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Astrid Pietrus wrote for Net Trends between 2012 and 2015 on consumer affairs. Her articles tested advertising promises against everyday experience: what a car insurance policy really delivers when put to the test, how much of a…

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Bettina Kretzschmar wrote for Net Trends in 2013 on legal questions that directly affect consumers. She explained the difference between extensive and brief quotation during the plagiarism debate of the time, guided readers through EU Air Passenger…

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Dirk Müller is a software entrepreneur in Leipzig and has been writing for Net Trends since 2012 about technology from the user's perspective. His focus ranges from encryption and website loading times on the one hand to…

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Doreen Kunze wrote for Net Trends in 2015 on digital financial services and internet companies – once as a comparative test of online banking applications, once as an analysis of an interview with Google co-founder Larry Page.

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Dr. K. Korosides is the honorary publisher of Net Trends and responsible for its editorial content under Section 18(2) of the German Interstate Media Treaty (MStV). A trained publishing professional with a doctorate in political science, he…

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Under the name Evangelist Tax, Net Trends publishes product tests, buying guides and editorial announcements about the site itself. What gets tested is what is actually used in everyday life: home cinema systems, e-bikes, accounting and AI…

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Felix Fischer has been writing for Net Trends since 2021 about consumer protection and the use of artificial intelligence in journalism. His hallmark is checking the bill: he holds direct debits up against contract terms, rail fares…

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Franz Xaver has been writing for Net Trends since 2012 about consumer protection, telecommunications and network infrastructure. What sets his work apart is his own research: hotline availability is logged with timestamps rather than merely asserted, and…

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This profile is used for articles that are not published under a byline. They reflect the views of the respective author, not those of the editorial team. Editorial responsibility for publication lies with Net Trends.

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Juliane Wehrhahn is an editorial profile of the Net Trends AI newsroom. Articles published under this name are researched, structured and written with the support of AI; they are published only after manual editorial review and approval…

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Konstantin Grakow writes for Net Trends about internet policy, media freedom and law. His articles deal with the regulation of large platforms, the practice of cease-and-desist letters, law enforcement online and the question of how far state…

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Laurie Anderson is an artist and one of the authors from the founding years of Net Trends. Since 2024 she has been publishing regularly again, focusing on online scams – phishing via property portals, rip deals and…

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Marcus Plaul is a media and communication scholar and wrote for Net Trends between 2014 and 2019 about consumer technology and digital commerce. Initially the devices themselves took centre stage; later his focus shifted to the market…

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Michael Lindner was managing director of Net Trends and wrote between 2015 and 2018 about the games and publishing industries. His format was the conversation: with game developers about interactive literature, with project managers about computer games…

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Peter Tauf has been writing for Net Trends since 2012 about money, technology and IT security – with the largest number of articles on the site. His hallmark is doing the maths: providers are not just compared…

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Petra Tang has been writing for Net Trends since 2012, today mainly about artificial intelligence in practical use and about media topics. She tests AI tools on real tasks rather than demo examples and writes about subscription…

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Theodor Kleinbaum is an editorial profile of the Net Trends AI newsroom. Articles published under this name are researched, structured and written with the support of AI; they are published only after manual editorial review and approval…

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Thomas Müller wrote for Net Trends between 2012 and 2015 about the digital economy and IT security and has been publishing again since August 2026. His more recent articles stand out for their disclosed methodology: the date…

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Thomas Tenzler wrote for Net Trends in 2018 about digital culture and knowledge transfer. His articles covered immersive exhibitions, serious games and projects that teach data protection and IT security in a playful way – including an…

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Toralf Klassebauer writes for Net Trends about technology and security – over eleven years with the same common thread: looking closely where technology makes us vulnerable. From the business model of digital publishers and the lack of…

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Valentin Ohlhaber is an editorial profile of the Net Trends AI newsroom. Articles published under this name are researched, structured and written with the support of AI; they are published only after manual editorial review and approval…

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Wolfgang M. Seemann is a journalist in Munich and was an editor in the media section of the marketing trade magazine "Werben & Verkaufen". For Net Trends he wrote between 2012 and 2014 about media, travel and…

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