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Digital Planet

Technological and digital news from around the world.

Technological and digital news from around the world.

 

#196

Tech Life

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05 May 2023

00 MINS

00:34

05 May 2023


#195

Tech Life: Is AI racing ahead too fast?

As Google's boss, Sunder Pichai, says he doesn't fully understand its AI products, tech in... more

18 Apr 2023

27 MINS

27:05

18 Apr 2023


#194

Tech Life: Kidfluencers, do we share too much about kids online?

Tech Life looks into the world of Kidfluencers, and asks if too much of children's lives a... more

11 Apr 2023

27 MINS

27:13

11 Apr 2023


#193

Tech Life: How to make sure the whole world benefits from AI

Martha Lane Fox reflects on her thirty years in tech, including her front row seat in Elon... more

06 Apr 2023

27 MINS

27:28

06 Apr 2023


#192

Digital Planet says goodbye

On Digital Planet’s final ever show we discuss the legacy of Gordon Moore, the father of t... more

28 Mar 2023

52 MINS

52:16

28 Mar 2023


#191

3D printed food – what’s cooking?

Could 3D-printing be serving us up a tasty food revolution, or is it the ultimate in gimmi... more

21 Mar 2023

52 MINS

52:05

21 Mar 2023


#190

Jimmy Wales on bots and blockages

Digital Planet caught up with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. In the first of two interview... more

14 Mar 2023

51 MINS

51:38

14 Mar 2023


#189

Digital identity: Where are we now?

It may seem that in some countries surveillance cameras are everywhere – recording almost ... more

07 Mar 2023

38 MINS

38:33

07 Mar 2023


#188

Ukraine’s drone spotting app

As Ukraine enters the second year of the full-scale Russian invasion, we hear about an app... more

28 Feb 2023

42 MINS

42:03

28 Feb 2023


#187

Data in disaster zones

After the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Northern Syria, how do you collate data to ... more

21 Feb 2023

46 MINS

46:26

21 Feb 2023


#186

Internet shutdowns around the world

Within hours of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake across Turkey and northern Syria, the interne... more

14 Feb 2023

35 MINS

35:09

14 Feb 2023


#185

What’s the future of bots on Twitter?

What is happening with API’s, more commonly known as bots, on Twitter? The platform is set... more

07 Feb 2023

44 MINS

44:41

07 Feb 2023


#184

A smart glove to save babies

One of the main causes of maternal mortality during childbirth is that the baby cannot be ... more

31 Jan 2023

43 MINS

43:36

31 Jan 2023


#183

What happens when the Bitcoin miners leave?

In the summer of 2021 Kazakhstan was the second biggest producer of Bitcoin in the world, ... more

24 Jan 2023

40 MINS

40:57

24 Jan 2023


#182

Self-driving cars could be a massive source of global carbon emissions

MIT researchers have concluded in a new study that computers that power self-driving cars ... more

17 Jan 2023

49 MINS

49:41

17 Jan 2023


#181

Getting online in Ukraine’s blackouts

One of our listeners in Ukraine contacted us to tell us how he stays online during power o... more

10 Jan 2023

41 MINS

41:46

10 Jan 2023