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What happens to your cloud when you die?

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As technology has evolved, we’re now able to do things we would never have thought possible a decade ago. Take cloud storage for example – being …

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How to host an online funeral

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As losing someone you’ve bonded with through online communities is becoming more common,  so too are online funerals. Our previous article focused on how to cope …

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Dealing with a Facebook profile after someone dies

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When someone dies, deciding what to do with their Facebook profile may not be the first thing on your agenda.  But when Martin died suddenly, his …

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How Twitter has changed tragedy

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I remember aimlessly scrolling through Twitter when the first tweets came through from the Boston Globe reporting of explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon. After the …

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How we ritualise death in a digital world

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From the 40 day mourning period we see in the Muslim faith, to white being the colour of mourning in China – all religions and cultures …

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Who owns your data after you die?

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When we die, our bodies usually decay or turn to ash, depending on whether we’re buried or cremated. But the digital lives we leave behind are …

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Will AI be able to tell you when you’ll die?

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What if you could know, with some certainty, when you’ll die? AI has the potential to make predictions that can optimise care and make end of …