Every year, nearly 25 million bags are lost in transit out of 4.3 billion 

From capturing candid shots at in a wedding, to spraying pesticides to surveillance of places where access is difficult for humans, drones as a service (DaaS) is the next big thing

There are four key strategies that are key to helping you achieve a healthier digital balance: replacement practices, social bonds, mindfulness and viewing digital well-being as a journey

The key to having healthy bones for a lifetime is to take some simple preventive measures – and the earlier, the better

'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.'

'Padmini and I are very different people.''Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'

'You have to be good in your project that's releasing today for you to be working on something tomorrow. That will always be the case.'

'The kind of things they were writing, 'Oh, what is this, she's overacting at her wedding.' 'Why is she not covering her head?''The kind of liberty people take to comment on what I should be doing in my personal life is not something I'm okay with.'

In the light of recent reports on grading system for artists, some stakeholders point out on the need to expand the debate on culture.

Threats are over-utilised but often under-rewarded tactics

Learning to recognise the impact past experiences have on present behaviour can unlock your true potential

Providing meaningful roles and constant mentoring are essential

Learning and development programmes are more than mere skill updates – they can be the key to employee retention

No matter where you are in your career, it is always important to evaluate your current role, how you envision success, your steps to achieve it, and ultimately, get to where you want to be

Some stores in India have declared a war on waste

Up, close and personal with Masaba Gupta on wedding outfits and life choices

Camera phones that will help you take your Instagram game up a notch this festival season

Gone are those days when eating out meant digging into a steak with buttery potatoes on the side. Increasingly in the big cities, restaurants are offering a host of healthy food

Michelin-starred chefs are using high-tech tools in the kitchen and rooting for green

As a programmer, your desk is the platform to everything you do. Every line of code you write, CSS you minify or updates you push out is done right there. See how to set up your desk for maximum productivity.

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When you see a product you like on Twitter Stripe wants you to be able to select it, see what other colours and styles are available, then buy it -- all the while staying just a couple of clicks away from your feed. With card and shipping details saved on your phone or within the app you'll never have to go through multiple "pay now" screens again. Subscribe to WIRED ►► http://po.st/SubscribeWired This is Relay and it allows apps to handle anonymous payment information, the latest part of Stripe's plan to create a mobile space for retail. Retailers currently using the technology include Warby Parker, Best Buy and Adidas. Currently, less than five percent of all transactions take place online, and only 15 percent of those go through mobile, James Allgrove, head of UK growth at e-commerce business Stripe, told WIRED Retail. That's in spite of 60 percent of all browsing taking place on mobile devices. READ MORE: http://wired.uk/UepWbA WIRED Retail is our annual exploration of the ever-changing world of commerce, featuring leading technologists, entrepreneurs and creatives innovating in sectors as diverse as robotics, virtual reality and the future of home delivery. For all our coverage from the event, head over to our WIRED Retail hub. http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-retail-2015 CONNECT WITH WIRED Web: http://po.st/VideoWired Twitter: http://po.st/TwitterWired Facebook: http://po.st/FacebookWired Google+: http://po.st/GoogleWired Instagram: http://po.st/InstagramWired Magazine: http://po.st/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://po.st/NewslettersWired ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics. Relay wants your phone to be a wallet and Twitter a shop | WIRED Retail | WIRED https://www.youtube.com/wireduk

Dr. Bill Schindler, a professor of archeology and anthropology at Washington College, demonstrates a couple of the most effective methods for starting a fire in the wilderness. "Even though you may never find yourself in a survival situation, I firmly believe that learning and practicing these primitive skills are an essential part of connecting to your past, your environment, and everything it means to be human," says Bill, explaining why it's important to have basic survival skills knowledge.

BRANDED CONTENT | Courtesy of LEGO® Education | One of the many lessons from LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime, Automate It! challenges students to create and program an automated helper that can identify and ship the correct package based on color.

Before lockdown WIRED visited Veolia's recycling plant in Southwark, South London, to ask about some of the most common recycling myths. Do you need to remove the plastic lid when you recycling a water bottle? What do you do with those widgets in Guinness cans? What do all the green symbols mean? Veolia handles the waste from more than two million Londoners. Every single hour it processes 14 tonnes of recyclable content that we throw away. This video was produced as part of Digital Society, a publishing partnership between WIRED and Vontobel where all content is editorially independent. Visit Vontobel Impact for more stories on how technology is shaping the future of society: https://www.vontobel.com/en-int/about-vontobel/impact/ #Sustainability #Recycling #RecyclingPlant

Matt Mitchell, founder of CryptoHarlem, joined WIRED25 to discuss online surveillance, "digital stop-and-frisk," and how law enforcement continues to target people of color.

Last year, sci-fi show Altered Carbon joined Sense8, The OA and Luke Cage in being axed from Netflix after just two seasons. What followed was the now-traditional furious fan campaign to save the series from an early death. But while it’s sad for fans to see a show cut dramatically short, for Netflix, it comes down to the data. In this WIRED Explains, we explore the data metrics Netflix uses to decide whether to renew or axe a TV show. #WIRED #Netflix #TVShows

Do you know what the most frustrating part about owning a bar is? When customers leave, but forget their credit card at the bar! What if we could stop that from ever happening? Mark Kleeb, bar owner and creative technologist based in Brooklyn, has been challenged to solve this dilemma in one week.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Best Buy | Sure, smart homes are cool and sleek, but aren’t they hard to build? You’d be surprised at how simple it is to get started, and how just a few key products can make a major impact. Transitioning your house into a smart home can make life easier, safer, more fun, and save you time and money. Technology expert Gurpreet Sarin gives us the rundown on products that take summer gatherings to the next level, make daily tasks easier, and add safety and security to our homes.

What happens to our digital data after we die? Futurist Sinead Bovell explores the emerging space known as the digital afterlife from three different angles; what happens to our data, how can it take on a life of its own, and what does it mean to be digitally immortal.

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"People tend to do what they enjoy and not what they don't enjoy." Dr. Amanda Rebar, Associate Professor of Psychology, is here to help us make sense of New Year's resolutions. How does a resolution become a habit? Why are they so hard to stick to? How do we change our behaviors? Director: Maya Dangerfield Director of Photography: Brad Wickham Editor: Ron Douglas Expert: Dr. Amanda Rebar Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez Production Manager: Eric Martinez Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila Camera Operator: Cloud Corredor Gaffer: Rebecca Van Der Meulen Audio: Brett Van Deusen Production Assistant: Rafael Vasquez Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch

We all have plenty of questions about our phones. Is our phone always listening to us? Is it safe to use while pumping gas? Does closing apps help our phone perform better? Former Apple store tech David Payette is here to set the record straight. Director: Trevor Locke Director of Photography: Rahil Ashruff Editor: Louis Lalire Host: David Payette Coordinating Producer: Kevyn Fairchild Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Shelby Bomah Production Manager: Eric Martinez Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila Casting Producer: Thomas Giglio Talent Booker: Nicole Ford Camera Operator: Cloud Audio: Gabe Quiroga Gaffer: Cody Blevins Production Assistant: Caleb, Clark Lea Donenberg Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Andy Morell Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin Designer: Samuel Fuller 00:00 - Tech Truths with David Payette 00:21 - Is my phone listening to me? 02:03 - Are our phones watching us? 02:59 - Do our phones track us even when they are off? 04:20 - Does your phone get better service depending on how you hold it? 04:27 - Does your phone ruin credit cards or hotel room keys? 04:48 - Will a magnet wipe your phone? 04:57 - Do phones attract lightning? 05:07 - Is it safe to hold your phone when pumping gas? 05:15 - Can your phone be hacked on public WiFi or random USB chargers? 06:23 - Is Airplane Mode really necessary? 07:32 - Does dark mode help your eyesight? 08:20 - Is planned obsolescence real? 09:28 - How waterproof are our phones? 10:33 - Does closing apps enhance your phone’s performance? 11:43 - What’s the deal with exploding phone batteries? 12:40 - What’s the best way to charge our phones? 13:48 - How often do you need to clean your phone’s screen?

Dr. Jeffrey Laitman joins WIRED to break down how our organs and body parts age from head to toe. From hearing and hair loss to sagging skin and deteriorating joints, Dr. Laitman highlights the impact of aging on the human body—and what we can do about it. Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Francis Bernal Editor: Matt Colby; Paul Tael Talent: Dr. Jeffrey Laitman Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila Camera Operator: Brittany Berger Gaffer: Mar Alfonso Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino Production Assistant: Albie Smith Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Lauren Worona

It’s hard to recall a time when we weren’t living our lives online—but the conversation around user data and ownership is just getting started. So how did we get here? Moderated by WIRED’s Lauren Goode, our opening panel features Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and Inrupt CEO John Bruce on their vision of an internet where individuals take control back from Big Tech.

A-Z: This series of light hearted explorations on familiar objects from everyday life dear to the urban Indian middle class looks at how they shape our wants and desires and ultimately make us who we are as a people.

Formula for personal growth: Brand and design evangelist Lulu Raghavan says one has to be grounded and humble to nurture ambitions

Modular kitchen, wardrobes, cabinets, wall entertainment units, and even fixed furniture, you name it, the long list of wood work to suit your taste and wallet is just a few clicks away

Dos and don’ts of property negotiation

None of us will ever be able to read all the articles and blog posts we had like to, and RSS feeds can be an incredible source of information overload. WebWorkerDaily highlights tools and tricks that can help make RSS more relevant.

We have waxed lyrical about Yahoo! Pipes before and how Pipes can create a master feed, fetching all your news feeds and filtering them, but the topic is well worth a revisit.

With a particular emphasis on making the flow of information more manageable and more relevant to you, GigaOms collaboration blog WebWorkerDaily singles out Yahoo! Pipes for its robust filtering by various criteria and PostRank, a service that gets the top posts (by engagement score) from a particular feed. You can use PostRank and Yahoo! Pipes together to find only the most popular posts from your favorite blogs and then filter them by your keywords.

IUf you are a hard-core Slack user, you might find yourself spending more time within the confines of that collaboration tool than any other. If that is the case, why not get your news there as well? Sound like something you might want or need? If so, it is a good thing Slack allows the addition of RSS feeds.

With this feature, you can always be up to date on your favorite topic-specific RSS feed from within your favorite Slack workspace. It is a one-two punch of efficiency. If that sounds like something you might want, let's see how it's done.

It was back in 1999 that RSS feeds originated as a way of getting an overview of new articles and blog posts. They are still around today and can still be useful if you want to tailor and streamline your reading content.

RSS feeds can be used to bundle news from any number of websites within a program, browser extension or app. The only requirement is that the pages must support the.rss or.xml file extensions.

The advantage of RSS feeds and readers is that not only are they often free of charge, they also reduce your data use, as only a section of the article is loaded, Neuhetzki says.

In addition, the user does not have to provide personal information such as an email address or register in order to use a feed.

With all the social media site tools available, often the best way to be effective with your social marketing is to automate the process. First, you need to decide whether automation is right for you and, if so, which automation you should set up. Automation can be key in turning your contacts into profits because you can post less, but at the same time, you get more exposure. Social automation, however, can be considered spamming, so be careful with how you set it up.

How does social network automation work? There are tools like Hootsuite and SocialFlow where you can automate your social networking sites or TubeMogul to automate your video posting. These sites can submit a link or post to not just one or two sites but, in some cases, up to 60.

You can use these completely free platforms to boost your personal brand and grow your audience. Lets look at some winning ways you can enhance your online presence.

1. Keep your profiles updated
2. Use visuals!
3. Use keywords in your profiles
4. Make your headlines attractive
5. Be active on social media
6. Develop a persona

To optimize these partnerships, companies should take the following steps:

1. Put a premium on trust.
2. Establish clear and ongoing communication channels — and do it early.
3. Meld internal and external perspectives.
4. Establish clear objectives and align on metrics.
5. Keep one hand on the steering wheel.
6. Seek partners that adapt in times of uncertainty.
7. Stay attuned to social and political issues through your agency partner.
8. Help the rest of your business learn from your social media agency partnership.

If you are reading this article, chances are you found it through social media. And that means the platform that used it to get your attention knows you are here. While you are reading these words, Facebook, Twitter, or Google are likely reading you.

That is the premise of the new Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma from filmmaker Jeff Orlowski, which features repentant Silicon Valley figures sounding the alarm that big tech companies are doing three very dangerous things: (1) Spying on you. (2) Manipulating your feeds to keep you engaged. (3) Deepening your biases and blind spots by pushing away everything else.

The good news is that majority group members and men have an immense source of power at their disposal to prevent and confront bias in the workplace: their social networks. Here is how you can take action.

You have a bigger sphere of influence than you realize. Most people think about their immediate circle of friends as their audience. However, research in the study of social networks has shown they are wrong. Your ideas and behaviors ripple out from you, influencing your friends, friends of friends whom you may not even know, and friends of those friends as well. In fact, a whole range of outcomes are influenced by these third order ties – your weight, your values and beliefs, even your risk of divorce. This is your sphere of influence, in both your place of work and your daily life.

~ Brands must shift from their pre-pandemic social media strategies
~ More organic and engaging approaches are crucial when it comes to winning back customers or retaining new ones
~ Select the most appropriate platform that fits the target audience, even if it’s uncharted territory for your brand
~ Authentic influencer campaigns, user-generated content challenges and conversational tones are among the most effective ways to engage with customers

It was back in 1999 that RSS feeds originated as a way of getting an overview of new articles and blog posts. They are still around today and can still be useful if you want to tailor and streamline your reading content.

RSS feeds can be used to bundle news from any number of websites within a program, browser extension or app. The only requirement is that the pages must support the.rss or.xml file extensions.

For example, if you just want to read headlines on the go, there are smartphone apps such as Feedly, Newsblur, Inoreader, and Feeder.

These applications have modernised the classic RSS service and offer, for example, the synchronisation of the RSS feed between smartphones, desktop computers and laptops.

The modern type of RSS feed reader also offers other advantages. Providers like Feedly also make suggestions about possible feeds based on keywords or interests, Neuhetzki says.