Future Technology

The technology, new ideas, inventions and gadgets that will revolutionise the world as we know it and lead us head first into the future.

Meet the computer scientist teaching an AI to play Dungeons and Dragons © Getty Images

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Podcast Meet the computer scientist teaching an AI to play Dungeons and Dragons

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Earth 300 The Atomic Superyacht On A Voyage To Save The Planet

Money: Does the internet need ads? © Anson Chan

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Why the internet can survive without ads

Mental health: Social media has teeth, but how can we decide if it needs to be tamed? © Getty Images

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Why scientists don’t actually know if social media is bad for you

Ctrl, Alt, Delete: Can we make the internet great again, or is it a lost cause? © Anson Chan

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How to make the internet great again… according to the experts

Breaking up the power: Does the internet’s future have to depend on a handful of megacorps? © Anson Chan

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Breaking up the power: Does the internet’s future have to depend on a handful of megacorps?

Tim Berners-Lee: Can we protect future generations' internet privacy? © CERN

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Interview Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee thinks his creation is out of control. Here's his plan to save it

Bullying: How to slay the social media trolls © Anson Chan

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Meet the app developer creating a simple tool that could slay all online trolls

Disinformation: Can we slow the tide of fake news? © Anson Chan

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The simple reasons online disinformation may never be fixed

Polarisation on social media: The tools that can smash our echo chambers © Anson Chan

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Social networks are built to turn us against each other. Can we fix them?

Extremism: How physics can stop radicalisation © Anson Chan

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How a “new kind of physics” could track down extremists online

Future technology: 22 ideas about to change our world

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Future technology 22 ideas about to change our world

A cheaper, quicker and cleaner way to recycle more of your gadgets © Getty Images

There’s a cheaper, quicker and cleaner way to recycle more of your gadgets

Poo power and rubbish bricks: 8 ingenious projects forging a trash-free future © Luca Locatelli/Institute

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Poo power and rubbish bricks: 8 ingenious projects forging a trash-free future

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“Computers are not as smart as you think they are”: The struggle of teaching AI to tell stories