Technological and digital news from around the world.
World Service,·711 episodes
The Iraq government continues its shutdown of the internet.
08 Oct 2019,·43 mins
Mobile data costs are falling in low and middle income countries according to new data
01 Oct 2019,·42 mins
The latest on sea tech from the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch
24 Sep 2019,·37 mins
Technology is changing disabled people’s lives but is it being used as much as it could?
17 Sep 2019,·48 mins
The UK’s Royal Society on the future of the ethics and applications of brain implants
10 Sep 2019,·40 mins
A special show from the BBC Radio Theatre to celebrate Digital Planet’s 18th birthday
03 Sep 2019,·57 mins
How Brazilian space scientists are monitoring the Amazonian fires in space in real time
27 Aug 2019,·38 mins
Harnessing tech during conflict; why accounts have been removed by Twitter and Facebook.
20 Aug 2019,·40 mins
Millions of Instagram users’ activity tracked by marketing firm
13 Aug 2019,·39 mins
Jakarta power cut - millions without electricity but why could the grid not cope?
06 Aug 2019,·26 mins
Is anonymous data really anonymous enough?
30 Jul 2019,·26 mins
India has sent a rover and orbiter to the moon. We look at the tech driving it.
23 Jul 2019,·36 mins
Digital Planet re-visits Kenya 10 years after the submarine broadband cable was connected
16 Jul 2019,·26 mins
Travellers to China forced to install a surveillance app. Researchers have broken into it
09 Jul 2019,·40 mins
Declaration of digital independence – a call to boycott social media for two days
02 Jul 2019,·26 mins
Online access down as some African countries impose connectivity tax
25 Jun 2019,·26 mins
Fleeing Saudi women are being tracked by unique codes on their mobiles
18 Jun 2019,·26 mins
How technology will help complete the original design of Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Família
11 Jun 2019,·26 mins
How can marine technology find the cause of ship crashes like the one in Venice?
04 Jun 2019,·26 mins
The world’s first genderless voice assistant is unveiled, and it goes by the name Q
28 May 2019,·26 mins
Facial recognition is banned in one city but is rising elsewhere. Is this an AI too far?
21 May 2019,·26 mins
Personal alarms with GPS can be hacked using their owner’s phone number.
14 May 2019,·26 mins
Live from the IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things in Limerick, Republic of Ireland
16 Apr 2019,·26 mins
Google launch an advisory AI ethics board and disband it within a fortnight.
09 Apr 2019,·26 mins
#ShareNoEvil, replaces alleged Christchurch attacker’s name online in New Zealand
02 Apr 2019,·26 mins
A website in English and Portuguese is launched to help find missing people after Idai
26 Mar 2019,·26 mins
A special programme from the Cambridge Science Festival
19 Mar 2019,·26 mins
More aviation authorities ground the Boeing 737, we ask are we in control of the tech?
12 Mar 2019,·26 mins
Investigations into missing crypto-currency reveal money appears to be missing
05 Mar 2019,·26 mins
Cyber protection firm CrowdStrike launches global threat report
26 Feb 2019,·26 mins
