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The Golden Gate Bridge

Technology

Smartphones can reveal whether bridges are about to fall down

The accelerometers in our smartphones collect information as we travel over bridges, and this can reveal if the structure is weakening and help us know when to fix it to extend its life

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Mind

How to improve your digital diet for greater well-being

Features
Portrait of three girls chatting with their smartphones at the park

Technology

Hacking device can secretly swipe and tap your smartphone screen

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Camera lenses on the back of a smartphone

Technology

Wafer-thin cameras with long focal lengths are theoretically possible

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Young woman smiling while riding on a bus listening to music on a smartphone

Technology

Experimental earphone can ‘hear’ commands user is silently mouthing

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A member of the Ukrainian territorial defence units talks on their phone during observation of Russian troops movements around the village of Velyka Dymerka, 40km east of Kyiv, on 9 March

Technology

Russia and Ukraine are both weaponising mobile phones to track troops

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2E38E1A A closeup of the app logo for the Google Play, formerly Android Market, digital distribution service for apps on a mobile phone smartphone screen

Technology

Google can take two months to remove malware apps from app store

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woman wearing headphones

Technology

Wearable devices could use your breathing patterns like a password

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people with phones

Humans

Glancing at your phone quickly prompts other people to do the same

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