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Smart cities: How Barcelona learned to listen

Smart sensors can improve citizens' lives, especially when residents are put in charge

• 18 mins

Smart cities: Big Data's watching you

From Shenzhen to Toronto, city streets are becoming a valuable source of big data

• 18 mins

Will flying taxis ever take off?

Will giant drones one day ferry us all through the heavens all on our way to work?

• 18 mins

Hack my brain

Facebook and Elon Musk are among those investigating brain probes for mind reading

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Are friends electric?

When will artificial intelligence be capable of providing intelligent conversation?

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Reinventing capitalism

Can corporations change to prioritise society and the environment over profit?

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Phosphates and the disputed corner of north-west Africa

Morocco dominates phosphate fertilisers thanks to its disputed control of Western Sahara

• 18 mins

Rights of nature

If nature had the same legal status as humans, would it be better protected?

• 17 mins

The workplace re-imagined

Can workplaces be designed to make you want to come to the office?

• 17 mins

LA's housing crisis

LA's housing crisis is pushing city dwellers to the limit

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The US and China in 2020

How the battle of the superpowers might unfold this year

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Uber and Lyft vs California

A battle is looming over the future of the gig economy

• 17 mins

North Korea: Suffering under sanctions?

Are the toughest economic sanctions in the world actually having any effect?

• 17 mins

OK Boomer...

Can鈥檛 save/won鈥檛 save? The raw financial deal facing millennials and generation Z.

• 17 mins

Brand Meghan and Harry

Royal brands and the value of the monarchy

• 17 mins

The next big thing

How easy is it to predict where tech will take us in the next decade?

• 18 mins

The power-hungry internet

Why our growing use of technology is a threat to the planet

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Where has all the good soil gone?

How soil degradation is reducing crop yields and adding to climate change

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Microworkers teaching robots

How the rise of 'microwork' is helping develop artificial intelligence

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Insomnia and the smartphone

Modern tech is accused of interfering with our sleep, but could an app provide the cure?

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Being watched at work

The ethics of monitoring technology in the workplace

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Cities at a standstill

How strikes and protests affect business in Paris and Hong Kong

• 17 mins

Mapping paradise

We revisit the Zanzibar government's efforts to chart its territory using drones

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The products used again and again and again...

Why don't more manufacturers embrace the principles of the circular economy?

• 18 mins

What next for Africa's richest woman?

Isabel dos Santos faces charges in her native Angola

• 17 mins

Forced labour in China

The Uighur Muslims forced to work in Chinese detention centres

• 17 mins

Chinese forced labour: The brands

Are Western brands doing enough to keep forced labour out of their supply chains?

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Britain's Huawei gamble

The UK's decision to let the Chinese firm into its 5G network risks US retaliation

• 17 mins

Does quarantining do more harm than good?

How will China's efforts to contain the corona virus affect the country's economy?

• 17 mins

Brexit day, Brexit visions

As the UK officially leaves the EU, what kind of economic future should it aim for?

• 18 mins