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Christopher Lightfoot

English Literature & German student. Writes about: technology, science, urbanism & design. Blogs at: unfolding.website

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Mark Zuckerberg: the most important Editor in Chief?

Image: William Iven When a member of the Aftenposten’s staff wanted to include Nick Ut’s photograph ‘The Terror of War’ in an article, it fell to the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Espen…

The EU’s rocky relationship with American tech companies

“It’s total political crap.” In an interview with the Irish Independent, Apple CEO Tim Cook did not try to mask his anger. Just two days before, the European Union Commissioner…

Kursk

We are always told to be heroes. During a Russian naval exercise in August 2000, a dummy torpedo aboard the submarine “Kursk” exploded. Despite being one of the largest and…

Generation Zero

It’s staring us in the face. July 2016 was the hottest month that we’ve ever recorded. The scientists have already foretold when the seas are going to rise, and their…

Student Newspaper at the Gadget Show Live: Tesla Video Report

Filming and editing: Adam Shaw Tesla Motors has always been about the long game. In 2006, CEO Elon Musk published an article jokingly entitled ‘The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan’,…

Finger on the button: app recommendations to stay in the loop

Information overload. My attention span is being eaten alive by BuzzFeed quizzes, while Snapchats have faded from my memory much quicker than they are wiped from the servers. Technology culture…

CES 2016: this is what the future will look like

Faraday Future tries hard to be taken seriously. On their press fact sheet, the first adjective the electric automaker uses to describe itself is “well-funded”. The organisation stresses that their…

Britain’s scientific history to be sold at auction

Image: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd In a time of crisis, even the greatest of enemies will unite. Confronted with £2 million of debt, the Royal Institution has been forced to raid…