Amazon launches Alexa smart ring, smart glasses and earbuds

Echo Frames, Loop and Buds launched along with series of updates to previous products

Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze

Demand for ‘healing’ crystals is soaring – but many are mined in deadly conditions in one of the world’s poorest countries. And there is little evidence that this billion-dollar industry is cleaning up its act.

By Tess McClure

This season’s best hair trends

Chic hair tricks to steal from the catwalks

Hi-tech, hyperlocal and 3D printed: a proposition for the future of fashion

Fast fashion is facing its Fast Food Nation moment, with technical innovation and consumer power driving change, according to a new book

Paul Smith’s Mercian Tandem: One of the most beautiful tandems in the entire world

      Ride off with a piece of cycling history In May this year Sir Paul Smith CBE RDI took part in Wallpaper* Handmade – a unique exploration of craft and design that, according to Wallpaper* editor-in-chief, Sarah Douglas, pairs “the finest creative talents and rising stars with the most outstanding makers and manufactures”. … Read more

Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel?

Greta Thunberg’s zero-carbon Atlantic crossing is not an option for most. But it might be in years to come, if experiments with hydrogen, solar and batteries pay off