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The entrepreneur founded SBTV, an online urban music platform, which helped launch the careers of British artists including Dave, Ed Sheeran and Skepta. Donald Trump launches new social media app. Hear schoolchildren beam voices into deep space for alien radio project. Ukraine cyberattacks: US and UK point fingers at Russia. How safe is UK government’s ‘living with Covid’ strategy? Clone of Newton’s apple tree latest victim of Storm Eunice. Revealed: the dinosaur-era virus ‘inside every human’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meteorologists claim storm Eunice could be as bad as the great storm of ‘87, as highest weather warning is issued. Meta says it now has 300,000 users on its Horizon Worlds VR platform. It’s designed for people with the Quest VR headset, and lets people build custom environments to hang out and play games in. GCHQ warns key industries to tighten up their cybersecurity, as tensions rise between Russia and the west on the Ukraine border. We’re being warned climate change could cause a drop in supply of chocolate, and bananas.Plus: Hackers target Microsoft teams with trojan malware, our mental speed stays strong until 60, Peloton’s Lanebreak video game finally arrives, and Caspar Lee teases new tech to help brands improve their marketing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NASA say they’re “fired up” for a new mission exploring how to control fire in space. They hope that one day humans can use fire safely on planets like mars and the moon, in zero gravity. Find out about a baby ‘ghost shark’ that’s thought to be ‘very rare’. We reveal the secrets of Stonehenge, from a new London exhibition. PS5 consoles sell out in SEVEN minutes at a UK toy store, The Sims 4 wedding pack will now release in Russia following concern over Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, meanwhile the HBO remake of ‘The Last of Us’ PS5 game will not be released for another year. It’s a great year for UK cybersecurity though as government figures show a rise in jobs in the sector. Scientists are a step closer to making ‘neutral organs’. Plus, how Orangutans use tools like humans and the digital artist using AI to create creepily realistic pictures of some of the world’s famous paintings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Surgeons and doctors have been testing new VR tech to practise heart surgery. The technology, which creates a 3D digital double of the heart was found to boost surgeon’s confidence and decision making. Cyberpunk 2077 has finally got a patch with 50GB of improvements. It’s supposed to have fixed glitches, typos, slow loading times and other issues it was released with. Billionaire space tourist Jared Isaacman has commissioned three more SpaceX flights - which could take place by the end of the year. Sony’s new earbuds with a hole in for cyclists and runners who like to be aware of their surroundings. £10-million-pounds is being invested in research looking at vaccines for the world’s deadliest diseases. Parents are being encouraged to create a mental health ‘first aid kit’ to help their children develop emotional resistance. Plus, the study which found chewing sugar-free gum reduced preterm births and the new Nasa images which shed more light on Venus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A study says pharmaceuticals are polluting rivers across the world. The analysis by the University of York, found pollution in rivers on every continent.Experts are warning of the psychological tricks used by scammers to get your money, as scams have risen by 17% in the last three months. Barclays says purchase scams are the most common, with an average value of £980. New research suggests people with fewer bouts of depression could be more than a third less at risk of having blocked arteries. Researchers say the majority of children under five are not meeting guidelines for how much screen-time they have each day. A British scientist who helped to create the Oxford/Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine is collecting her Damehood. Plus, DNA testing of elephant ivory reveals tactics of criminal networks and Motorola creates a 5G neckband to power lightweight VR and AR headsets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three non-fungible tokens have been seized by officials at HMRC. It’s believed to be the first enforcement action taken involving the crypto asset, as part of an investigation into VAT repayment fraud.Polestar has taken a jab at Tesla in its Superbowl advert. In the ad - titled ‘No Compromises’ it gave several promises including ‘No conquering mars’, taking a snipe at Tesla CEO Elon Musk.A zoo has begun cryogenically freezing genetic samples of endangered animals, to help save them from extinction. Paignton Zoo has teamed up with scientific charity Nature's Safe which has so far frozen samples from 82 species.It looks like some of China’s tech giants are dipping their toes in metaverse technology.It’s thought the total market for a metaverse in the country could be around $8-trillion.NASA’s InSight Lander is believed to be on its last legs, after a huge dust storm on the planet. It’s led to a big accumulation of dust on its solar panels - which it relies on to functionPlus: a warning small pets are at risk of heatstroke as global warming worsens, and the ancient crocodile which ate a dinosaur before it died. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk says the SpaceX Starship - the most powerful rocket ever built - should be ready in the next few months. NASA plans to use the fully reusable vehicle to land astronauts on the moon as early as 2025. Musk, meanwhile, hopes to eventually deploy a fleet of Starships to create a city on Mars. Crypto: Binance to take a $200million stake in Forbes. Winter Olympics 2022: We hear from ‘The Man Who Times the Olympics’, Alain Zobrist, CEO of Olympic Timing for Omega. Plus, a chalk drum from 5,000 years ago is dubbed the ‘most important art find’ in a century, Wordle users have streaks reset as game moves to New York Times website and life could exist on a planet orbiting a 'white dwarf' star. Also, Race Equality Matters tells us about their new tool to help people pronounce names correctly in the workplace and Australia says Koalas are now endangered across most of its East Coast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 The Samsung Unpacked event saw the announcement of a new lineup of Galaxy phones - the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Plus. Tomi Adebayo aka ‘Gadgets boy’ tells us all about the new offerings, including what is essentially a successor to the Galaxy Note line - the Galaxy S22 Ultra with an included stylus.The earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe has been found. We hear from Professor Chris Stringer from the Natural History Museum who is part of the international team of scientists who found the fossil molar from a modern human child.Plus we find out about all the new games announced at the Nintendo Direct event from gaming writer Jasper Pickering. Also, Nuclear fusion breakthrough opens door to clean and near limitless energy, scientists unveil ‘most accurate virtual representation of the universe’ and a 300-year-old pair of twin asteroids are Earth’s newest neighbours. The UK’s first 100mph battery-diesel hybrid train enters passenger service and there’s been embarrassment for Tesla, as they’ve had to recall over 26,000 cars due to a windshield defrosting error. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cryptocurrency worth more than $5 billion has been seized by the US Department of Justice in the largest ever confiscation. A New York couple which includes the self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' have been arrested.A geomagnetic storm has taken out 40 of 49 SpaceX Starlink satellites launched last week and the UK Foreign Office has been the target of a 'serious cyber incident'.Samsung’s Unpacked and Nintendo Direct’s first ‘Switch-focused’ events take place. An astronaut closes in on record for consecutive days in space and NASA awards the contract to build a vehicle for Mars sample return mission. Plus, how ‘alien-like' life thrives on dead matter in the deep of the Arctic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Watched ‘The Tinder Swindler’ on Netflix yet? Well one of the women at the heart of the story has been telling us about her fight to protect others from this kind of fraud. Cecilie Fjellhøy, fell victim to Simon Leviev and is still paying off hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of debts. Also, porn sites will be legally required to verify users' age or face hefty fines under the new Online Safety Bill. How more sleep can help in the battle against obesity and an NFT of Sir Paul McCartney’s handwritten song notes of Hey Jude has sold for over £50,000. We hear from Coutts CEO Peter Flavel on the environmental challenges the bank faces. UK chip firm Arm sale by Softbank collapses amid competition fears and astronomers think they’ve spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time. Plus, scientists admit they’re still no closer to knowing for certain what - the largest shark that ever lived – looked like.Listen to 'An Invitation to Meet...' with Peter Flavel, Coutts CEO here: https://pod.fo/e/108b78 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.