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Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
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The world’s untold tech stories - told by the former BBC Digital Planet team. Future tech, digital culture & innovation shaping our planet.

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🌍 The AI That Runs on Green Energy — And Keeps Your Data Private! 🤯💚
Plus: NeuroIdentify helping teachers support neurodivergent kids remotely 📚, and AnimalHotels — your “Airbnb for pets” 🐾

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#AI #GreenTech #EdTech #Innovation #Podcasts
The AI That Runs on Green Energy — And Doesn’t Steal Your Data
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🌍 The AI That Runs on Green Energy — And Keeps Your Data Private! 🤯💚
Plus: NeuroIdentify helping teachers support neurodivergent kids remotely 📚, and AnimalHotels — your “Airbnb for pets” 🐾

🎧 Listen to Somewhere on Earth:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWNt...
#AI #GreenTech #EdTech #Innovation #Podcasts
The AI That Runs on Green Energy — And Doesn’t Steal Your Data
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December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#Poland is quietly becoming #Europe’s #tech powerhouse! 🌍 From AI-powered greenhouses 🌱 to #mobile IDs 📱 and #AI fertility apps ❤️, innovators are changing everyday life.

Hear their stories on Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast!

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Poland’s Tech Boom: AI Greenhouses, Mobile IDs & Virtual Fertility Clinics
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November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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New episode of Somewhere on Earth; The Global Tech Podcast, recorded live at #WebSummit #Lisbon.

We talk #AI and borderless teams with Carrol Chang (Andela CEO), Nico de Luis (Shakers COO), and Petra Sundell (Upbeater Founder and CEO).

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#FutureOfWork
Stop the AI Fearmongering: How to Build a Resilient, Borderless Workforce
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November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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🚨 New episode!
🧠 Fake news spreads faster than truth - now proven by a study of 10M posts
🌐 VPNs surge as Europe’s online safety laws roll out
Professor Mohsen Mosleh @oii.ox.ac.uk & Sam Woodhams, TechRadar
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#TechPodcast #FakeNews #VPN #DigitalEthics #SomewhereOnEarth
🚀 Viral Truths & Virtual Walls: What 10 Million Posts Reveal About Us
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November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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🤖 We’re letting AI take over! Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast explores gig workers’ rights, AgriTech, and AI in education. An AI-generated episode drops Oct 28 - don’t miss it! 🎧 #AI #TechPodcast #Innovation🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyoJ...
🎧 We’re Letting the Machines Take Over: AI, Gig Work, AgriTech, and the Future of Learning
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October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🌍 Somewhere on Earth: Cybersecurity Special 🔐
Cyberattacks are rising; from big businesses to personal accounts. Also how #Ukraine is coping with constant cyberthreats.
🎧 Out now - wherever you get podcasts.
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#CyberSecurity #Podcast #SomewhereOnEarth #DigitalSafety
Cyberattacks Are Everywhere – How Businesses, Countries and Individuals Are Protecting Themselves...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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🌍🎙️ Two podcasts - one episode.
Join Gareth Mitchell (Somewhere on Earth), Andrew Grill (Digitally Curious), & Ghislaine Boddington as they explore:
🤖 AI in everyday life💡
🌐 Creativity, trust & human connection
🎧 Out Now — listen anywhere you get podcasts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XknP...
AI, Curiosity, and the Future of Humanity: Digitally Curious & Somewhere on Earth Unite for a Gro...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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AI is saving lives on Ukraine’s front lines — and exposing those destroying our planet.
Ania investigates battlefield AI; Dr Julia Shaw reveals the tech behind green crime.

🎧 Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph6k...

#AI #Ukraine #GreenCrime #JuliaShaw #Podcast #TechForGood
AI on the Battlefield: How Machine Learning Is Saving Lives in Ukraine’s War Zone
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October 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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🚀 New show out now!
1️⃣ Digital Ceasefires: What would it mean to protect human rights—not just on the ground, but online?
2️⃣ DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough: No billion-dollar compute. No hype-driven roadmap. Just pure, efficient innovation.
🎧 Full episode link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQ2...
Digital Ceasefires & DeepSeek’s Breakthrough: How Peace and Science Are Redefining Our Digital Fu...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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🌍Hate speech spreads unchecked - 16m EU X users have no human moderators! 🌐

WhatsApp voice & video calls blocked in Sudan. 📵
This isn’t just tech — it’s survival.

🎙️ Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIb6...

#DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Connectivity #Sudan #Podcast #GlobalIssues
16m X users in EU unmonitored and How Sudan’s WhatsApp Ban Is Cutting Off Survival
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October 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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🚀 New show out now!
1️⃣ Digital Ceasefires: What would it mean to protect human rights—not just on the ground, but online?
2️⃣ DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough: No billion-dollar compute. No hype-driven roadmap. Just pure, efficient innovation.
🎧 Full episode link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQ2...
Digital Ceasefires & DeepSeek’s Breakthrough: How Peace and Science Are Redefining Our Digital Fu...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Who’s winning the AI race: the US or China? ⚡

Award-winning journalist and best selling author Parmy Olson reveals the inside story in our latest episode.

🎧 www.youtube.com/@SomewhereOn...
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast is a weekly #podcast that looks at #technology and how it impacts our daily lives. We're the former #bbc #worldservice #DigitalPlanet team and we tell the #...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Africa has the youngest population in the world 🌍

But AI still struggles to speak their language.

Dr. Wambui Kahara shares why local context = trust.

🎧 Listen here: www.youtube.com/@SomewhereOn...
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast is a weekly #podcast that looks at #technology and how it impacts our daily lives. We're the former #bbc #worldservice #DigitalPlanet team and we tell the #...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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AI isn’t coming — it’s already here. 🤖

But are we ready for it in the workplace, in Africa, and in the global tech race?

🎧 New Somewhere on Earth podcast episode out now:
👉 www.youtube.com/@SomewhereOn...
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast is a weekly #podcast that looks at #technology and how it impacts our daily lives. We're the former #bbc #worldservice #DigitalPlanet team and we tell the #...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🌍 From #AI finally learning #African languages to #braille going multi-line, tech is breaking barriers.

This week’s #SomewhereonEarth episode is all about innovation that matters.

🎧 Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmSC...
Does AI speak your Language? African voices and Explosive Braille technology
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September 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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💥 Most #braille displays show one line at a time…until now.

MIT, Cornell & Michigan researchers developed micro-explosive braille displays that raise multiple lines safely.

🎧 Discover more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmSC...
Does AI speak your Language? African voices and Explosive Braille technology
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September 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🤖 #AI doesn’t understand 94 million people — yet.

#Hausa is spoken by millions but barely recognized by ChatGPT.
African Next Voices is fixing that.
🎧 Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmSC...
Does AI speak your Language? African voices and Explosive Braille technology
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September 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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🌍✨ Somewhere on Earth is back!

🔹Why AI fails 94M Hausa speakers - and the project fixing it.
🔹The explosive new Braille tech changing classrooms forever.

🎧 Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast:
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New shows every Tuesday 21:00 BST
#Podcast #AI #Africa #Braille #TechForGood
Does AI Speak Your Language? African Voices & Explosive Braille Tech
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September 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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🚨 The internet isn’t safe for everyone…
🌍 LGBTQ+ people across Africa face harassment, threats, and abuse online — and tech companies aren’t helping.
🤖 And those “helpful” AI browser extensions you use? Some are secretly collecting your private data.
🎧 Listen now → www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRYR...
When the Internet turns against you – Online abuse and AI privacy risks
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September 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🎉 100 episodes!

Somewhere on Earth has explored online abuse, AI privacy risks, and stories that impact millions.

💬 Which episode has been your favourite?

🎧 Listen to the milestone episode → www.youtube.com/@SomewhereOn...
#Podcast #100Episodes #DigitalRights #AI #LGBTQ
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Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast is a weekly #podcast that looks at #technology and how it impacts our daily lives. We're the former #bbc #worldservice #DigitalPlanet team and we tell the #...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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⚽✨ Brazilian international football star Danilo Luiz is changing the headlines with Voz Futura — a platform for hope, progress & uplifting news.

Hear the full story on @soeptech.bsky.social

🎥 Watch here 👉 www.youtube.com/shorts/EGTxI...

#VozFutura #PositiveNews #DaniloLuiz
🇧🇷⚽ Brazilian Football Star Danilo Luiz Launches Positive News Revolution | Voz Futura
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September 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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🚨 12,000 views on YouTube on just one show! 🚨
The community is growing FAST—and we want YOU with us.
🔗 Watch the videos, hit subscribe, and let’s smash 20k together: www.youtube.com/@SomewhereOn...
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast is a weekly #podcast that looks at #technology and how it impacts our daily lives. We're the former #bbc #worldservice #DigitalPlanet team and we tell the #...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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📱 UK: Deadlock between police & tech giants on disabling stolen phones.
🇧🇷 Brazil: Cooperation between telecoms, government, & tech is making stolen phones worthless - listen to story ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9T...
#CyberSecurity #PhoneTheft #MobileSecurity #Podcast #SomewhereOnEarth
Brazil’s Bold Crackdown on Mobile Phone Theft: Lessons for the UK
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August 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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⚽📰 Brazilian centre-back Danilo Luiz co-founds Voz Futura to replace negative headlines with uplifting, solution-focused news with a new platform.
🎧 Hear the story on Somewhere on Earth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzrv...
#DaniloLuiz #GigEconomy #WorkersRights #PositiveNews #Podcast #SomewhereOnEarth
GigU app boosts driver earnings as Danilo Luiz champions positive media in Brazil
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August 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🚗📲 In Brazil, GigU helps ride-hailing & delivery drivers decide which jobs are worth taking — boosting incomes & challenging industry giants.
🎧 Hear the story on Somewhere on Earth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzrv...
#DaniloLuiz #GigEconomy #WorkersRights #PositiveNews #Podcast #SomewhereOnEarth
GigU app boosts driver earnings as Danilo Luiz champions positive media in Brazil
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August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM