Digital Planet Podcast
Technological and digital news from around the world.
Episodes to download
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Brazilian fire monitoring in real time
Tuesday
How Brazilian space scientists are monitoring the Amazonian fires in space in real time
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Harnessing tech during conflict
Tue 20 Aug 2019
Harnessing tech during conflict; why accounts have been removed by Twitter and Facebook.
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Millions of Instagram users’ activity tracked
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Millions of Instagram users’ activity tracked by marketing firm
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Jakarta power cut - millions without electricity
Tue 6 Aug 2019
Jakarta power cut - millions without electricity but why could the grid not cope?
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Chandrayaan-2: India’s moon landing
Tue 23 Jul 2019
India has sent a rover and orbiter to the moon. We look at the tech driving it.
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Chinese surveillance app analysed by researchers
Tue 9 Jul 2019
Travellers to China forced to install a surveillance app. Researchers have broken into it
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Tax on connectivity in Africa
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Online access down as some African countries impose connectivity tax
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Migrant Caravan Communications
Tue 23 Oct 2018
How can technology help organise mass movements of people?
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Keeping Internet Traffic Within Africa
Tue 16 Oct 2018
The Internet Society partners with Facebook to expand internet connectivity in Africa