Sarah Owen
@sarahowen
Sarah is a trend forecaster, futurist and social scientist with a background in studying youth culture and social media.
Sarah Owen
It reported less use of every social media app last fall, except for TikTok, according to Piper Sandler's most recent Gen Z consumer survey.
Axios • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
University of Cambridge researchers successfully used algae to power a computer chip for six months. The blue-green algae perform photosynthesis and generate a small electrical current that “interacts with an aluminum electrode and is used to power a microprocessor,” according to an official release.
Researchers Use Algae to Power a Computer for Months
a recent study found that well over half of Gen Z have recently started a side hustle to help deal with the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis.
Adele Walton • Young people are side-hustling their way out of the cost-of-living crisis
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"We are constantly negotiating with the pesky figure of the algorithm, unsure how we would have behaved if we’d been left to our own devices. No wonder we are made anxious"
Kyle Chayka • The Age of Algorithmic Anxiety
