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How your Fitbit could help you to die better

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For most of us, we know that leading a more active life is going to allow us to live longer and with less health problems and …

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How we ritualise death in a digital world

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From the 40 day mourning period we see in the Muslim faith, to white being the colour of mourning in China – all religions and cultures …

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Who owns your data after you die?

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When we die, our bodies usually decay or turn to ash, depending on whether we’re buried or cremated. But the digital lives we leave behind are …

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Will AI be able to tell you when you’ll die?

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What if you could know, with some certainty, when you’ll die? AI has the potential to make predictions that can optimise care and make end of …

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Would you beat death by uploading your brain to a computer?

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Would you beat death by uploading your brain to a computer? In the 200,000 or so years humans have existed on this planet, it’s fair to …

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Do you talk to dead people online?

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Do you talk to dead people online?  The data of the dead sticks around alongside those of us still living, and you could say we encounter …