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GadgetsBoy aka Tomi Adebayo, joins us from Apple Park in California to run us through Apple's exciting updates announced in their WWDC 2025 opening keynote, such as a new software design crafted with ‘liquid glass’, iOS operating system name changes, and new Apple Intelligence features. Rachel Reeves has committed £16.7 billion to nuclear power projects as the country shifts away from fossil fuels...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has opened London Tech Week, announcing a new artificial intelligence skills programme, which will allow pupils to get the skills and tools needed to get AI-powered jobs. They’re partnering with tech giant Nvidia, which is well-known for AI chip development, in a deal to power the ‘AI talent pipeline’. Also in this episode: -What to expect at Apple’s WWDC 2025 -The...

Cypress Hill's new album ‘Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ is out today. B-Real reveals his thoughts on artificial intelligence and how he recently heard his voice in a track he didn't contribute to. And, Duncan Clark, Head of EMEA for the graphic design platform Canva , joins us to discuss his top takeaways from SXSW London. Duncan also explains how their platform supports creators wit...

It’s been alleged that Meta and the search engine company Yandex have been secretly tracking Android users in the background of their devices. A trio of brothers from Edinburgh, Scotland, called Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan MacLean, are currently attempting a world-record-breaking unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean. Marking the halfway point, Ewan MacLean joined us from their boat, ​Rose Emily....

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence foot scanner which spots the early warning signs of heart disease - and could keep people with the condition out of hospital. Also, we join Postdoctoral Researcher Anže Zupanc, who explains how a portion of fish and chips, cans solve one of modern technology’s most pressing sustainability problems. Plus, after thirty years of research, scientis...

Mount Etna has erupted, sending huge plumes of ash into the air and leaving tourists running for their lives. And we’re joined by health campaigner and NHS GP Dr Sonia Adesara, for more on the recent disposable vapes ban - and the alleged loopholes which some retailers are exploiting. Plus, there’s a new drug called camizestrant which, according to experts, can help stop certain breast cancer tumo...

Gayanne Potter told us that ScotRail are using her voice for their new AI train announcements without her permission. ScotRail unveiled their new AI announcer ‘Iona’ earlier this month, and Gayanne is urging them to change it. Gayanne explained that her voice was taken from a previous employer, Swedish company ReadSpeaker, and claims it was not made clear in her contract that they could use her vo...

After just over four months at the White House, Elon Musk has stepped down from his role in the U.S. government. Musk announced he’ll now focus on his other business projects. A group of mysterious and unknown 85 million-year-old elasmosaur fossils– some of the most famous in North America – have finally been identified, and drumroll, they’re even a new species. We join lead author Professor Robin...

The UK’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy is visiting Norway and Iceland this week, specifically the Arctic Circle, to look at the measures being taken to counter Russia’s actions in the region.  The government is also exploring the use of artificial intelligence to detect hostile state activity, in a joint scheme with Iceland and the Alan Turing Institute.  A new diagnostic blood test has...

…Fans of Elden Ring … The game is getting a film adaptation. The movie was first reported by InSneider, and will be released by A24 in partnership with Bandai Namco Entertainment. To tell us everything, we’re joined by The Standard’s culture writer and commissioning editor, Vicky Jessop. Also in this episode: -Scientists in China create night vision contact lenses. -A UK woman is preparing to sail...

If you look up at the sky tonight, cast a good luck wish to a tiny red 3D-printed Swedish house travelling through space. The house is preparing to become the first house ever to land on the Moon. We caught up with creator of The Moonhouse, Swedish artist Mikael Genberg, and Emil Vinterhav, CEO of The Moonhouse AB and the technical leader for the Moonhouse mission. Also in this episode: -Google I/...

At this year’s annual World Health Assembly, World Health Organisation member countries have voted in favour of a global pandemic agreement.  The US were not present at the assembly, as President Donald Trump intends to withdraw from WHO membership. To walk us through the treaty, its impact and if it’ll make a difference, we're joined by Clinical Assistant Professor Daniela Manno, from the Lo...

Cyber criminals have seized a “significant amount of personal data” of people who applied online to the Legal Aid Agency in the last 15 years, in a major attack on the UK’s justice system. Speaking from London’s Old Bailey, we’re joined by The London Standard’s courts correspondent, Tristan Kirk. To hear more, Tristan features more on this episode of The Standard. Also in this episode: Sir Elton J...

Dangerous cancer-causing nasal tanning sprays are taking over TikTok. Richard Knight, The Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s Lead Officer for Cosmetics and Beauty, joins us to explain everything you need to know. The active ingredient, Melanotan2, originally developed as a drug for erectile dysfunction, is neither an authorised medicine in the UK nor regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare...

London neuroscientists have discovered a second learning system in the brain, which could help explain how our habits are formed. Tech & Science Daily join Dr Marcus Stephenson-Jones, Group Leader at SWC and lead author of the study at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL, who explains how this understanding could revolutionise strategies for addressing addictions and compulsions, as well as f...

Experts from the University of Dundee say that people at risk of cardiovascular disease could be identified through a simple MRI scan a decade before they have a heart attack or stroke. We’re joined by lead author Jill Belch, ​professor ​of ​Vascular ​Medicine ​at ​the ​University ​of ​Dundee. A government-built AI tool has been used for the first time to summarise public responses to a consultati...

A dream inspired by a book he received aged 7 has been completed: the longest climb of Mount Everest, following a record-breaking triathlon from the shores of the UK. Mitch Hutchcraft , from Cambridgeshire, joins us down the line from base camp while he makes his recovery. Also in this episode: -The M&S cyber crisis deepens as it admits hackers stole customer data. To read the full report from...

Pope Leo XIV made his first public appearance from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in front of a packed St Peter’s Square on Thursday evening. But since he became pontiff, the revelation of his online footprint has captured the imagination of Gen Z. For more, we hear from The London Standard’s features writer and columnist, Maddy Mussen. A new environmentally friendly technique to extract tiny...

A powerful rallying cry to protect the world's oceans has been issued from Sir David Attenborough. His message features in a new film , Ocean with David Attenborough, which opens in cinemas across the world today. Plus, Owkin has launched  K Navigator , an AI-powered research co-pilot designed to revolutionise biomedical science. They say the technology is an “agentic playground” where resear...

AI could be “disrupting” students’ views on their skills and the ability of employers to accurately assess them, according to the Institute of Student Employers. Their recent study shows that around half of employers polled are concerned that graduates might be using artificial intelligence to misrepresent their abilities. Steve Isherwood, Joint Chief Executive of the Institute of Student Employer...

How a new Quantum Optical Ground Station is hoping to prevent cyber attacks.   Dr Ross Donaldson from Heriot-Watt University tells Tech & Science Daily how their new £2.5 million facility will help secure next-generation communications against cyber threats. TikTok has been fined 530 million euros by the Irish data protection watchdog for breaching EU privacy rules around transferring use...

Dr Eisert, from Humboldt University in Germany, told us how pulse rates in super-realistic deepfakes are hard to detect and could escape traditional detector technology. A new AI tool to spot suspected skin cancer has been approved for NHS use. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said that the technology has the potential to reduce waiting times. Plus, a soviet rocket entry capsu...

A major fire at a London electrical substation this week, along with a power blackout in Spain and Portugal, has raised fresh questions about the stability of the UK's power network? We spoke to John Loughhead, Professor of Clean Energy at the University of Birmingham and Fellow and Former President at the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Click here to hear the full interview. A doctor c...

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said a "strong oscillation" in the European grid was behind the unprecedented power outage across Spain and Portugal on Monday. Both countries saw train stations, phone lines, traffic lights, and ATM machines knocked out. A large fire has broken out at an electrical substation in West London . This comes a month after a substation fire shut down Heathrow airpor...

The GMB union says school staff have voiced concerns about the impact of AI, such as cheating, plagiarism, lazy thinking, loss of human touch and too much screen time. Why industrial waste is turning into rock, and transforming our coastline, faster than predicted … with Dr Amanda Owen, senior lecturer in sedimentology at the University of Glasgow (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences) Nasa r...