How hi-res audio is rescuing us from a music Dark Age
We’ve endured a music quality wasteland in pursuit of convenience. With the rise of hi-res audio we can have both quality and accessibility
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It’s not the camp 1970s Star Wars rip-off. It’s the Noughties re-imagining and it’s awesome…
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Stuff’s Esat Dedezade wants an easy life – and sees giving massive corporations his most personal data as a way of getting it
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Coding is tomorrow’s grammar – as important a transferrable skill as learning maths or English. Marc McLaren speaks to Decoded’s Ali Blackwell to find out why…
Five analogue things that digital tried and failed to kill
Digital media isn’t finishing off physical media – it’s making it better, says Stephen Graves
6 things you need to know about today’s Windows 9 announcement
Microsoft is set to unveil its most important new OS in years later today. Here’s what to expect
The amazing ways new tech shapes storytelling
Technology not only changes the fabric of how stories get told, but also the actual stories themselves, says Stephen Graves
Promoted: Seven common smartphone problems the Huawei Ascend Mate7 solves instantly
That first smartphone experience is special – we all remember it. Discovering what it’s capable of slowly blows your mind.
The 13 Hottest Gadgets of September 2014
Scorchio! We’re bringing the heat with our picks of the best tech from the past four weeks
New Volvo XC90: Say hello to the safest SUV ever
According to the Swedish marque, nobody will be killed or seriously injured in one of its cars by 2020. The tech-heavy XC90 is one step towards that goal
Why the smart money’s still on CD
If you want music quality and convenience, discover via streaming services but get those lossless kicks via CD, says Simon Lucas
Promoted: When arcade machines ruled the world
Today’s arcades are curiosity shops, stocked with wheezing hulks that can’t hope to compete with the little boxes under our TVs – but it wasn’t always this way. We celebrate the lost world of the coin-op
