social networks are going through a difficult time. Facebook is the only network that managed to transcend the concept of “novelty” and…
Enrique Dans
Aug 1
Why the future of humanity depends of vertical farms, linear cities and mass population transfers
Why the future of humanity depends of vertical farms, linear cities and mass population transfers
US company Crop One has announced the opening of the world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai. Initially, the news might seem like just…
Enrique Dans
Jul 31
My first service experience with Tesla
My first service experience with Tesla
This week, more than three years after buying my first Tesla Model 3, I recently needed a service. The air conditioning had begun to smell…
Enrique Dans
Jul 29
Amazon knows that Prime is a loyalty package like no other
Amazon knows that Prime is a loyalty package like no other
Alberto R. Aguiar, from Business Insider, called me a few days ago to talk about the recent Amazon Prime’s price increase in Spain, and how…
Enrique Dans
Jul 29
The climate emergency: we’re all responsible, but nobody’s to blame…
The climate emergency: we’re all responsible, but nobody’s to blame…
As the reality of the climate emergency becomes ever-clearer, with more intense and longer heat waves, droughts, fires and feedback cycles…
Enrique Dans
Jul 28
The space race and why two donkeys won’t make a horse
The space race and why two donkeys won’t make a horse
Two European aerospace satellite operating companies, France’s Eutelsat and Britain’s OneWeb, are merging in a stock swap deal valued at…
Enrique Dans
Jul 27
How Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical will drive digitization in the health sector
How Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical will drive digitization in the health sector
Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical, a network of US clinics, has prompted a lot of speculation about the company’s interest in the…
Enrique Dans
Jul 25
A company based in the cloud
A company based in the cloud
The influential US venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, commonly known as a16z, which is based in Menlo Park, California, has just…
Enrique Dans
Jul 25
Why not do away with caps on bandwidth?
Why not do away with caps on bandwidth?
Two US senators, Democrats Ben Ray Luján and Cory Booker, have proposed a bill, the Uncap America Act, that would ban “predatory bandwidth…
Enrique Dans
Jul 24
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