Apps helping to track coronavirus

How governments are using apps and citizens' phone data to try to contain the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Can the internet cope?

What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on the infrastructure of the internet?

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Hand over your virus data

How much data are we all prepared to share in the battle to beat the coronavirus?

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Privacy in a pandemic

Should we trade some privacy to end a lock-down earlier with the help of technology?

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WhatsApp and YouTube act on Covid conspiracies

The social giants take steps to remove falsehoods linking Covid-19 to 5G.

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Tech skills for the lockdown

Are you using the lockdown to pick up new tech skills? We meet a family learning coding.

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Influencers feel the pinch

How social media influencers are earning less in lockdown and rethinking what they do.

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Tech firms boosted by Covid-19

In contrast to many businesses, will the tech giants emerge stronger from the crisis?

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Smarter workplaces after lockdown ends

How tech will help to get people back to work safely.

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Fighting Covid-19 with data

Is South Korea’s success so far in fighting the coronavirus down to data and tech?

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Facebook’s remote working shift

Will the tech giant’s new policy change how people at other firms work?

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Twitter tweaks Trump’s tweets

US President signs an order that could strip social media firms of legal protections.

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Zuckerberg faces staff revolt

Facebook staff strike out at decision not to moderate Donald Trump’s postings.

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Facial recognition pulled from police

IBM, Amazon and Microsoft stop providing police forces with facial recognition tools.

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Developers take on Apple over app store rules

Apple comes under fire for what some see as anti-competitive practices

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Apple ditches Intel chips

The tech giant tells developers future Macs will use Apple-designed chips.

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Big advertisers boycott Facebook

Marketers express unease about Facebook’s handling of hate speech.

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TikTok caught in US-China tussle

The hit video sharing platform quits operating in Hong Kong as the US considers a ban.

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The great Twitter hack

Hackers take over accounts belonging to famous names after breaching Twitter’s security.

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The new AI tool creating a buzz

GPT-3 is a tool whose predecessor was dubbed “too dangerous to release”.

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Big tech facing a break-up?

The biggest tech firms are grilled by US lawmakers over abuse of market power.

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The future for TikTok in the United States

Why the popular video app faces being bought out or banned

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Legal victory over facial recognition

Use of facial recognition by a UK police force was unlawful, says the Court of Appeal.

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Students marked down by algorithm

How students in England took to the streets to challenge their exam grades.

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Facebook News gets bigger

Should publishers welcome or fear the tech giant’s plan to expand its news feature?

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Tech and working life

Rory Cellan-Jones explores how tech firms are influencing the way people work.

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Berlin’s tech bounceback

Rory Cellan-Jones visits Berlin to see how the tech sector is faring post-lockdown.

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The TikTok saga hots up

After shunning Microsoft, will a deal with Oracle work?

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How misinformation spreads

Rory Cellan-Jones examines how misinformation spreads across online platforms.

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A Pixel for the times

Google pushes affordability and 5G for its flagship Pixel 5 mobile handset.

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US Congress slams big tech

The world’s biggest tech firms are compared to oil barons by US lawmakers.

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iPhone 12 goes 5G

Apple pushes 5G as a key selling point of its new iPhone 12. But is it useful right now?

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Election stakes for US tech

What changes will a new Presidential term bring for the tech we use?

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Senators accuse big tech of bias

US politicians clash over the future of social media.

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Social giants label Trump’s posts

Facebook and Twitter warn President Trump’s post-election remarks may be misleading.

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Will Biden go after Facebook?

The social media giant is in the firing line again after Joe Biden's election win

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Electric cars in the fast lane

The UK government says new petrol and diesel-powered cars will be banned by 2030.

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Tesla’s $500bn valuation

The electric car pioneer’s stock value exceeds that of the major carmakers combined.

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Life after Covid

Will a digital means of showing you’ve been immunised be required for everyday life?

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Will Facebook be broken up?

US regulators launch lawsuits accusing the giant of buying rivals to stifle competition.

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Hackers breach US government

Key government agencies are among thousands of organisations believed to have been hit.

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Tech Quiz of the Year 2020

Test your knowledge of the year’s biggest tech stories with Rory Cellan-Jones and team.

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Tech Trends for 2021

Rory Cellan-Jones and guests on how tech will shape the coming twelve months.

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Facebook and Twitter block Trump

Social giants act after the President praises supporters who broke into the US Congress.

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Amazon gives Parler the boot

The social platform favoured by Donald Trump supporters loses its online home.

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Biden’s plan for big tech

Will the new US President bring a new era in relations with the tech giants?

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Robert Downey Jr. on backing green tech

The Iron Man star tells us how he wants to help tackle the climate crisis.

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A tale of two ecommerce giants

Jeff Bezos's Amazon and Jack Ma's Alibaba report bumper profits

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Bitcoin’s energy cost

The buzz around the cryptocurrency grows, but what’s its impact on global energy use?

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Facebook blocks Australia’s news

The social giant pulls news content ahead of a new law that would force it to pay media.

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Who blinked - Facebook or Australia?

Facebook and the Australian government reach a compromise over payment for news content

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The new “space race” for chips

A look at how the latest chips are made and why they’re the focus of US-China rivalry.

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The $69m digital artwork

How the boom in 'non-fungible tokens' helped one artist become a multimillionaire

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Uber’s u-turn on drivers

The ride-hailing giant says it will pay UK drivers a minimum wage and other benefits.

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Why Intel will make chips for its rivals

The tech giant says it aims to rebalance world chip supply from Asia to the US and Europe

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The future of computing

The CEO of ARM on its latest chips, plus two exciting projects in quantum computing.

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Ad cookies facing the crunch

How Apple and Google’s privacy clampdown will bring upheaval to online advertising.

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The global workforce

Tech founder Phil Libin tells us why he’s no longer advertising jobs with a location.

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The big noise in social media

Facebook and Reddit follow Clubhouse into social audio.

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Is Apple iOS 14.5 hurting advertisers?

Apple’s long-awaited iPhone software update arrives with new features to block trackers.

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Trump question comes back to Facebook

The Oversight Board says Facebook itself must rule on reinstating or banning Donald Trump

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Ransomware hackers disable key oil pipeline

Has the threat to infrastructure from hackers demanding money been underestimated?

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Estonia’s digital society and the pandemic

President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid discusses how e-government helped citizens.

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Can bitcoin mining ever be green?

The cryptocurrency business tries to boost its green credentials

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Huawei pins hopes on HarmonyOS

The Chinese giant launches its own smartphone and connected device operating system

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Tech victories for law enforcement

The FBI recovers ransomware Bitcoins and gets suspects to use compromised messaging app.

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Web creator to sell source code as an NFT

Sir Tim Berners-Lee chooses the latest tech craze to raise funds for charity.

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