Digital Planet Podcast
Technological and digital news from around the world.
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Fighting for the right to repair
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Joe Biden to be the first president to sign national legislation on the right to repair
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Big tech platforms to protect women online
Tue 6 Jul 2021
For the first time four of the Big tech platforms are committing to protect women online
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YouTube鈥檚 rules silencing human rights activists
Tue 29 Jun 2021
YouTube鈥檚 rules are silencing human rights activists
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Bias in AI 鈥� what next?
Tue 22 Jun 2021
A special programme about the bias in AI 鈥� can this ever be fixed?
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Bitcoin鈥檚 environmental cost
Tue 15 Jun 2021
Mining Bitcoin uses more energy than many countries produce.
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The first African voice assistant
Tue 25 May 2021
The first African voice assistant is being developed for Kiswahili
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WhatsAppening with pandemic misinformation?
Tue 18 May 2021
More than a 100million people worldwide have shared Covid-19 misinformation online
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Urgent calls for mandatory recycling of e-waste
Tue 11 May 2021
A new report calls for mandatory and sustainable e-waste management
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Tech does not impact teenage mental health
Tue 4 May 2021
Little association between tech use and mental health problems in teenagers
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Indians tweeting for oxygen
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Indians are sourcing medical supplies on social media during the latest wave of Covid19
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Malware on mobiles
Tue 20 Apr 2021
16% of mobile phones in emerging markets are infected with malware says a new report
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Overcoming internet shutdowns in Myanmar
Tue 13 Apr 2021
VPN, dark web, Bluetooth - some of the ways used to overcome internet shutdowns in Myanmar
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Phones sending data every 4.5 minutes
Tue 6 Apr 2021
Phones sending data every 4.5 minutes even if they are just idling in our pockets.
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China鈥檚 online restrictions increase
Tue 30 Mar 2021
China鈥檚 restrictions online increase during COVID19 says new research
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AI chatbot takes witness statements
Tue 23 Mar 2021
AI chatbot takes witness statements more efficiently than humans
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Is Bitcoin energy use unsustainable?
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Is Bitcoin energy use out of control as its price continues to rise?
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Will algorithms always be biased?
Tue 2 Mar 2021
Is it possible to remove bias and discrimination from data and algorithms?
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Facebook reverses ban on news in Australia
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Facebook announces that it will restore and pay for news content in Australia
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Comparing the landscape of Mars to Earth
Tue 16 Feb 2021
A new perspective: comparing corresponding locations on Earth and the Red Planet
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Wikipedia鈥檚 new universal code of conduct
Tue 9 Feb 2021
Will Wikipedia鈥檚 new universal code of conduct undermine the site鈥檚 grassroots?
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Internet shutdowns in Myanmar and India
Tue 2 Feb 2021
Myanmar internet connectivity returning but shutdown continues in India.
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Loon Balloon internet deflated
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Google鈥檚 Loon Balloon internet connectivity project has been dropped.
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Online manipulation on a global scale
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Social media manipulation is now an industrial scale problem worldwide, says a new report.
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Has tech been compromised in the US Capitol?
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Has tech been compromised during the storming of the US Capitol?
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The best tech stories of 2020
Tue 29 Dec 2020
The best tech of 2020 including Kivuwatt, internet shutdowns and digital death.
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