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What kind of internet do we want? (Let’s not ask Facebook)

An unobstructed, live view from above • ICEYE’s micro-satellites can monitor disasters, lost shipping vessels and melting ice – by seeing through cloud

The sound of Silicon Allee • Berlin puts the techno into music technology startups, thanks to its long association with clubbing culture and electronics for DJs

FEELING LONELY? SPIN THE BUDDYHUB WHEEL AND JOIN A REAL-WORLD SOCIAL NETWORK

Energy unlimited • An extraordinary experiment in nuclear fusion is taking shape in a giant shed in France. It could change our lives

Transatlantic capital gains • Investor Danny Rimer has funded founders across the world. Now he’s returned to London to take European startups global

DRONES THAT STOP BULLETS AND SAVE LIVES: ASTRAL AR’S GUN CRIME SOLUTION

Carving out a niche in Hollywood • In the west of England, a robotic arm is churning out perfect movie props for Tinseltown

All-terrain intelligence • The British Army is getting a major battlefield boost: meet Ajax, the digital armoured vehicle that’s adaptable, upgradable – and even autonomous

Hacked off: the Muslim exiles who defy China • Beijing is suspected of weaponising social media to spread ethnic terror abroad

A unified approach to reuniting all your online selves • Your digital self is fragmented and wholly owned by third parties – but identity activist Kaliya Young has a plan to help us pull ourselves together, and make tech fairer for all

EARLY ADOPTERS • WIRED asks three entrepreneurs for their book recommendations

Astroscreen’s algorithm against astroturfing • AI and human expertise combine to combat social-media disinformation

Global cooling: fashioning new apparel from landfill • Where the clothing industry sees trash, the Raeburn brothers find inspiration for innovation

The African upstart that beat Spotify • Boomplay is the Lagos-based streaming startup that commands the continent – now it's looking to bring its fresh sounds to Europe

New year New you • Range finder: photographer Joe McGorty enjoys hanging out beneath a projecting limestone crag in the Italian Dolomites

Mountain movers • El Capitan beckons. Upscale your outdoor pursuits, as well as your kit, and remember: straight arms are happy arms

Ski school • Whether it’s technique-polishing wearables or the hottest eco apparel, it’s all downhill from here to exhilarating peak performance

Face values • From Margate to New York, we’ve pinpointed all the latest boosters for beard, skin and scent

Spin doctor • For the best race medicine, we prescribe Wahoo’s KICKR bike

Junglist sound • Show them love, and they make sweet music. Withhold it and they moan. Who said plants don’t have souls?

Big Brüder • Go where no caravan has gone before in a high-tech trailer that lets you enjoy the great outdoors from a great indoors

The life aquatic • Glide back to the retro cool of the 1950s Italian Riviera in this elegant electric leisure cruiser

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Intelligence everywhere: the smart future is coming • At a recent event, QuantumBlack and WIRED explored the big changes coming in the next decade to every business. They’ll be driven by AI – where humans and machines play key roles

IRRAKHI • We can do away with passport checks, says the founder of Zamna – and the blockchain is the key

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