Economic cost of the digital gender gap

Women are left offline and it’s costing governments billions, says the Web foundation.

• 45 mins

Women's safety online

The nightmare of unchecked trolling and misogyny

• 44 mins

Online safety laws

Can the law make social media safer?

• 38 mins

How green is our data?

Is our data and our use of the internet adding to climate change?

• 47 mins

Blockchain’s e-waste a growing problem

Cryptocurrency miners change their mining kit every six months creating masses of e-waste

• 43 mins

Distress of TikTok fake school accounts

After US school TikTok challenge, UK schools are dealing with fake accounts.

• 45 mins

Smart speakers used in gaslighting

IoT devices like smart speakers being used in gaslighting domestic violence victims.

• 45 mins

PIX instant payment limits to reduce kidnappings

PIX instant payment limits introduced to reduce kidnappings in Brazil.

• 42 mins

Mobile phones not always beneficial to displaced people

A new study shows that mobile phones are not as beneficial to displaced people as thought.

• 47 mins

Brazil: Where is all the Covid data?

A cyber-attack on the Ministry of Health in Brazil means Covid data has disappeared

• 37 mins

The Internet Archive is 25!

The Internet Archive is 25 and continues to grow.

• 43 mins

A tech review of 2021

We look back at some of the tech stories of 2021

• 49 mins

Afrofuturism and tech innovation

What is Afrofuturism and how can it influence tech innovation?

• 44 mins

Robots under the Thwaites Glacier

Robots under the Thwaites Glacier collect data on Climate Change

• 44 mins

Twitter returns to Nigeria

Twitter returns to Nigeria after an absence on seven months

• 46 mins

Internet connectivity still patchy in Tonga

Internet connectivity is still patchy in Tonga following the underwater volcanic eruption.

• 43 mins

First-ever unassisted robotic surgery

First-ever unassisted robotic surgery; repairing pig intestines.

• 43 mins

Tonga internet satellite kit deployed

Tonga internet satellite kit from TSF is out of quarantine and ready to be deployed. )

• 52 mins

India to launch digital rupee

India to launch digital rupee and plans to tax digital assets at 30%.

• 48 mins

The bionic eye that’s obsolete

The bionic eye that no longer works and has left hundreds without sight.

• 44 mins

Ukraine’s massive global tech presence

Ukraine; a country rich in gas, oil, precious metals, wheat, corn, sunflowers and tech.

• 44 mins

Tracking Russian disinformation and propaganda sites

Tracking Russian disinformation and propaganda sites by NewsGuard

• 38 mins

Calls for facial recognition tech ban on Brazilian metro

Civil rights groups file a lawsuit to suspend use of facial recognition in the metro

• 44 mins

Splinternet Risks

Are fears of breakaway internets and global incompatibilities well-founded?

• 37 mins

Facial recognition identifies dead Russian soldiers

Ukraine is claiming to use facial recognition to identify dead Russian soldiers.

• 47 mins

Robot boat to survey Tonga volcano

Robot boat to survey Tonga’s underwater volcano

• 53 mins

Africa’s first cyber-security declaration

Twenty-nine nations sign Africa’s first cybersecurity declaration

• 44 mins

Audio beats - the new digital drugs?

New research shows that audio beats are used as digital drugs

• 46 mins

Can we predict Twitter’s future?

Can we predict Twitter’s future if Elon Musk takes over?

• 47 mins

Electric road trip on Jersey

A repeat of our special edition on tech on the island of Jersey.

• 34 mins