Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
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Episodes: 192
Diracio
Jun 25, 2026
Best tech podcast- and its international too! So good to hear stories from around the world and with such great reporting too. I very much recommend it!
Kate
Oct 19, 2025
The best tech podcast ever! Hearing reasoned, balanced and informative stories that you don't hear elsewhere. No other podcast compares. Highly recommended
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Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast - Tech That Actually Matters
If you’re tired of hype, gadgets-for-gadget’s-sake, and the same recycled tech headlines, welcome to Somewhere on Earth (SOEP) - the weekly global tech podcast that digs way deeper.
Made by and hosted by the ex-BBC World Service Digital Planet team (yes, the award-winning crew behind 21+ years of world-leading tech journalism and 1.5M annual downloads), SOEP uncovers the untold stories shaping our digital world.
This isn’t a show about the latest shiny toy. It’s about technology that changes lives, cultures, and global societies.
Each episode explores:
⚡ The real-world impact of emerging tech
🌍 New innovations driving social good
🔍 Under-the-radar digital trends you should be paying attention to
🧠 How tech is reshaping communities, culture, and the way we live
📰 The technology behind the week’s biggest world stories - explained simply
Our mission?
To build a tech-for-good ecosystem where new ideas, powerful insights, and meaningful innovation can grow.
If you want smart, globally minded tech storytelling from journalists who’ve been doing this longer (and better) than almost anyone else - SOEP is your new must-listen podcast.
🌎 Somewhere on Earth: Where tech meets humanity.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast--6924871/support.
If you’re tired of hype, gadgets-for-gadget’s-sake, and the same recycled tech headlines, welcome to Somewhere on Earth (SOEP) - the weekly global tech podcast that digs way deeper.
Made by and hosted by the ex-BBC World Service Digital Planet team (yes, the award-winning crew behind 21+ years of world-leading tech journalism and 1.5M annual downloads), SOEP uncovers the untold stories shaping our digital world.
This isn’t a show about the latest shiny toy. It’s about technology that changes lives, cultures, and global societies.
Each episode explores:
⚡ The real-world impact of emerging tech
🌍 New innovations driving social good
🔍 Under-the-radar digital trends you should be paying attention to
🧠 How tech is reshaping communities, culture, and the way we live
📰 The technology behind the week’s biggest world stories - explained simply
Our mission?
To build a tech-for-good ecosystem where new ideas, powerful insights, and meaningful innovation can grow.
If you want smart, globally minded tech storytelling from journalists who’ve been doing this longer (and better) than almost anyone else - SOEP is your new must-listen podcast.
🌎 Somewhere on Earth: Where tech meets humanity.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast--6924871/support.
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We’re Throwing Away the Technology Keeping Us Healthy: The Hidden Crisis of Healthcare E-Waste
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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When Your Data Becomes a Weapon: Myanmar and Customer Privacy
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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AI Is Getting More Powerful. Can We Regulate It Before It’s Too Late?
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Internet Shutdowns: 10 Years of Fighting to Keep the World Connected
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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AI Medical Devices: Are We Using Them Before We Know They Work?
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Could Your Electric Car Power Your Home? Everything-to-Grid Energy, AI & the Future of Electricity
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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AI for Domestic Violence Support & Cybersecurity: Why We Need to Pause Before We Act
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Flying Boat Could Revolutionise Amazon Transport + AI to Tackle Endometriosis
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Could This Affordable Bionic Arm Change Healthcare Forever? AI & Autism, & Green Fuel Innovation
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Lighting Up the Amazon with Recycled Bottles | Recorded Live at Web Summit Rio
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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AI Predicts Tunnel Collapses & WhatsApp Brings a Pediatrician to Your Phone
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Robots Inspired by Birds, and the Future of Clean Energy: How Technology Is Transforming Our Planet
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Is AI Rewriting Our Opinions? And Can inDrive Build the Next Global Super App?
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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The Hidden Algorithms of Gig Work: Who Really Profits from Uber and the Platform Economy?
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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The Hidden Algorithms of Gig Work: Who Really Profits from Uber and the Platform Economy?
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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AI Is About to Spend Your Money: Pix Payments and the Tech Behind Amazon's Superberry
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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AI Is About to Spend Your Money: Pix Payments and the Tech Behind Amazon's Superberry
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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AI, Trust and the Future of Money: Plus the Brazilian Drones Replanting Forests
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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AI, Trust and the Future of Money: Plus the Brazilian Drones Replanting Forests
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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How AI Is catching Marine Wildlife Traffickers and Also Making Tax Easy
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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How AI Is catching Marine Wildlife Traffickers and Also Making Tax Easi
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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The Future Is Soft: Tiny Robots, Smart Prosthetics and the Rise of Neurodiversity Tech
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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The Future Is Soft: Tiny Robots, Smart Prosthetics and the Rise of Neurodiversity Tech
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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From Jet Engines to Hydrogen: Why the Midlands Still Invents the Future
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May 26, 2026 |
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From Jet Engines to Hydrogen: Why the Midlands Still Invents the Future
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May 26, 2026 |
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The Cooling Revolution: How Technology Could Cut Refrigeration Emissions by 50%
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May 19, 2026 |
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The Cooling Revolution: How Technology Could Cut Refrigeration Emissions by 50%
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May 19, 2026 |
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The AI Contact Lens That Could Prevent Blindness and The Women Rewriting Silicon Valley
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May 12, 2026 |
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The AI Contact Lens That Could Prevent Blindness and The Women Rewriting Silicon Valley
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May 12, 2026 |
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RightsCon 2026 Cancelled Last Minute: Global Tech Summit Shock + The New Gateway to Doing Business in Africa
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May 05, 2026 |
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RightsCon 2026 Cancelled Last Minute: Global Tech Summit Shock + The New Gateway to Doing Business in Africa
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May 05, 2026 |
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AI Voice Clones Are Clearer Than Humans, and Satellites Are Transforming Fishing
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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AI Voice Clones Are Clearer Than Humans, and Satellites Are Transforming Fishing
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Driverless Taxis Are Here 🚕 No Humans, No Steering Wheel. And the Hidden Fiber Network Powering It All
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Driverless Taxis Are Here 🚕 No Humans, No Steering Wheel. And the Hidden Fibre Network Powering It All
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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AI, Music & Accessibility: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Creativity and Communication
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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AI Beyond Business: Digital Rights, NGOs, and the Fight Against Food Waste
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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The Dark Side of the Kill Switch: Inside 2025's Record-Breaking Internet Shutdowns
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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🤖 AI Is Raising Your Kids, Rebuilding Regions and Even Sorting Your Rubbish
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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AI, Surveillance & Migration: Inside Europe’s Tech-Driven Border Policies + The Rise of Renting Apps
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Great Tech Idea. Now What? Inside a Deep-Tech Pitch Night
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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AI’s Hidden E-Waste Crisis and the Rise of CyberParent: The Growing Cost of Our Digital Lives
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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🚀 AI Deepfakes From Space & The African Language Tech Revolution | Web Summit Qatar 2026
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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🚀 AI Is Rewriting Marketing - And Nigerian Women Are Rewriting the Job Market - Live from Web Summit Qatar 2026
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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From Regional Power to Global Impact: AI Business Strategy & Women Led Health Tech in Africa
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Banking the Unbanked & Electrifying Ethiopia: How Tech Is Leapfrogging the Future
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Why the US Is Withdrawing From Internet Freedom Groups and What It Means for Your Digital Rights.
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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AI’s Hidden Environmental Cost and the Rise of the Smart Pill That Knows When You Take It
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The Communications Blackout in Iran: Network Data Show Near-Total Comms Shutdown
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Will AI Sway Your Vote? And How to Make Sure Your Digital Legacy Goes to the Right People
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Who Controls the Future of Technology? The Hidden Power War Over AI, Chips, and Global Standards
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Drones vs. Mosquitoes, Swabs vs. TB, and a Cyber App India Doesn’t Want
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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🌍 Taking Back Control of the Internet & Turning Textile Waste Into Profit
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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🌍 How to Make Your Data and Nature Profitable: The New Green Gold Rush
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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The AI That Runs on Green Energy — And Doesn’t Steal Your Data
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Poland’s Tech Boom: AI Greenhouses, Mobile IDs & Virtual Fertility Clinics
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Poland: Central Europe's Tech Powerhouse
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Stop the AI Fearmongering: How to Build a Resilient, Borderless Workforce
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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🎧Building Borderless, Agent-Ready Teams
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Belarus 2.0: Rebuilding a Nation with Tech – Exclusive with President in Exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Inside Web Summit 2025: The Hidden Tech Stories Changing the World
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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🚀 Viral Truths & Virtual Walls: What 10 Million Posts Reveal About Us
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The Misinformation Machine: Why We Click on Lies
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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🎧 We’re Letting the Machines Take Over: AI, Gig Work, AgriTech, and the Future of Learning
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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We’re Letting the Machines Take Over (Seriously, This One’s Made by AI)
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Cyberattacks Are Everywhere – How Businesses, Countries and Individuals Are Protecting Themselves Online
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Cyberattacks Are Everywhere – Here’s How to Protect Yourself Online
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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AI, Curiosity, and the Future of Humanity: Digitally Curious & Somewhere on Earth Unite for a Groundbreaking Tech Podcast Crossover
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Your Guide to the Future: "Somewhere on Earth" x "Digitally Curious" Podcast Episode
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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AI on the Battlefield: How Machine Learning Is Saving Lives in Ukraine’s War Zone
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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How AI Saves Lives in Ukraine & the Tech Behind Fighting Environmental Crime
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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16m X users in EU unmonitored and How Sudan’s WhatsApp Ban Is Cutting Off Survival
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Why Connectivity and Moderation Matter More Than Ever
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Digital Ceasefires & DeepSeek’s Breakthrough: How Peace and Science Are Redefining Our Digital Future
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Digital Ceasefire & How DeepSeek Did It!
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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AI in the Workplace, Africa’s Digital Future & the Global Supremacy Race
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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🚨 AI isn’t coming – it’s already here.
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Does AI speak your Language? African voices and Explosive Braille technology
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Does AI Speak Your Language? African Voices & Explosive Braille Tech
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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When the Internet turns against you – Online abuse and AI privacy risks
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Your digital life is under threat. And the dangers are not always who you think.
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Brazil’s Bold Crackdown on Mobile Phone Theft: Lessons for the UK
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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GigU app boosts driver earnings as Danilo Luiz champions positive media in Brazil
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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From selfie health checks in Mexico to a tech platform empowering black mothers in Brazil
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Blockchain Water Revolution in Ghana & AI Rainforest Guardians in the Amazon
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Digital Blackouts & Climate Data: The fight for connectivity and transparency
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Weddings Reimagined: VR vows, smart rings & the rise of intimacy tech | Bridechilla x Somewhere on Earth
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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AI Weddings & Digital ‘I Do’s’: How tech is transforming your big day | Bridechilla x Somewhere on Earth
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Meta’s Record-Breaking Undersea Cable, AI That Saves Diabetic Feet & Tinder’s Double Dating
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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The rising energy cost of AI & how tech impacts sustainability
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Aviation Safety & Agri-Tech: Smarter Black Boxes and Frost Protection
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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WhatsApp English lessons, EdTech in Cabo Verde & the Cartier Women's intitative - supporting women in #tech #science business
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Chat with Da Vinci & Ada Lovelace in 3D and Digital Twins in Fashion & Football
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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How one university went from outdated to world-class in just 18 months
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Solar Power & CO₂ Removal: Brazil’s Bold Bet on Clean Energy Innovation
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May 27, 2025 |
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35,000 AI Deepfake Models Found Online – The Shocking Rise of Non-Consensual Porn
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May 20, 2025 |
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From Smart Lipstick to Healthy Groceries: The Brazilian Tech Revolution
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May 13, 2025 |
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#ownyourdata with Brittany Kaiser and RoostEdge our new sponsor
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May 06, 2025 |
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From Algorithm to Action: How AI & Automation are Redefining Business
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Love, Lies & Digital Crime: The Global Web of Romance Scams
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Lifestyle and mental health - Nigerian startups empowering choice through tech
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Can tech reduce Kenya’s blood desert?
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Nanoparticles that keep our food fresh and our looks lovely
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Restoring US Government websites since Trump came to power
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Agritech in Uzbekistan: helping small scale farmers recover from communist farming methods
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Myanmar tops the charts for the most internet shutdowns in 2024
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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The first African-born Arab woman to go into Space
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Are teachers keeping up with their pupils when it comes to AI in the classroom?
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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AI can now sell your intentions – marketing your decisions before you make them
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Is Arabic another language that goes unchecked online?
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Is AI going to replace your job?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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How to have more of Somewhere on Earth - The PodExtra Edition
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Robobees – could they help solve world hunger?
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Can Kiswahili online content be moderated?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Capturing shooting stars with your doorbell cam
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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How to keep your data safe when protesting
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Your favourite SOEP shows from 2024
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Biometrics – do we have a choice in who has this data and how they use it?
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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How technology led to the rise of HTS and the fall of Assad in Syria
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Protecting submarine cables, how the big players are now involved
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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A new feeding robot could return people’s independence at mealtimes
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Kyiv – a smart city adapting to war
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Tech and the rise of autocracies around the world - a Web Summit Special
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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How reliable are French language AI Chatbots?
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Internet shutdowns in Mozambique following election
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Why aren’t women embracing AI?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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What happens when GPS is jammed?
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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What’s next for agritech? How lawyers are getting food from farm to table
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Could making Wikidata 'human' readable lead to better AI?
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Could AI chatbots counter conspiracy theories?
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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The first ever DNA computer engine and storage device
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Electric Vehicles going offline as companies go bust
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Is Kamala Harris the AI Tsar?
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Tiny batteries for tiny robots that could deliver drugs inside our bodies
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Is the internet in Pakistan behind a firewall?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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AI submissions are avoiding detection at a well-respected university in the UK
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Internet blackout in Equatorial Guinea and social media bans in Venezuela
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Can a booming tech economy help Ukraine in the war against Russia?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Would you like more SOEP and also help keep the show going?
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Getting online in Russia – which tech companies are standing up to Putin?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Duchenne UK pushes tech to its limits to help those with the condition
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Do we need new laws to control AI? Also the Prix Ars Electronica 2024 winner speaks to SOEP
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Using AI to identify threats to human rights and political activists
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Gen Z, Millennials, technology and the Nairobi protests
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Detecting cancer at the DNA level with AI
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Podextra - how you can get a bit more of Somewhere on Earth...
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Who is behind the big hack attacks?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Rare earth element boom poisoning Myanmar
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Millions of gallons of water needed for new data centres in Chile during 30 year drought
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Technology is not the problem (we are)…
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May 28, 2024 |
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Indian Elections; deep fakes, false memes, and misinformation galore
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May 21, 2024 |
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How AI is saving lives and languages in Ghana
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May 14, 2024 |
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Can ‘small’ AI have a huge impact in sub Saharan Africa?
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May 07, 2024 |
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AI for peace – using artificial intelligence to manage conflict and maintain peace
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Shout out for our PodExtra Edition
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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World Cybercrime Index – Where are the cybercriminals hiding?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Is crypto currency supporting terrorism?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Tech stories that matter – what should we be reporting on?
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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YouTube approves disinformation ads in India in run up to election
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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SOEP meets Dame Steve Shirley – a coding female pioneer
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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West Africa Internet – when will it be fixed?
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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AI for Africa – one young female scientist’s drive to develop solutions
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Anti-poaching tech – does it work?
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Making America e-smart - Digitising public life in the US
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Jimmy Wales - The Wiki Guy - answers your questions
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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A gentle ask for your (financial) support
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Tech in Ukraine after two years of war
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Diagnosing TB using AI and a mobile phone
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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A special guest on Somewhere on Earth, your help needed
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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The British Post Office Technology Scandal
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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The Global AI Arms Race
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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A Bitcoin transaction ‘uses a swimming pool of water’
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Internet shutdowns cost more than $9 billion in 2023
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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3D printed skin – huge advances could revolutionise wound healing
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Tech trends to watch in 2024 – the good and the bad
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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The most hacked place in the world…and many more tech stories of 2023
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The risk of ransomware attacks - are governments taking them seriously?
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Tackling huge youth unemployment in Africa through Jobtech opportunities
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Saving lives at sea with an autonomous lifeboat
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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AI could consume as much energy as a small country
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Tech increases access to contraceptives in Cameroon
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Connecting every school in the world to the Internet
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Internet shutdowns - where are we now?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Deepfakes undermine trust in real news
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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3D print your new home in a week from recycled plastic bottles
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Invisible e-waste - 7.3 billion e-toys add to e-waste mountain
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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A robot that can detect breast cancer?
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Somewhere on Earth - Trailer #4
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Somewhere on Earth - Trailer #3
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Somewhere on Earth - Trailer #2
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Somewhere on Earth - Trailer #1
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast...coming soon!
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Oct 24, 2023 |