Momentous scenes as the pod celebrates its Golden Jubilee. Matt Egan is joined by some very special guests to congratulate the gang on the milestone while indulging in some points based tech quizzing. Join Chris Martin, Charlotte Jee, Dom Preston and Henry Burrell to recap questions from pods gone by with a new twist, and have a long hard think about what tech will be 50 more episodes from now. The prize? A small bronze jug. Obviously. NB. May not actually be 50 minutes, sorry.  

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The big story of the week is Wikileaks' CIA data dump, and we sandwich that topic between Apple's upcoming event and Nintendo Switch hardware issues. Lewis Painter kicks things off with Apple's (fingers crossed) late March event where we hope to see iPads, iMacs and get our six monthly fix of Jony Ive product videos. Then (13 minutes) Tamlin Magee tackles Vault 7 and the CIA's apparent ability to take control of iPhones and TVs, bypassing encryption. Will continuous leaks change anything? Finally (26 minutes) Dom Preston talks about his time over the last few weeks playing Zelda on the Nintendo Switch and why we should be a bit concerned about dodgy controllers.  

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We were all surprised this week with the weirdly excellent trailer for Detective Pikachu with Ryan Reynolds voicing the yellow pocket scamp. Dom Preston drops in to tell us how Nintendo is getting into film and we laugh about the Bob Hoskins Mario film. We also talk about the moving new Tetris game (yes, it's made people cry).

Scott Carey then lays out the latest Facebook expose and asks if Zuck and Sheryl Sandberg are ruling the company properly - should it be actively siding politically and morally against misuses of the platform? Or is it too big for them to even control?

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Scott Carey is in the hosting chair this week as we have a rotating cast of staffers from across Macworld, Tech Advisor, Techworld and Computerworld to discuss our two favourite techie things of the year, from the best games and films, to our favourite devices and even, microchips.

Thank you for listening this year and for your continued support for the UK Tech Weekly Podcast and we will see you in the new year.

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Invitation Only Research Event

Event participants

Ryhor Astapenia, Robert Bosch Stiftung Academy Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Denis Krivosheev, Head of Research, Deputy Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, Amnesty International
Yarik Kryvoi, Founder, Ostrogorski Centre; Senior Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies, UCL SSEES

Invitation Only Research Event

Event participants

Ryhor Astapenia, Robert Bosch Stiftung Academy Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Denis Krivosheev, Head of Research, Deputy Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, Amnesty International
Yarik Kryvoi, Founder, Ostrogorski Centre; Senior Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies, UCL SSEES

1 April 2012 , Volume 68, Number 2

In the circular economy nothing is wasted. Repair, not replace, is the byword. Felix Preston on a 30-year-old idea whose day is about to dawn

The face of entertainment is changing, and the creative industry is finding new and innovative ways to reach audiences and showcase their talent, and Sunday Live is one such innovation that is creating waves online. The brainchild of entrepreneur...

Since this week would have been carnival week in Jamaica, we are taking you back to the mecca, Trinidad and Tobago, where just a few months ago, before the pandemic, the region’s local designers, musicians and the revellers were on show. The...

In a time like this, families are being offered time to bond. We eat, laugh, cry and even share a frame together to be added to our reservoir of memories. Here’s a family of familiar faces who did a photo shoot in true Easter-loving style.

While many in the heat of this COVID-19 pandemic are staying inside, Jodian Duhaney, her fiancé and a team of friends are out in the communities of St James giving care packages to those in need. For Flashback Friday, Something Extra brings you...

As the Jamaica and the rest of the world continue to feel the impact of COVID-19, corporate companies are stepping up in a big way, providing support and assistance to communities, individuals and other organisations that are directly or indirectly...

The fourth in the series of the musical showcase Sunday Live, powered by Sagicor, was held on Sunday, April 19 at Pier One on the Waterfront and featured some of Jamaica’s top up-and-coming talents. The series, which is the brainchild of...

It’s #ThrowBackThursday, and we are looking back to the days when dressing up meant more than just going from room to room. Extra went down memory lane with these hotties who are just counting down the days to go back out and slay.

Jamaican cultural ambassador Latonya Style is known for taking her passion and promoting dancehall across the world. Something Extra celebrates Flashback Friday by bringing you behind the scenes of this globetrotter’s dance workshop and tour in...

Dominique Roache, a Jamaican medical student living and studying in Belize, has found a new hobby since San Pedro went under complete lockdown – self-portraits. “I’ve been inside for so long, I decided to start taking pictures of myself, using...

Sunday Live continues to showcase the musical prowess of some of Jamaica’s finest talent, and this past Sunday, April 26, the event featured songstress Shuga and reggae bands Earth Kry and TennShann Invasion. Now, with five episodes under its belt...

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter were virtually set ablaze last Sunday when Koffee, Wayne Marshall, and Naomi Cowan took to the stage for the final instalment of Jamaica’s most viewed online entertainment event — the D’Music-powered ‘Digicel...

On Wednesday, the world celebrated International Dance Day. So let’s join in the festivities, bringing to the stage highlights of PAH Deaf Dance Company performance showcase during Kingston Creative’s Art Walk, held earlier this year at Water Lane...

Before COVID-19, media personality Sapphire was bringing the heat with her birthday celebration ‘Fuego’. It’s throwback Tuesday, so let’s rewind with a ‘fêting’ dose of Something Extra.

The Sunday Live stage continues to showcase some of Jamaica’s talented musicians, and on Sunday, May 3, up-and-coming singer Yeza; and singer, drummer and percussionist Roots Percussionist took centre stage and delivered powerful performances to...

Our favourite Instagram feed this week is by Antiguan native Jaycie Lewis. From head to toe, @aurajae_ has been serving us looks, melanin and style all in one go, and we are 100 per cent loving it. “To be honest, I haven’t been ‘doing looks’. I’ve...

Rate those who rate you. Yung Rolaz had this mantra in the streets, providing patrons with the ultimate party experience. Since outside is no longer a festive option, let’s celebrate flashback Friday with hot highlights from the local and...

Pitch clocks are set to make their Spring Training debuts this week, and it will be in games featuring hordes of players for whom playing on a timer is nothing new.

We have had two articles published recently on bmj.com, looking at drug prevention of HIV; PeP - Post-exposure Prophylaxis and PreP - Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, neither prevent the virus from entering the body, but they do prevent the infection from taking hold. There are lots of questions that doctors have about these - what are the risk...

THE EDITOR, Madam: COVID-19 can be made to be the blame bearer for every ill, unless careful disaggregation is done to separate what is truly attributable to both its real scope and the understandable ripple effects of the virus. The quality of...

Both athletes were stars. Both faltered, then staged dramatic comebacks -- displaying the tenacity that separates heroes from also-rans. Both now face drug charges that could end their careers.

When Columbia University sociologist Peter Bearman dived into the world of the white-gloved workers who open the front doors of expensive New York apartment buildings, he found that most people who applied for jobs as doormen never got one. Most doormen, however, had not applied for their jobs.

In case you want to catch up: here are Parts 1 & 2 of my first-year journey. We like to think that our life stories have happy endings, perhaps that we can carefully partition our lives into fourths of each … Continue reading →

Research has found that around 1% of the population is asexual, a term usually defined as either a lack of sexual attraction or a lack of desire for partnered sexual activity [1]. Asexuality is something that many people are not familiar with and, as a result, there are lots of myths and misconceptions about it. So, let’s take a moment to review some key facts about asexuality that science has taught us.

Injustice in our education system was normalized long before the pandemic, writes Bettina L. Love. Now is the time to radically dream for a better future.

Injustice in our education system was normalized long before the pandemic, writes Bettina L. Love. Now is the time to radically dream for a better future.

Material culture.

Museums -- Collection management -- United States.

Forgery -- History.

Philadelphia : Barrington and Haswell, 1850.

London : printed for the booksellers, 1828.

Halifax : Milner and Sowerby, 1856.

Halifax : Milner and Sowerby, 1860.

London : J. Johnson, 1807.

London : F.C. and J. Rivington, 1813.

[London], [1795]

Lawmakers in Illinois are considering a bill that would require children to start kindergarten if they are 5 on or before May 31, with exceptions for summer birthdays.

[United Kingdom] : Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity, 2018.