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Daily bulletins reporting the latest news from the world of science and technology, from the Standard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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5:15

Why Apple and Google are making their own chips

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/21

Youtuber Arun from Mr Whose The Boss tells us why Google and Apple have begun making their own processing chips, and what the thinking is behind Samsung’s new Z-flip colours.Donald Trump sets up his own social media, after being banned by Twitter and Facebook. It’s going to be called TRUTH social.UK childrens charity the NSPCC says social media companies don’t take child safety seriously enough. Elon Musk gets the green light for underground Tesla Tunnels.Woolly mammoths extinction caused by climate

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5:34

Google's first Pixel Pro device with an AI focus

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/20

We take a look at Google’s brand new Pixel 6 devices, which come with the tech giant’s own Tensor processor, a new array of cameras and updates for five years. Facebook has been fined over £50million for not providing enough information to the competitions watchdog over its takeover of Giphy. Facebook urged to publish research into harm its platforms cause to children. How VR could be key in future cancer treatments. Amateur investors to be warned off Crypto. How old-tech could make its way into our

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5:59

Apple Unleashed: All you need to know

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/19

We look at the brand new Apple Macbooks and Airpods - as fans rejoice at the return of ports. Charlotte Henry from the MacObserver gives us the lowdown on the new tech, including the brand new Airpods. Boris Johnson pitches green investment opportunities in the UK. How an infrared helmet could help dementia patients with memory loss. NASA’s Lucy probe in trouble as problems emerge with solar panels. Armchair astronomers: we need your planets. Vienna Tourism Board sets up Onlyfans. Diver discovers

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5:19

Big week for Techtober & Greta rick-rolls climate crowd

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/18

It’s the busiest week of the month known in the industry as ‘Tech-tober’ - as Apple, Google and Samsung all hold launch events this week. We speak with tech Youtuber Supersaf about what’s coming up. Facebook to hire 10,000 to work on ‘metaverse’. FIFA hints at new video game series. Is iPhone-scanning tech a threat to democracy? British Museum will display the ‘world’s oldest surviving map of the stars’. Ford transforming UK factory into electric-car powerhouse, and Greta Thunberg rick-rolls crowd

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5:53

Twitch hack: why is the word ‘pizza’ everywhere in...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/15

An investigation by Motherboard finds an intriguing explanation about all the fast food references in the Amazon owned e-sports platform’s 125GB data dump. Nasa’s asteroid hunter Lucy is ready for launch, first stop: Jupiter. Pollution expert on how billionaires’ space tourism rockets are contributing to killing Earth. Climate crisis: rich countries forecast to belch more pollution into air this year despite eco pledges. Avicii: late EDM icon’s father confirms tribute concert to support young mental

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6:29

Prince William: tech tycoons should ditch space...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/14

Heir to throne's broadside against space race to colonise new planets. Feel awkward haggling for a discount with a salesperson? Do it with AI. Earth 2100: forecast materials will run out to make phones, solar panels and heart pacemakers. Cheat death with healthy heart diet rich in nuts, seeds and tofu, says study. Spike in child Covid infections but drop for older teens and young to middle-aged adults. Astronomers spy new Jupiter-sized gas-giant planet in our Milky Way galaxy. Where’s

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6:54

Shatner in space & EVE online's boss on 'The Metaverse'

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/13

We’re at Retail Week Live in London’s North Greenwich, kicking off by meeting CCP Games boss Hilmar Pétursson, maker of space quest EVE, to talk about the increasinglyblurred lines between our real and digital worlds. William Shatner’s due to blast off from a Texas launch pad in a Blue Origin rocket. Global chip shortage: It might be a bit harder to get your hands on Apple’s shiny new iPhone 13 soon. There’s a strange radio signal coming from the centre of our galaxy and scientists don’t know what

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6:00

How this futuristic broadband spy plane ‘can fly for...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/12

Inventors behind the Zephyr reckon the solar-powered military spy plane could stay airborne for incredibly long period to beam down civilian broadband into hard-to-reach parts of the world. Shetland’s rocket dram...Scotland’s most northern whisky islands seals space deal. Floating alien jellyfish and smell of Black Death takeover Tate Modern to explore art and science. Carcass of supersonic WWII Nazi V2 rocket blasted from Germany discovered in English field. Facebook wants to alert users when

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5:25

Did Russia steal the plans for the Oxford Covid vaccine?

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/11

Did Russia steal the plans for the Oxford-Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine and clone it to create their own Sputnik V version? Expectant mums are being urged to get a jab as it’s revealed nearly a fifth of all critically ill patients with Covid in England are pregnant women. Blue Origin’s released footage of William Shatner getting ready to become the oldest human to ever fly into space.Brace yourselves… the Earth’s about to get hit by an enormous solar flare.OceanX reveals more about a “massive”

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6:41

Chernobyl: robot dogs help scientists clean radiation...

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2021/10/08

Interview with Tom Scott, professor of Nuclear Materials at the University of Bristol, who’s returned from his fourth site visit in Ukraine. Twitch data hack: now Amazon blames ‘configuration error’ for data leak. Well done, Britain - you’re eating less meat and it’s helping save our planet. China Moon shot: Chang’e-5 robot has collected ‘youngest lava’ from lunar surface. Major discovery as Nasa’s Perseverance rover finds evidence of Martian lake. Elon Musk says he’ll move Tesla from California to

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6:17

Twitch data heist: Amazon probes 'source code hack'

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/07

The tech giant’s engineers are scrambling to discover how a hacker found a way into its e-sports streaming platform to apparently post the valuable source code online. Now British MPs ask Facebook whistleblower to ‘break wall of secrecy’ in evidence. Have digital art-lovers been scammed for thousands in NFT ‘Evolved Apes’ sale? Suggestive jokes, dodgy character names and flirting removed from World of Warcraft. Interview with Ireland rugby star Brian O’Driscoll on how data’s deployed to analyse ‘big

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7:05

TikTok and Snapchat told to ‘ban harmful content’

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/06

Twitch and OnlyFans also told to ensure footage linked to child abuse, terrorism and racism does not appear on their platforms - or face fines. Senator says Facebook faces “Big Tobacco moment” after whistleblower’s user safety bombshell. Kanye West wearables: rapper ‘plans Donda-branded smart watches and activity monitors’. Amazon opens Lidl-style British bricks-and-mortar department store. Scientists win Nobel Chemistry Prize for molecule-mirroring work. Real Welsh dragon - a 215-million-year-old

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4:59

What caused the Facebook outage?

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/05

What caused the Facebook outage? Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the global outage that took the entire company offline. Climate change wins the Nobel prize in Physics awarding the three researchers with nearly a million dollars. Drones free-fall from the sky during a light show in China. Electric brain implants have the world abuzz after being found to cure one woman’s depression. 2035 is the year Boris Johnson believes all UK electricity will come from clean energy sources. A UAE satellite is

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4:30

2021 Nobel Prize winners, plus an inspiring space Barbie

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/04

The Nobel prize has been awarded jointly to two US scientists who figured out the mysteries of how people feel touch and temperature. A whistleblower who leaked a trove of Facebook's secret files has revealed her own identity. Could this be the first launch of a hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine? A top climate scientist has quit the Science Museum in London’s board over fossil fuel sponsorship.Music prescriptions for people with neurologic injuries and diseases like Alzheimers. The

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5:36

Leaked Facebook files: Bieber among celeb content...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/10/01

The latest on that trove of internal Facebook research documents unearthed by the Wall Street Journal, which its being reported reveal followers of social media celebrities experience greater negative feelings about themselves. Thinking tout loud...Ed Sheeran’s using blockchain to fight concert ticket scalpers. It IS safe for people to get the flu and Covid vaccines at same time, NHS clinical trial finds. X-ray scientists reveal secret letters between Marie-Antoinette and rumoured Swedish lover. GTA

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6:42

Apple Pay hacking warning for iPhone users

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/09/30

Cyber scientists from Birmingham and Surrey Universities claim to have found a tap-to-pay flaw they say could allow hackers to make unlimited contactless payments - all paid for by you. Volcano latest: University College London scientist on La Palma eruption after danger zone visit. Can this ‘super cycling suit’ help cyclists beat the clock using F1 technology? Actress ‘settles TikTok lawsuit over voice used without her permission’ on viral text-to-speech feature. How ‘furious floods’ shaped the

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5:17

Amazon defends design of $1,000 rolling robot

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/09/29

The e-retail giant is denying leaked reports its own developers believe its new autonomous robot Astro is “terrible and will almost certainly throw itself down stairs”.Nasa’s asteroid hunter is being prepared for its 12-year mission. Mercury flyby planned for British-built spacecraft. Covid: bereaved relatives welcome PM’s pandemic inquiry appointment pledge, but say urgency is lacking. Study suggests children from disadvantaged areas shorter than their rich peers. Terrifying giant prey-killing

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5:02

Instagram Kids: safety campaigners react to 'toxic'...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/09/28

The UK’s Kidscape and Rap Project discuss Facebook’s announcement that the firm’s put its controversial project on ice for now. TikTok hits one billion monthly users. New Covid alert as study reveals smokers ‘80% more likely’ to get admitted to hospital. Beam me up, Bezos...William Shatner ‘could blast off with Blue Origin’. Was the rise of dinosaurs helped by volcanic eruptions? This hamster is trading cryptocurrency...and you won’t believe the gains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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5:15

Fans of EDM star 3lau ‘could earn Bitcoin-style...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/09/27

Hundreds of music fans are being offered micro-royalties for signing up to blockchain music platform run by the crypto speculator Justin Blau. Nasa is launching its most powerful Earth observation satellite. China power crisis causes Apple and Tesla suppliers to stop production. Hear how Natural History Museum scientists discovered a ‘coffee table’ dinosaur. ‘Dangerous levels’ of cocaine and ecstasy found by scientists in Glastonbury Festival’s river. Disney is rebooting ‘Flight of the Navigator’

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8:39

Hillary Clinton and rebalancing gender in tech

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard ·

2021/09/24

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined a panel chaired by Accelerate Her, a network designed to rebalance gender in the technology sector. The Evening Standard’s business reporter Naomi Ackerman spoke to their CEO, Elka Goldstein. Plus, Apple’s fighting proposals that would force it to ditch its unique power cord for the iPhone and iPads in Europe. The Brave New World NFT, created by Bjork collaborators and digital artists Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones, goes up for auction

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