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Charles Arthur

Those “sex is a spectrum” articles, debunked

Science doesn’t stay still. The purpose of the scientific method is to question what we already know, and to see whether there are better…

21 min readMay 15, 2023

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Sunlight spectrum (with Fraunhofer lines). CC-BY licensed photo by yellowcloud on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/63794141@N00/5794359801

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Charles Arthur

Maybe Peloton should worry about Apple Fitness+ after all

Analysing which activities people seem to do on Apple’s (comparatively cheap) fitness service suggests that it’s the same ones that Peloton…

7 min readJul 24, 2022

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Maybe Peloton should worry about Apple Fitness+ after all

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Does bitcoin use less energy than Christmas lights? Fact-checking a dubious claim

If there’s one thing that bitcoin enthusiasts are a mite touchy about, it’s people pointing out that their favoured product uses a colossal…

8 min readJun 9, 2022

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Does bitcoin use less energy than Christmas lights? Fact-checking a dubious claim

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When every car is electric, what happens to fuel duty and the electricity grid?

Road pricing is an obvious way to replace taxes lost from fuel duty on petrol and diesel. But will that make driving more or less…

9 min readJul 9, 2021

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When every car is electric, what happens to fuel duty and the electricity grid?

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The real mystery about Ted Lasso: why does it work?

Let me admit: Ted Lasso puzzles me. In case you don’t know, it’s a new series on Apple TV+ (Apple’s paid streaming service), starring…

8 min readSep 24, 2020

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The real mystery about Ted Lasso: why does it work?

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Mainsprings and maturity: how ‘Modern Family’ found and then lost its magic

There’s a surely apocryphal story about George Best, the legendary soccer player whose Irish good looks were the perfect counterpoint to…

12 min readApr 26, 2020

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Mainsprings and maturity: how ‘Modern Family’ found and then lost its magic

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OneZero

Huawei’s Mate 30 Will Be a Disaster Outside China. Here’s Why That Doesn’t Matter.

U.S. Intelligence’s aversion to Huawei could help China win the 5G race

4 min readSep 24, 2019

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Huawei’s Mate 30 Will Be a Disaster Outside China. Here’s Why That Doesn’t Matter.

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Apple’s iPhones Hit an Evolutionary Stasis

The original iPhone was the consumer tech equivalent of the Apollo mission — but you can’t just keep going back to the moon

5 min readSep 10, 2019

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The new Apple iPhone 11 (L) and iPhone 11 Pro (R) are displayed during a special event on September 10, 2019

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A Tariff Theory About Apple’s iOS 13 Surprise

Apple may have rushed to get its new iPhones shipped to beat Trump tariffs that didn’t come

9 min readSep 3, 2019

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Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, talks about the upcoming iOS 13 at WWDC 2019.

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Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design

It’s past time for a new era at Apple

12 min readJul 12, 2019

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Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design

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Charles Arthur

Charles Arthur

Tech journalist; author of “Social Warming: how social media polarises us all” and two others. The Guardian’s Technology editor 2005–14. Speaker, moderator.

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