Digital Planet

Digital Planet

Technological and digital news from around the world.

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
Tonga internet satellite kit deployed 00:52:33 2022-02-08 22:00
First-ever unassisted robotic surgery 00:43:00 2022-02-01 22:00
Internet connectivity still patchy in Tonga 00:43:48 2022-01-25 22:00
Twitter returns to Nigeria 00:46:40 2022-01-18 22:00
Robots under the Thwaites Glacier 00:44:36 2022-01-12 14:02
Afrofuturism and tech innovation 00:44:13 2022-01-04 22:00
A tech review of 2021 00:49:16 2021-12-28 22:00
The Internet Archive is 25! 00:43:42 2021-12-21 22:00
Brazil: Where is all the Covid data? 00:37:02 2021-12-14 22:00
Mobile phones not always beneficial to displaced people 00:47:08 2021-12-07 22:00
PIX instant payment limits to reduce kidnappings 00:42:44 2021-11-30 22:00
Smart speakers used in gaslighting 00:45:24 2021-11-23 22:00
Distress of TikTok fake school accounts 00:45:25 2021-11-16 22:00
Blockchain’s e-waste a growing problem 00:43:50 2021-11-09 22:00
How green is our data? 00:47:40 2021-11-02 22:00
Online safety laws 00:38:05 2021-10-26 22:00
Women's safety online 00:44:38 2021-10-19 22:00
Economic cost of the digital gender gap 00:45:21 2021-10-12 22:00
Census goes digital in India 00:45:03 2021-10-05 22:00
Spyware threatening independent media 00:42:21 2021-09-28 22:00
Can AI predict Arctic ice loss? 00:43:31 2021-09-21 22:00
Tech on the island of Jersey 00:44:16 2021-09-14 22:00
The Children’s Code protecting kids online 00:42:37 2021-09-07 22:00
Digital us 00:47:22 2021-08-31 22:00
Why the Taliban love social media 00:46:16 2021-08-24 22:00
Uganda, too much surveillance? 00:43:19 2021-08-17 22:00
Brazil’s Data Protection Law comes into force 00:42:45 2021-08-10 22:00
How Jersey is leading tech development 00:46:04 2021-08-03 22:00
IoT saves driver after kidnapping in Mexico 00:36:02 2021-07-27 21:14
Internet shutdowns in Latin America 00:47:52 2021-07-20 22:00
Fighting for the right to repair 00:42:26 2021-07-13 22:00
Big tech platforms to protect women online 00:45:46 2021-07-06 21:36
YouTube’s rules silencing human rights activists 00:42:33 2021-06-29 22:00
Bias in AI – what next? 00:41:03 2021-06-22 22:00
Bitcoin’s environmental cost 00:46:54 2021-06-15 22:00
NFT? That’ll do nicely 00:37:46 2021-06-08 22:02
WhatsApp v Indian government 00:39:01 2021-06-01 22:00
The first African voice assistant 00:38:43 2021-05-25 22:00
WhatsAppening with pandemic misinformation? 00:42:47 2021-05-18 22:00
Urgent calls for mandatory recycling of e-waste 00:48:11 2021-05-11 22:00
Tech does not impact teenage mental health 00:35:10 2021-05-04 22:00
Indians tweeting for oxygen 00:46:39 2021-04-27 22:00
Malware on mobiles 00:47:30 2021-04-20 22:00
Overcoming internet shutdowns in Myanmar 00:42:16 2021-04-13 22:00
Phones sending data every 4.5 minutes 00:49:11 2021-04-06 22:00
China’s online restrictions increase 00:53:30 2021-03-30 22:00
AI chatbot takes witness statements 00:44:43 2021-03-23 22:00
Is Bitcoin energy use unsustainable? 00:43:58 2021-03-16 22:00
The cost of bias in AI fintech 00:39:55 2021-03-09 21:12
Will algorithms always be biased? 00:41:48 2021-03-02 22:00
Facebook reverses ban on news in Australia 00:50:24 2021-02-23 22:00
Comparing the landscape of Mars to Earth 00:43:38 2021-02-16 22:00
Wikipedia’s new universal code of conduct 00:42:08 2021-02-09 22:00
Internet shutdowns in Myanmar and India 00:44:07 2021-02-02 22:00
Loon Balloon internet deflated 00:48:27 2021-01-26 22:00
Online manipulation on a global scale 00:43:49 2021-01-19 22:00
Has tech been compromised in the US Capitol? 00:41:47 2021-01-12 22:00
Blindness in the digital age 00:40:19 2021-01-05 22:00
The best tech stories of 2020 00:43:04 2020-12-29 22:00
Solar grid brings power to Yemen 00:42:01 2020-12-22 22:00
Dispelling COVID-19 vaccine myths online 00:43:32 2020-12-15 22:00
Is the internet affordable where you live? 00:41:20 2020-12-08 22:00
Almost two-thirds of the world’s population now online 00:49:11 2020-12-01 22:00
Increase in stalkerware installations 00:43:32 2020-11-24 22:00
Video games can be good for you 00:45:57 2020-11-17 22:00
Voyager 2 contacted after seven months 00:45:15 2020-11-10 22:00
Who is most susceptible to fake news? 00:43:00 2020-11-03 22:07
Why do we vote with paper in the age of the smart phone? 00:41:18 2020-10-27 21:00
Go Viral! online game 00:42:47 2020-10-20 22:00
Predicting US elections results every hour 00:48:49 2020-10-13 22:00
Can AI predict criminal behaviour? 00:50:02 2020-10-06 22:01
Mapping Covid-19 to your phone 00:45:30 2020-09-29 22:00
Keeping the structure of the internet safe 00:50:27 2020-09-22 22:00
AI captain to sail the Atlantic 00:44:04 2020-09-15 22:00
Scammers scamming the scammers 00:38:52 2020-09-08 22:00
The fastest ever internet connection 00:44:28 2020-09-01 22:00
Hacking help for US Elections 00:45:31 2020-08-25 22:00
Algorithm apocalypse 00:43:55 2020-08-18 22:00
A year without internet in Kashmir 00:43:37 2020-08-11 22:00
Why India can’t work from home 00:46:20 2020-08-04 22:00
Tracking the trolls 00:42:08 2020-07-28 22:00
Covid 19: Mapping changing sentiment in tweets 00:42:03 2020-07-21 22:00
Ethiopia’s continuing online censorship 00:47:40 2020-07-14 22:00
Can we make the web a better space? 00:43:03 2020-07-07 22:00
Exploring digital death 00:47:18 2020-06-30 22:00
Nigerian internet land rights costs fall 00:50:23 2020-06-23 22:00
Is this the end of facial recognition tech? 00:47:49 2020-06-16 22:00
Algorithm activism – a new type of protest 00:48:30 2020-06-09 22:00
Digital exclusion in Brazil 00:45:02 2020-06-02 22:00
Hacking internet-enabled cars 00:42:34 2020-05-26 22:00
Testing EdTech 00:43:51 2020-05-19 22:00
Spain’s many COVID-19 apps 00:40:50 2020-05-12 22:00
Chinese mobile data predicts Covid-19 Spread 00:44:51 2020-05-05 22:00
Privacy concerns over contact tracing apps 00:44:00 2020-04-28 22:00
Could fitness trackers track COVID-19? 00:52:39 2020-04-21 22:00
Supercomputers seeking solutions for Covid-19 00:44:08 2020-04-14 22:00
Internet and journalist reporting freedom curtailed 00:42:15 2020-04-07 22:00
Covid-19 cyber attacks rise 00:40:44 2020-03-31 22:00
A digital tracker that monitors new surveillance 00:35:25 2020-03-24 21:32
Coronovirus tech handbook online 00:36:20 2020-03-17 22:00
Covid-19 makes tech events go virtual 00:43:27 2020-03-10 22:00
Will digital sobriety help reduce energy use? 00:35:30 2020-03-03 22:00
Ethiopia’s new law banning online hate speech 00:38:19 2020-02-25 22:00
Feminist chatbots 00:46:48 2020-02-18 22:00
Repairing Voyager 2 00:44:45 2020-02-11 22:00
Drones dealing with locust swarms 00:43:13 2020-02-04 22:00
Internet partially restored in Kashmir 00:33:33 2020-01-28 22:00
Internet shutdowns cost $8bn in 2019 00:45:32 2020-01-21 22:00
Tech tracking Australian fires 00:43:09 2020-01-14 22:00
South Africa power cuts 00:43:18 2020-01-07 22:00
Why is AI so far from perfect? 00:38:07 2019-12-31 22:00
Digital Planet’s 18th Birthday Show 00:29:27 2019-12-24 22:00
Improving crop yields with mobile phones 00:46:59 2019-12-17 22:01
New Phone in China? Scan your face… 00:42:42 2019-12-10 22:00
Humanitarian drone corridor in Africa 00:46:26 2019-12-03 22:00
Google bug bounty hunters 00:40:07 2019-11-26 22:13
Iran internet shutdown continues 00:38:46 2019-11-19 22:00
The digital gender divide 00:30:35 2019-11-12 22:00
Facebook Live on crime tech 00:36:24 2019-11-05 22:15
BBC News on the ‘dark web’ 00:40:04 2019-10-29 22:00
Health of the Internet report 00:39:19 2019-10-22 22:00
First all African smartphone factory 00:40:51 2019-10-15 22:00
Iraq shuts down internet 00:43:10 2019-10-08 22:00
Mobile data costs falling globally 00:42:49 2019-10-01 22:00
Investigating marine accidents – sea tech latest 00:37:16 2019-09-24 21:32
The latest in disability tech 00:48:07 2019-09-17 22:00
Brain implant regulation calls 00:40:09 2019-09-10 22:00
Digital Planet’s 18th birthday show 00:57:48 2019-09-03 22:00
Brazilian fire monitoring in real time 00:38:15 2019-08-27 22:02
Harnessing tech during conflict 00:40:57 2019-08-20 22:00
Millions of Instagram users’ activity tracked 00:39:38 2019-08-13 22:00
Jakarta power cut - millions without electricity 00:43:52 2019-08-06 22:00
Not-so anonymised data 00:36:50 2019-07-30 22:00
Chandrayaan-2: India’s moon landing 00:36:39 2019-07-23 22:00
Kenya Special: A decade on 00:41:41 2019-07-16 22:00
Chinese surveillance app analysed by researchers 00:40:34 2019-07-09 22:00
Declaration of digital independence 00:41:57 2019-07-03 12:10
Tax on connectivity in Africa 00:41:15 2019-06-25 22:02
Fleeing Saudi women tracked by mobiles 00:41:18 2019-06-18 22:00
Sagrada Família: Can tech complete the build of the basilica? 00:38:42 2019-06-11 22:00
Marine accident investigation technology 00:41:30 2019-06-04 22:00
Genderless voice assistants 00:36:12 2019-05-28 22:00
Is facial recognition violating people's privacy? 00:42:50 2019-05-21 22:00
Personal alarms hackable using phone numbers 00:39:21 2019-05-14 22:00
Ham radio aids cyclone relief effort 00:37:14 2019-05-07 22:00
The latest in health and fintech 00:44:11 2019-04-30 22:21
Can tech help rebuild Notre-Dame? 00:46:05 2019-04-23 22:03
Internet of Things - what can we expect? 00:42:46 2019-04-16 22:00
Shut down of Google’s Ethics Panel 00:40:19 2019-04-09 22:00
#ShareNoEvil 00:40:19 2019-04-02 22:00
Tech help after Cyclone Idai 00:41:41 2019-03-26 22:14
Technology from the Cambridge Science Festival 00:33:41 2019-03-19 22:00
Aviation technology - are we in control? 00:39:44 2019-03-12 22:00
Missing crypto-currency mystery deepens 00:36:00 2019-03-05 22:00
Global tech threat report 00:39:14 2019-02-26 22:00
Farming of the Future 00:42:01 2019-02-19 22:00
Using AI to predict heart attacks 00:39:29 2019-02-12 22:00
Facebook’s Ad Transparency Questioned 00:32:43 2019-02-05 22:00
Technology Use in Brazil Dam Disaster 00:36:24 2019-01-29 22:00
Zimbabwe Internet Back Up 00:38:55 2019-01-22 22:00
US Shutdown Effect on Tech 00:38:32 2019-01-15 21:58
Congo Internet Shutdown 00:36:55 2019-01-08 22:00
Our Changing Relationship with Tech 00:43:05 2019-01-01 21:32
The Mouse at 50 00:35:26 2018-12-25 21:32
Global Printer Hacker Strikes Again 00:41:38 2018-12-18 21:13
Cyber Attack Risk Up By 9% 00:32:49 2018-12-11 22:00
Bloom App is 10! 00:47:00 2018-12-04 22:00
Mars Landing 00:40:14 2018-11-27 22:00
Data Ethics Monitoring 00:40:00 2018-11-20 22:24
Using AI to Monitor Crowd Emotions 00:39:14 2018-11-14 11:50
A Million Processor Supercomputer 00:38:14 2018-11-06 22:00
Is VR Dying? 00:37:37 2018-10-30 22:00
Migrant Caravan Communications 00:38:32 2018-10-23 22:00
Keeping Internet Traffic Within Africa 00:38:40 2018-10-16 22:00
Apple and Amazon Deny China Hack Claims 00:38:46 2018-10-09 22:00
Could Tech Warn of Future Tsunami? 00:34:22 2018-10-02 22:00
Digital v Analogue 00:49:34 2018-09-25 22:00
Atomic Radio 00:42:24 2018-09-18 22:00
Music Tech Fest in Stockholm 00:37:36 2018-09-11 22:00
'Neuropolitics' Consultants and Hacking 00:37:43 2018-09-04 22:00
The Dark Web 00:35:04 2018-08-28 22:00
Kerala Floods 00:36:33 2018-08-22 12:08
Nasa's Parker Solar Probe Mission 00:40:27 2018-08-14 22:00
China and Google Self-Censorship 00:41:28 2018-08-07 22:00
Most Login Attempts are Criminal 00:43:52 2018-07-31 22:00
Pakistan Elections and Censorship 00:42:00 2018-07-24 22:00
Can AI Ever Really Compete With Human Beings? 00:32:13 2018-07-17 22:00
EU Copyright Law Changes Rejected 00:38:23 2018-07-10 21:32
The AI bot That is Claimed to be as Accurate as a Human Doctor? 00:39:06 2018-07-03 22:00
New Voice for Radio Journalist 00:39:09 2018-06-26 22:00
New EU Copyright Regulations a Possibility 00:43:23 2018-06-19 22:00
China Exporting E-Waste to Nigeria 00:42:48 2018-06-12 21:32
Afrobytes – the Latest Tech from Africa 00:40:55 2018-06-05 22:00
The Toronto Declaration 00:37:40 2018-05-29 22:00
GDPR Offers Greater Protection of Individuals 00:36:13 2018-05-22 22:00
Harnessing Smartphones’ Power for Cancer Treatment 00:36:30 2018-05-15 22:00
Machine Learning In Everyday Life 00:42:43 2018-05-08 22:00
Virtual Reality Innovations at Tribeca Film Festival 00:32:23 2018-05-01 22:00
When Virtual Reality Competes With Reality 00:39:12 2018-04-24 22:00
Freedom of Expression Awards 00:37:29 2018-04-17 22:00
Bonus Podcast: Death in Ice Valley 00:03:12 2018-04-16 18:00
Internet Health Report 00:41:59 2018-04-10 22:00
A Holocaust Survivor’s Digital Doppelgänger 00:38:27 2018-04-03 22:00
3D Printed Prosthetic Limbs for Injured Refugees 00:38:39 2018-03-27 22:00
Psychographics, Cambridge Analytica and Facebook 00:39:57 2018-03-20 21:06
Sheldon County Computer-Generated Fictional Worlds 00:36:39 2018-03-13 21:06
Andrew Keen’s Ideas on Fixing the Digital Future 00:41:10 2018-03-06 22:00
Serbia’s Tech Future 00:32:08 2018-02-27 22:00
Russia Bots: Truth, Trust and Technology 00:40:29 2018-02-20 22:00
Privatising the ISS 00:43:10 2018-02-13 22:00
MIT’s Intelligence Quest 00:36:34 2018-02-06 22:00
Imogen Heap’s Mycelia 00:37:40 2018-01-30 22:00
RightMesh Expands Connectivity for Remote Areas 00:33:56 2018-01-23 22:00
Cybersecurity of Nuclear Weapons Systems 00:40:55 2018-01-16 22:00
Iran’s Internet Crackdown 00:42:25 2018-01-09 22:00
Digital Natives or Digital Exiles? 00:36:25 2018-01-02 22:00
Music and Technological Advances 01:04:56 2017-12-26 22:00
Growth in Global E-waste 00:40:24 2017-12-19 22:00
Return to the Moon 00:43:20 2017-12-12 22:00
Slush Innovations in Helsinki 00:34:53 2017-12-05 22:00
Bit List Preserving Digital Life 00:39:44 2017-11-28 22:00
Flying COWs Restoring Puerto Rico Connectivity 00:42:40 2017-11-21 22:00
Jaron Lanier – Creator of the Term Virtual Reality 00:36:34 2017-11-14 22:00
Orwell and the Future of Surveillance 00:34:17 2017-11-07 22:00
DC Labs: Future of Gaming? 00:35:50 2017-10-31 22:00
Tim O’Reilly’s Vision of the Future 00:32:57 2017-10-24 22:00
Virgin's Supersonic and Space Travel 00:37:25 2017-10-17 22:00
KiboCUBE Kick-Starts Satellites 00:39:09 2017-10-10 22:00
Highest-Capacity Data Cable 00:38:52 2017-10-03 22:00
Re-establishing Communications After Hurricanes Irma and Maria 00:40:28 2017-09-26 22:00
Google’s Proposed New San Jose Tech Village 00:30:14 2017-09-19 22:00
Are You in Danger of Becoming Addicted to Television? 00:33:45 2017-09-12 22:00
Polite Robots That Make Way for People 00:38:55 2017-09-05 22:00
Helping Sex-Trafficking Victims with Bitcoin 00:41:03 2017-08-29 22:00
Blockchain Technology Cleaning the Niger Delta 00:36:17 2017-08-22 22:00
Biometric Password Security 00:37:50 2017-08-15 22:00
Technology and Fake News 00:38:47 2017-08-08 22:00
Facebook AI Shut Down 00:40:45 2017-08-01 22:00
Dark Web Markets Shut Down 00:36:57 2017-07-25 22:00
Estonia’s Ongoing Democratising Digital Revolution 00:42:43 2017-07-18 22:00
Ghana Launches Its First Satellite Into Space 00:39:42 2017-07-11 22:00
Is the Gig Economy Out of Control? 00:37:30 2017-07-04 22:00
Augmenting Reality with Virtual Reality 00:36:51 2017-06-27 22:00
A Spider Robot Made From Plastic Straws 00:38:22 2017-06-20 02:00
A Car to Detect Heart Attacks 00:36:53 2017-06-13 02:00
Is the Internet a Safe Space for Extremism? 00:40:58 2017-06-06 02:00
BA Outage 00:36:39 2017-05-30 02:00
DECODE: Whose Data is it Anyway? 00:36:55 2017-05-23 02:00
Click from the 57th Venice Biennale 00:38:43 2017-05-16 02:00
Uber and the Investigating Regulators 00:41:47 2017-05-09 02:00
The Politics of Tech Resistance 00:35:41 2017-05-02 02:00
VR on the Rise at Tribeca 00:38:59 2017-04-25 02:00
Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 00:35:07 2017-04-18 02:00
Click Reports from Convergence 00:34:26 2017-04-11 02:00
The MIT Report to Combat Cyber Threats 00:34:42 2017-04-04 02:00
European Prize for Women Innovators 00:42:54 2017-03-28 02:00
Performing Surgery With a Hand-Mounted Exoskeleton 00:37:30 2017-03-21 01:00
Brain Wave for Controlling Bots 00:38:53 2017-03-14 01:00
How to Say 'No' to an Upgrade 01:00:46 2017-03-07 01:00
Retrofitting Democracy with Robust Digital Tools 00:40:12 2017-02-28 01:00
Fake It or Leave It 00:41:44 2017-02-21 01:00
Digital Natives or Digital Exiles? 00:46:17 2017-02-14 01:00