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YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast Digital Blackouts & Climate Data: The fight for connectivity and transparency

🚨 1 YEAR WITHOUT INTERNET 🚨
Why did Equatorial Guinea cut off an entire island? And why is an OIL COMPANY tracking climate data? Full investigation 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgp...
#InternetShutdown #ClimateCrisis #Podcast
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YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast Weddings Reimagined: VR vows, smart rings & the rise of intimacy tech | Bridechilla x Somewhere o...

💍 The future of weddings is here:
— VR ceremonies
— Smart rings that share heartbeats
— Hologram guests
— NFT marriage certificates (!)
🎧 Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HUG...
#Podcast #WeddingTech #FutureOfLove #IntimacyTech #Metaverse #Bridechilla #SomewhereOnEarth

💍🤖 Can AI help plan your wedding? Yep—and it might just save your budget, guest list, and your sanity.

📺 Watch here → www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8FG...

#Bridechilla #SOEP #AIWedding #TechPodcast #WebSummit #ChatGPT #WeddingPlanning

🌊 Meta’s new undersea cable = 31,000 miles (!!)
Enough to stretch NYC→Sydney→NYC again
#TechMarvel
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YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast Meta’s Record-Breaking Undersea Cable, AI That Saves Diabetic Feet & Tinder’s Double Dating

👯♀️ Tinder’s ‘Double Date’ = swipe with your BFF
Safety + built-in wingman? Yes pls.
Full ep: #FutureOfDating
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0b...
w. @garethmitchell.bsky.social and Chhavi Sachdev

#AI's Power Hunger
We're building smarter AI that's dumber about energy use. Training one LLM can emit as much CO2 as 300 round-trip NY-London flights. Should we:
• Mandate green data centres?
• Develop energy-efficient chips?
• Slow #AI development?

YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast Your Data: The New Gold?💰Shocking Truth from Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower! #dataprivacy

Your data = the new gold. 💰 Brittany Kaiser (ex-Cambridge Analytica) says it's the most valuable asset on Earth, but individuals get nothing for it. Time for a change. Should YOU profit from YOUR data? 🤔 #DataRights #Privacy #BigTech #WebSummit
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Science & Technology Pioneer Award | Cartier Women's Initiative

👩‍💼 Women Leaders Changing the Game
Hear how to apply for the Cartier Women's initiative supporting 330+ female founders across 66 countries.

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🔗 Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0AH...

YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast Chat with Da Vinci & Ada Lovelace in 3D and Digital Twins in Fashion & Football ⚽⚽⚽

🚨 Breaking: Someone finally invented a time machine…in only - they made it a 3D AI classroom instead.

Wisdomia lets you:
• Argue color theory with Da Vinci’s AI
• Get coding help from Ada Lovelace

🎧Listen to the latest podcast here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0b...

Recording of Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast at Web Summit Qatar. Photo is of presenter Ania Lichtarowicz with guests from two Nigerian startups - Oyindamola Kazeem founder of Hadiyang, Nigeria’s one-stop digital hub for Islamic products and founders of HowBodi (Pidgin for “How are you?”) Dr. Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri (Dr.May) and Zainab Kadiri.

"Two Nigerian startups at #WebSummitQatar are solving neglected needs with brilliant cultural context:

• Hadiyang: Islamic lifestyle e-commerce
• Howbodi: AI-human hybrid mental healthcare

Why these solutions matter ↓"

Nice one Steve, I've only had a quick look at this so I'll be cautious for now, but yep, it looks eLoran-ish (also mentioned in the video). I.e., really cool!

Agritech in Uzbekistan: helping small scale farmers recover from communist farming methods Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast · Episode

#Agritech is modernising #farming in #Uzbekistan. Murod Khusanov, founder & CEO of Growz explains how their digital platform is creating tech solutions for smarter & more sustainable farming as well as giving easier access to customers & suppliers.
Full episode here:
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Restoring US Government websites since Trump came to power Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast · Episode

Since January 20th there's been a significant reduction of content on #US government websites following directives from the #Trump administration to delete data and resources. @restoredcdc.bsky.social are restoring these websites before they become inaccessible.
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Can #AI predict your intentions and can this be misused against us?

With @garethmitchell.bsky.social and @gboddington.bsky.social

Listen to the full podcast here:
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Image shows Astronaut Sara Sabry, the first African-born Arab woman in Space speaking to Ania Lichtarowicz, Editor, Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast at Web Summit Qatar 2025

“Seeing Earth from Space is lifechaging...it breaks your reality...”

Astronaut Sara Sabry the first African born Arab woman in #space is on the show this week - speaking at @websummit.bsky.social #Qatar.

w. @aniatech.bsky.social

@garethmitchell.bsky.social returns next week!

Is Arabic another language that goes unchecked online? Podcast Episode · Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast · 11/02/2025 · 39m

Monitoring #Arabic content#online comes with its unique problems, mainly that #Arabic varies hugely across the world. "I would not be able to understand an Algerian conversation," Dr. Mona Elswah tells @garethmitchell.bsky.social & @aniatech.bsky.social

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How do you use machine learning in your job? Obviously, it happens spontaneously in the likes of web search and autocorrect. I mean how often do you use LLMs and the like to help you write reports or prep for meetings? Or, perhaps you've stopped using it? So why? somewhereonearth.co

How to keep your digital data safe when protesting. Mohammed Al-Maskati Director of the Digital Security Helpline at Access Now speaks to @garethmitchell.bsky.social & Angelica Mari.
Listen to the full episode here:
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w. @gboddington.bsky.social @aniatech.bsky.social

Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call - Serpentine Galleries “If all media is training data, including art, let’s turn the production of training data into art instead.”- Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst

Just been for my second visit to @hollyherndon.bsky.social and @afterlife.bsky.social's magical The Call at Serpentine North. www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/hol... It finishes this week. I'll miss it :-(

Tell us about your favourite Somewhere on Earth episodes of 2024. Please post your suggestions here or leave us a Whats App note +44 7486 329 484. Perhaps it's Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales? Listen to the full episode with @garethmitchell.bsky.social & @aniatech.bsky.social
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It's such sad news about Peter. I feel blessed to have met him at the DP reunion event and was so taken with his generosity of spirit and positivity. An inspirational man has passed.

On the latest episode of @soeptech.bsky.social meet FIDI, the feeding robot. FIDI helps people who have difficulty feeding themselves due to physical disabilities. It uses sensors & AI to accurately & safely deliver food to a person’s mouth. w. @garethmitchell.bsky.social & me.
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Digital Planet Reunion 2024 Yesterday (28 Mar 2024) has seen the first anniversary of the final episode of the BBC Digital Planet podcast. I have been following and listening to the podcast episodes for over a decade. So I got r...

Excellent blog post from @tfxz.bsky.social about our recent Digital Planet Reunion event. Great to meet you Thomas! A top evening too... tfxz.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/d...

So, that was the spring equinox. Corner turned. Welcome to the sunnier six months. #springequinox

Nice to see you here too - it seems nice round here. We'll raise a glass for you at the reunion!

They just found a giant volcano down the back of the sofa. On Mars phys.org/news/2024-03...

Happy (late) #PiDay for yesterday. Celebrating with pizza and beer this evening. #Mathematics

Extending our Mastodon social media trial An update reflecting on 6 months of our trial in the federated social media space

Over at BBC R&D we're extending the Mastodon trial as we experiment with life in the Fediverse.. www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024...