Technology

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Future Inc
How China is changing social media
By Chris Stokel-Walker
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Future Inc
How tech could transform ageing
By Frank Swain
The durian fruit, famous for its repugnant odour, could provide the material to make a new generation of supercapacitors (Credit: Alamy)
Energy
How a stinky fruit can power your phone
By Celia Jones
Russian radio mast (Credit: iStock)
Best of BBC Future
The Soviet station no one can decode
By Zaria Gorvett
Although not always successful, online sleuths can play an important role in helping to track down missing persons (Credit: Alamy)
Covid-19
The people solving mysteries from home
By Frank Swain
For further clarity, the dots here are annotated. So what does the shape mean? (Credit: Electronic Frontier Foundation/CC BY 3.0)
Lockdown Longreads
Why printers add secret tracking dots
By Chris Baraniuk
Some public health experts are concerned about how new technology in our homes can be used for domestic abuse (Credit: Getty Images)
Crime
Alexa, is my partner spying on me?
By Alex Riley
High quality CDs can last for up to 100 years but they have largely been replaced by digital formats that can be streamed over the internet (Credit: Getty Images)
Pollution
Why we might want to go back to CDs
By Sharon George and Deirdre McKay
An energy-saving bulb production line at a lighting factory in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province (Credit: Getty Images)
Deep Civilisation
A very, very long view of technology
By Tom Chatfield
The Zenith Space Command used ultrasound - tiny hammers generated a frequency when they hit aluminium bars inside the remote (Credit: Alamy)
Technology
The surprising origins of the TV remote
By Stephen Dowling
Light Phone (Credit: Light)
Future Now
The new phones that aren't so smart
By Peter Rubinstein
A woman is shown holding a pile of laundry (Credit: Getty Images)
Technology
Is this the end of laundry?
By Helene Schumacher
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Technology
Could this 'super suit' change lives?
By Helene Schumacher
Earth with Sun rising (Credit: Alamy)
Technology
Four teen inventors changing the world
By Zaria Gorvett
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Technology
The designers making robots friendly
By William Cook
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