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Not-so anonymised data

Is anonymous data really anonymous enough?

• 26 mins

Jakarta power cut - millions without electricity

Jakarta power cut - millions without electricity but why could the grid not cope?

• 26 mins

Millions of Instagram users鈥� activity tracked

Millions of Instagram users鈥� activity tracked by marketing firm

• 39 mins

Harnessing tech during conflict

Harnessing tech during conflict; why accounts have been removed by Twitter and Facebook.

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Brazilian fire monitoring in real time

How Brazilian space scientists are monitoring the Amazonian fires in space in real time

• 38 mins

Digital Planet鈥檚 18th birthday show

A special show from the 麻豆社 Radio Theatre to celebrate Digital Planet鈥檚 18th birthday

• 57 mins

Brain implant regulation calls

The UK鈥檚 Royal Society on the future of the ethics and applications of brain implants

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The latest in disability tech

Technology is changing disabled people鈥檚 lives but is it being used as much as it could?

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Investigating marine accidents 鈥� sea tech latest

The latest on sea tech from the UK鈥檚 Marine Accident Investigation Branch

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Mobile data costs falling globally

Mobile data costs are falling in low and middle income countries according to new data

• 42 mins

Iraq shuts down internet

The Iraq government continues its shutdown of the internet.

• 43 mins

First all African smartphone factory

The first smartphone factory opens in Rwanda building smartphones from scratch.

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Health of the Internet report

Mozilla鈥檚 solutions to improve the health of the internet.

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麻豆社 News on the 鈥榙ark web鈥�

麻豆社鈥檚 international news is now available through the privacy-focused browser Tor

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Facebook Live on crime tech

We discuss digital forensics and facial recognition on our Facebook Live

• 36 mins

The digital gender divide

The UN's ITU reports a widening gap in the number of women and men who are online.

• 30 mins

Iran internet shutdown continues

The shutdown of the internet in Iran continues as do the protests against fuel price rises

• 38 mins

Google bug bounty hunters

Google is offering up to $1.5m to anyone who can identify bugs in its new chip

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Humanitarian drone corridor in Africa

The first humanitarian drone corridor has opened in West Arica.

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New Phone in China? Scan your face鈥�

China makes face recognition compulsory for cell phone users

• 42 mins

Improving crop yields with mobile phones

Mobile phones are improving lives and yields for millions of farmers around the world.

• 26 mins

Digital Planet鈥檚 18th Birthday Show

We return to our special 18th birthday show from the 麻豆社 Radio Theatre.

• 26 mins

Why is AI so far from perfect?

Why is AI so far from perfect and what can be done to improve it?

• 38 mins

South Africa power cuts

Power cuts in South Africa are plunging the country into darkness and possible recession.

• 43 mins

Tech tracking Australian fires

An app that tracks bush fires in Australia is proving vital in staying safe

• 26 mins

Internet shutdowns cost $8bn in 2019

A new report estimates that internet shutdowns cost $8bn in 2019

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Internet partially restored in Kashmir

Following a court ruling in India the internet has been partially restored in Kashmir.

• 33 mins

Drones dealing with locust swarms

Drones are collecting real time data on the massive locust swarms in Africa and India

• 43 mins

Repairing Voyager 2

NASA scientists have repaired Voyager 2 which is currently 18bn km away from Earth

• 44 mins

Feminist chatbots

Countering bias, sexism and trolling online

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