Technological and digital news from around the world.
World Service,·711 episodes
Joe Biden to be the first president to sign national legislation on the right to repair
13 Jul 2021,·42 mins
For the first time four of the Big tech platforms are committing to protect women online
06 Jul 2021,·45 mins
YouTube’s rules are silencing human rights activists
29 Jun 2021,·42 mins
A special programme about the bias in AI – can this ever be fixed?
22 Jun 2021,·41 mins
Mining Bitcoin uses more energy than many countries produce.
15 Jun 2021,·46 mins
The rise of ‘non-fungible tokens’
08 Jun 2021,·37 mins
India wants to break WhatsApp’s encryption
01 Jun 2021,·39 mins
The first African voice assistant is being developed for Kiswahili
25 May 2021,·38 mins
More than a 100million people worldwide have shared Covid-19 misinformation online
18 May 2021,·42 mins
A new report calls for mandatory and sustainable e-waste management
11 May 2021,·48 mins
Little association between tech use and mental health problems in teenagers
04 May 2021,·35 mins
Indians are sourcing medical supplies on social media during the latest wave of Covid19
27 Apr 2021,·46 mins
16% of mobile phones in emerging markets are infected with malware says a new report
20 Apr 2021,·47 mins
VPN, dark web, Bluetooth - some of the ways used to overcome internet shutdowns in Myanmar
13 Apr 2021,·42 mins
Phones sending data every 4.5 minutes even if they are just idling in our pockets.
06 Apr 2021,·49 mins
China’s restrictions online increase during COVID19 says new research
30 Mar 2021,·53 mins
AI chatbot takes witness statements more efficiently than humans
23 Mar 2021,·44 mins
Is Bitcoin energy use out of control as its price continues to rise?
16 Mar 2021,·43 mins
Bias in AI fintech is affecting money lending.
09 Mar 2021,·39 mins
Is it possible to remove bias and discrimination from data and algorithms?
02 Mar 2021,·41 mins
Facebook announces that it will restore and pay for news content in Australia
23 Feb 2021,·50 mins
A new perspective: comparing corresponding locations on Earth and the Red Planet
16 Feb 2021,·43 mins
Will Wikipedia’s new universal code of conduct undermine the site’s grassroots?
09 Feb 2021,·42 mins
Myanmar internet connectivity returning but shutdown continues in India.
02 Feb 2021,·44 mins
Google’s Loon Balloon internet connectivity project has been dropped.
26 Jan 2021,·48 mins
Social media manipulation is now an industrial scale problem worldwide, says a new report.
19 Jan 2021,·43 mins
Has tech been compromised during the storming of the US Capitol?
12 Jan 2021,·41 mins
05 Jan 2021,·40 mins
The best tech of 2020 including Kivuwatt, internet shutdowns and digital death.
29 Dec 2020,·43 mins
A solar grid, run by women, brings power to Yemen
22 Dec 2020,·42 mins
