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Splinternet Risks
Are fears of breakaway internets and global incompatibilities well-founded?
Facial recognition identifies dead Russian soldiers
Ukraine is claiming to use facial recognition to identify dead Russian soldiers.
Robot boat to survey Tonga volcano
Robot boat to survey Tonga’s underwater volcano
Africa’s first cyber-security declaration
Twenty-nine nations sign Africa’s first cybersecurity declaration
Audio beats - the new digital drugs?
New research shows that audio beats are used as digital drugs
Can we predict Twitter’s future?
Can we predict Twitter’s future if Elon Musk takes over?
Electric road trip on Jersey
A repeat of our special edition on tech on the island of Jersey.
North Korean digital control
Stringent digital control in North Korea
Reclaiming African art in digital form
Nigerian project Looty is reclaiming African art as digital NFTs.
Detecting earthquakes with seafloor internet cables
New research suggests that subsea fibre-optic cables could be used to detect earthquakes
Data-driven football
Has data changed the game of football?
Community Networks: Connecting the unconnected
Community networks can provide a lifeline for those who cannot access the internet
Archiving music in glass
Using ultrafast laser optics, a new technique means music data can be stored in glass.
Japan tackles online insults
Increased punishment for online insults in Japan
What’s the deal with the metaverse?
What is the metaverse and what are its implications?
Deepfake calls to European mayors?
The fake video calls that deceived three European mayors
Are internet shutdowns evolving?
A new UN report warns of the real-life effects of losing connectivity
Self-driving cars on the horizon?
A recent UN regulation extends automated driving technology to 130 km/h
Grassroots data – holding the powerful to
ing war crimes in Ukraine, gun crime in Brazil, eco activism in China with OS data
Is disability tech delivering?
Is technology designed to help people with disabilities any good?
How Nancy Pelosi’s flight was tracked
How Nancy Pelosi’s flight was tracked and watched by 2.92million people
Misinformation on the mid on social media
Managing misinformation on Twitter and TikTok about the midterm elections in the US.
India’s cyber scam scourge
A third of Indians have lost money through digital fraud. How are so many being scammed?
Inoculation videos against misinformation
Could people be protected against misinformation online by watching videos?
Happy birthday Digital Planet!
Digital Planet celebrates its 21st birthday with a live show from the BBC Radio Theatre.
Gamification – does making things fun work?
Does making many aspects of our lives more fun with tech actually work?
Tiny robots cure mice with deadly pneumonia
Mice cured of deadly pneumonia by tiny swimming robots
Pandemic pushes women online
Covid pandemic pushes women online in South East Asia and Africa
Internet under attack in Ukraine
Missile attacks are not the only attacks in Ukraine – the Internet is threatened too.
5bn mobile phones to become waste in 2022
5.3 billion mobile phones to become waste in 2022, but only fraction disposed of properly
