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38 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Deepfake or shallowfake call to European mayors; India’s great VPN exit; can AI diagnose prostate cancer? Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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TikTok School challenge – what’s happening and what’s being done. Twitter disinformation campaign in Kenya and the lack of diversity in the AI workforce across the world. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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IoT used in domestic violence gaslighting of victims. Also a possible alternative to GPS and mapping sea cucumbers using drones. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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PIX instant payment limits to reduce kidnappings in Brazil. Also Bitcoin mining in Navajo Nation – an example of crypto-colonialism. And AI football training. Show more
47 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Mobile phones are not always beneficial to displaced people. Also, could slaughterbots (autonomous lethal weapons) be banned? Plus, improving WikiAfrica. Show more
37 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet
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Brazil: where is all the Covid data? Also the first ever delivery of medicines by drone in Sierra Leone and reimagining the new Spider-Man trailer through animation. Show more
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet
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The Internet Archive is 25! Also the Future of Text – adding metatags and sources to make our written documents more interactive and Moonshot – the tech used to fight COVID Show more
49 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet
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We look back on some stories we covered in 2021 – from age appropriate design to protect children, internet shutdowns, a WhatsApp school in Zimbabwe to a virtual reality opera. Show more
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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A special edition on Afrofuturism – what is it and how can it influence tech innovation? Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Robots under the Thwaites Glacier. Also, tiny light engines that could make AR glasses an everyday accessory and the tech behind the James Webb space telescope. Show more
47 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Twitter returns to Nigeria after an absence of seven months. 100 years of tech innovation at the BBC and a ban on online education classes in China. Show more
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Internet connectivity is still patchy in Tonga. Also, Virtual IT brain drain in Argentina and Robot training made easy Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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First-ever unassisted robotic surgery; repairing pig intestines. Also, Singapore surveillance and lack of transparency and unReal City; merging realities in the theatre. Show more
53 minutes
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Tonga internet satellite kit from TSF is deployed. Also, could NFT protect our health data? And the latest in enhanced audio description for TV and films. Show more
48 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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India to launch digital rupee and plans to tax digital assets at 30%. Also, a journey to a Mars landing site on Earth and Robot assisted navigation – the augmented white cane. Show more
44 minutes
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The bionic eye that no longer works and has left hundreds without sight. Also the iPhone Pro Max – the latest in ophthalmic medicine? And what might happen with our COVID data? Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Ukraine, a country rich in gas, oil, precious metals, wheat, corn, sunflowers and technology. Also detecting COVID from mobiles and accessing online content blocked by governments Show more
39 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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NewsGuard – tracking Russian disinformation and propaganda sites. Also archiving the information war on Ukraine and keeping Wikipedia Ukraine entries free and accurate. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Brazilian civil rights groups file a lawsuit to suspend use of facial recognition in the metro Also, how to spot disinformation in wartime and biodegradable end edible robotics. Show more
37 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet
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Could new geo-economic politics split the internet into factions? Also, using AI to find fallen meteorites and how NFTs in games might blur the lines between labour and leisure. Show more
