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Tim Cook has been welcomed into an elite club... The Apple boss has hit billionaire status, joining Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Bill Gates. The tech giants are enjoying soaring share prices amid the pandemic as the world shifts online. Plus, calls grow to ban killer robots, Nasa followers mistake Jupiter for a pizza and, Google could start monitoring your baby’s heartbeat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are reports Twitter's entering the race to buy Tik Tok, but can the social media giant even afford it? How a potential TikTok ban has got sales booming for VPNs. Are we edging towards better Alzheimer's treatment? The potential rise of deadly bacteria in our oceans, and the potential loss of popular fish n chip staples from our seas. How coronavirus is affecting valuable climate research. And the oil slick devastating an island in the Indian Ocean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US President signed executive orders targeting the two Chinese apps to “protect national security”. So what exactly do the orders say? Ireland welcomes TikTok's plans to build a data centre, while Mark Zuckerberg becomes a 'Centibillionaire' after the rollout of Instagram Reels. SpaceX launches another 57 Starlink satellites, and a couple of others hitch along for the ride. EA Sports announces UFC 4 release and Dr Disrespect returns to streaming. Also we find out where a 240-million-year-old "stubby crocodile with a very, very long neck" used to live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The social media platform's removed posts from President Donald Trump that claimed children are 'immune' from the coronavirus. Meanwhile the US Secretary of State has outlined plans to ban "untrusted Chinese apps" from US app stores, as TikTok says it wants to open a data centre in Ireland. A new report though suggests a complete re-think of how data is collected and used is needed to prevent tech giants dominating our lives. Also, is there racial inequality in AI? And an FBI swat team raided the house of a YouTuber. Sony says Covid has vastly increased its game sales for PS4, while Capcom announces a series of characters from Rival Schools will join Street Fighter V. Find out about superbolt lightning in Jupiter's clouds... and which animal has been given the green light by the government to be re-introduced in Devon? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The likely cause of a devastating explosion in Beirut appears to be thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate that Lebanon’s prime minister says was left lying unsecured in a warehouse for six years. The chemical is commonly used for fertiliser.. So, what needs to go wrong to cause a disaster like this one? Plus, Nasa astronauts speak of their surprise at splashdown, Google+ users could receive $12 and scientists discover eleven new colonies of emperor penguins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump is demanding a cut from the sale of TikTok’s US unit if Microsoft - or any other American firm - buys it. The President also warned if there’s no deal then he’s banning the app from next month. Plus, hospitals around the world fended off millions of cyberattacks at the height of lockdown, a new supersonic jet could fly to Sydney from London in five hours and, Fortnite finally releases drivable cars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear about the astronauts' 19-hour journey from the International Space Station and what was so different about this landing. Also how it's left Nasa optimistic about the future of human spaceflight despite an unexpected off-shoot to the mission. Trump 'plans to act' on security risks posed by Chinese software in social media apps while Microsoft is in talks to buy the US arm of TikTok and the company's owners ByteDance decide to move their head office to London. Egypt invites Elon Musk to visit the country so they can prove the pyramids weren't built by aliens, and Sir David Attenborough's back with a new TV show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Profits for the three months run up to June have been revealed by techs “big four” and after questions of how big is too big came up in congress it has emerged they are doing even better than expected. Should they pay for services like news though? Australia thinks so and just passed a new law, plus  New York  congress woman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is back in action and is fighting for the US Military to stop targeting and trying to recruit youngsters on Twitch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump, a long time critic of the big tech companies, says he’s ‘watching closely’ as bosses of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are grilled over accusations their companies stifle competition. The President has urged Congress to crack down on them at an antitrust hearing - otherwise he’ll do it himself. Plus, Nasa’s mission to Mars is underway, a ‘life-changing’ rapidcoronavirus test could be available by Christmas, and a quarter of Britain’s mammals are facing extinction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech titans Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple all face Congress as questions are raised about "how big is too big"? The  quartet have reportedly racked up $5tn dollars between them. Also, the US is recommending two ex-Twitter colleagues are released after being accused of spying for Saudi Arabia, Kodak recieves US government backing for a stab at pharmaceuticals and it looks like the UK could be poised for space flight soon.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.