Telegram is the most successful WhatsApp alternative. The messaging app created by Pavel and Nikolai Durov in Russia is set to gain 150 million new users in 2021, profiting from the wave of users ditching WhatsApp.

Discord was originally a platform for gamers with an integrated chat program. But thanks to its great wealth of features, the app is becoming increasingly popular outside the gaming scene too.

Many people who become targets of online hate speech attacks feel completely overwhelmed – especially when it is happening to them for the first time. Organizations like HateAid, which specialize in digital violence, can help.

Laws determine what you can say online. Freedom of speech is well protected, especially in the USA and in many EU countries. But does this also apply to hate speech?

Exoskeletons are robotic suits that give people super strength. Even though many are just the size of a backpack, they help people lift heavy objects. They’re already used in care work, logistics and the auto industry.

The Japanese exoskeleton suit HAL uses wearers' brains signals to teach paraplegics how to walk by themselves again. DW reporter Cassandra Boh tried HAL out and turned the power of her thoughts into motion.

Yoshiaki Nomoto is one of the leading producers of VR pornography in Japan. He explains why he produces in a white studio and how he makes his VR films more interactive.

The company "Soft on Demand" is one of Asia’s biggest producers of pornography. It runs around 70 VR sex shops in Japan. Their goal is to use VR technology to create a more intense viewing experience.

Theoretically, anyone can create an NFT for a work of art and put it up for sale. This presents a danger for artists. How can they protect their work in the digital space?

Digital objects can be replicated indefinitely. But thanks to NFTs, singular ownership can now be ascribed. The so-called smart contract contains information on the edition of the work, its creator, and its owner.