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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard

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It’s a big day in space history - marking 60 years since Russian Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space, and also 40 years since the launch of Nasa’s first space shuttle. How women are crowdsourcing their own security for protection against street predators with app SafeUp. Egyptologists announce the discovery of a 3,000-year-old royal city thought lost forever beneath the desert. Ocean study will use underwater microphones to monitor whale migration and disintegration of icebergs. Monkey tennis: Elon Musk releases video apparently showing a macaque using his brain implant controlling a video game. Twitter launches Milk Tea Alliance emoji as anti-Beijing protest movement grows.

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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - Want to visit space? An ESA astronaut tells us what it'll take
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04/01/21 • 6 min

The European Space Agency is looking for a new cohort and applications are now open. Thomas Reiter, ESA astronaut and advisor to the Director General, tells us what it’ll take to make the cut of the agency’s most diverse team yet. Plus, new evidence of meteor particles reaching Antarctica 430,000 years ago, a living robot’s been created out of frog skin cells, and coins unearthed in Rhode Island may help solve one of the planet's oldest cold cases.

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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - ‘World’s biggest’ video game cheating gang raided by police
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03/31/21 • 6 min

Police in China and the tech giant Tencent say they have busted $10-a-day cheating hacks ring allegedly netting $76 million for codes to games including Call of Duty and Fortnite. No intergalactic experience required: first all-civilian crew ready to buckle-up for SpaceX flight. Another super-rocket fail for Elon Musk as exploding prototype scatters debris over miles in Texas.

Rise of ‘extortionware’ as hackers seek to embarrass victims for cash. DNA can be collected from air so could help enforce social distancing, scientists discover. Fears child had finger on nuclear button as gibberish tweet by US Strategic Command sparks panic. A digital Gormley in your living room...sculpture park recreated virtually in Minecraft for those unable to visit.



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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - Close encounter with Earth could cause ‘asteroid quakes’ on Apophis
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03/30/21 • 6 min

Earth’s been given the all-clear for the next century, with NASA dismissing the threat from a particularly menacing asteroid. But we’ll still have a close encounter from Apophis in 2029 and Marina Brozovic from Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory tells us it's the space rock that’ll be more likely to experience a shudder as it passes by Earth. Plus, light coming from an explosion three billion years ago has illuminated a ‘goldilocks’ black hole, long-term weightlessness causes the heart to shrink and, Donald Trump’s back - on his own terms.

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The Leader: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important stories

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An investigation by Facebook security researchers shows Chinese hackers used spyware to target Uyghur activists and journalists living in the United States. Twitter’s Jack Dorsey launches own online poll during Congress grilling. Six-month-old babies are youngest participants in Pfizer’s trials of children’s Covid vaccine. Rare elephant breeds being driven to extinction by ivory poachers, conservationists warn. Three-minute gadget deliveries by drone being tested. Facial recognition: 700-year-old Scottish skulls found in graveyard dig have faces reconstructed. Do not try this at home - the video game streamer online for 10 days.

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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - Colorado mass shooting: anger over YouTube 3hr livestream
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03/24/21 • 5 min

YouTube is being criticised for allowing a lengthy, graphic livestream of the tragedy in Boulder, Colorado, as Twitch deleted the footage. Scientists warn there’s a rising risk of wildfires in colder countries from climate change. Cyberpunk 2077 in 8K over Steam? If you’ve got the bandwidth now you can, maybe. It’s Mars or bust for SpaceX rockets by 2030, says Elon Musk. You can buy a Tesla now with bitcoin instead of olde worlde cash or credit. ‘I’m no longer a Mac’...as Noughties computer ad actor defects to PC. Get ready for District 10 as long-awaited dystopian sci-fi thriller sequel is being written right now.

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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - Oxford scientist insists Covid-19 jab is safe after some countries suspend use
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03/15/21 • 5 min

One of the scientists behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is insisting the jab is safe, after several countries suspended its use. Professor Andrew Pollard, from Oxford University, says with 11 million doses given there has been no increase in the number of blood clots they would normally expect. Plus, the largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will be at its closest this week, the worst sandstorm in a decade is choking China’s north and Beijing's air quality index has reached its max, and Epic Games teases a Neymar skin for Fortnite.

Listen to our other podcasts:

Women Tech Charge: interviews with incredible women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths

The Leader: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important stories

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Visit standard.co.uk/tech for more tech news



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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - Nasa’s Perseverance rover beams home sounds of rock-zapping lasers
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03/11/21 • 6 min

Hear Perseverance deploying its Martian rock-zapping lasers thanks to an on-board microphone. USA Moon shot: Nasa completes booster assembly for its Artemis mega-rocket. Russia is slowing the speed of Twitter amid anti-government protests. Snapchat and NHS launch body-scanning augmented reality lens to encourage organ donation. Thousands of bowel cancer patients to swallow tiny cancer-testing cameras to beat disease. And, aming platform Roblox set for strong US market debut.

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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - ‘Active threat’ warning for US email users after China cyberattack
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03/08/21 • 6 min

The White House says Americans face an ‘active threat’ of email cyberattack from China. All countries must play their part in the vaccination fight to beat Covid, says Britain’s former chief medical officer Professor Dame Sally Davies. Research finds oxygen will disappear from Earth in a billion years, but it’s unlikely humans will be around. Step away from the keyboard - Twitter is testing the ‘undo’ option for sent tweets. Elon Musk loses $27 billion and top spot as the world’s richest person as technology shares plunge. The world’s oldest known wild bird hatches chick at the grand old age of 70.

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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard - AI assistant for Alzheimer’s patients

AI assistant for Alzheimer’s patients

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10/17/24 • 7 min

An artificial intelligence virtual companion and advisor for people living with dementia has been developed as part of a project by Innovations in Dementia, Lenovo and Exeter University digital health experts. EV charging: government urged to supercharge roll-out. World Menopause Day: menopause impact on women’s working lives ‘a critical issue’.

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  • ‘Air pollution link’ to cat & dog vet visits
  • Microplastics ‘found in dolphin breath’
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6: every multiplayer mode & map revealed


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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard currently has 1159 episodes available.

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The podcast is about News, Nasa, Space, Tech, Dinosaur, Crypto, Podcasts, Technology, Science and Health.

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The episode title 'Twitch hack: why is the word ‘pizza’ everywhere in leaked files?' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Tech and Science Daily | The Standard is 7 minutes.

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Episodes of Tech and Science Daily | The Standard are typically released every day.

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The first episode of Tech and Science Daily | The Standard was released on May 27, 2020.

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