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Paul Cooper

Paul has worked as an archivist, editor and journalist, and has a PhD in the cultural and literary significance of ruins. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The BBC, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and Discover Magazine. His first novel, River of Ink, was published in January 2016, and his second novel, All Our Broken Idols was released in May 2020. He writes, produces and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast, which has charted in the top ten British podcasts, and gained upwards of 40 million listens since it launched in 2019.

Warning: Factory reset does basically nothing to erase your data
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Warning: Factory reset does basically nothing to erase your data

Deleting data from an Android device with a factory reset does virtually nothing to delete users' sensitive information, according to new research
15 Aug 2014
'Allow fullscreen': How to get rid of those annoying messages in Google Chrome
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'Allow fullscreen': How to get rid of those annoying messages in Google Chrome

Here's how to never, ever see those annoying messages again on Google Chrome that say "Press ESC at any time to exit fullscreen. Allow fullscreen?"
11 Jun 2014
One of tech's most elusive mysteries: The secret of Amazon Glacier
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One of tech's most elusive mysteries: The secret of Amazon Glacier

Ahead of Amazon Web Services' re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, we search for the answer to one of tech's most elusive mysteries: the secret of Amazo…
9 Nov 2013