Tech for Good Live

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you were listening last week, you'll know we were joined by the lovely Harry Harrold, Head of Neontribe, a digital agency committed to tech for good! We are delighted to say that Harry is back to talk to us in more depth about himself and his work! We talked about how he got started, his love for user research and because it's 2024, we of course chatted more about AI (sorry everyone!) UKCharityCamp:  ukcharitycamp.com ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It's a podcast all about using technology to make a positive social impact, or how more often than not, it's making a negative impact. Chat GPT and Google have made some improvements to accessibility – so now even more people can plagiarize stuff. Google has introduced some new AI updates to the way search works. And finally, we'll be looking into a study that says that Grannies are the answer to mental health issues. Host Bex is joined by TFGL team members, Greg Ashton, Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this week is Harry Harrold, Head of Neontribe, a digital agency committed to tech for good! Good story of the week: ChatGPT and Google went head to head with their AI updates. And that seems to be good news for accessibility…not that they realised it though:  OpenAI GPT-4o — breakthrough voice assistant, new vision features and everything you need to know - Tom's Guide  Bad news story of the week: At Google I/O last week Google introduced a ton of AI including updates to search. Is this a death knell for the internet or an evolution in the way the internet work? Google remains focused on its long quest for your eyeballs - The Guardian  And finally Turns out grannies are the answer to mental health:  It's easy, it's everywhere: the simple solution improving mental health around the globe - Positive.news  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you listened to last week's show, you'd have heard from the wonderful Nicki Lyons, UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone.  We're delighted to say she's joining us this week for another episode so we can get to know more about her, and her fascinating work. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you're keeping count, today is something like our ten thousand and five hundredth episode or something. Who knows? The main takeaway is that this has gone on too long.  But this weeks show looks like it'll be worth the price of admission.  Today we'll be imagining a world where social media is ruled by people, not algorithms. In the US they've banned TikTok apparently, to some extent. So we'll be talking about this and deciding if it's a good thing or a bad thing.  Greg Aston is on hosting duties again, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team member Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest for the next couple of episodes is Nicki Lyons, UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone! Nicki became Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability in October 2021. She's responsible for external communications, government and regulatory affairs, and sustainable business. Before this, she worked in senior roles at Walgreen Boots Alliance, Unilever, PepsiCo, in the UK government and in international development. We'll be speaking to Nicki again next week all about her role as UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone, so tune in again for that. Good story of the week: A lot of people think algorithms are the root of all evil with social media. What if we could have social media without it?: The Latest Online Culture War Is Humans vs. Algorithms - Wired  Bad news story of the week: The US government has voted to force Tiktok to sell their American part of their business. Is that good? What does this mean for fans in the US and globally?: The legal challenges that lie ahead for TikTok — in both the US and China - The Verge  US TikTok ban would be 'devastating', UK firms warn - BBC  And finally Apparently a good view can slow down time:  Try something new to stop the days whizzing past, researchers suggest - The Guardian  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff. Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski Our guest this week is Lily Comlan, a masters student based in Norway who is currently focusing on digital inclusion but specifically for the elderly. In this episode we talk to Lily about her desire to help reduce the digital exclusion experienced by older people ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff. And this week's episode is no different! We're talking about Apple's shoddy privacy, Estonia being a boss at digital transformation and ROBOTS! Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski Our guest this week is Lilijean Comlan, a masters student based in Norway who is currently focusing on digital inclusion but specifically for the elderly. This week's topics: Good story of the week: Estonian government continues it's digital transformation of services and sets a great example of for public services everywhere:  Tallinn tales: Estonia's digital boss discusses the innovative country's next wave of tech transformations - Civil Service World  Bad news story of the week: Apple has long pushed better design and security as a benefit but it seems Apple products are actually a security nightmare:  Privacy is ‘virtually impossible' on iPhones, experts warn - Metro  And it seems the worm is turning for Apple with EU regulation forcing relaxing if the app store and antitrust investigations in the US: A first look at Europe's alternative iPhone app stores - The Verge  US accuses Apple of ‘broad, sustained, and illegal' smartphone monopoly - The Guardian And finally Atlas is dead. Long live Atlas.  Boston Dynamics' New Humanoid Robot Is Freaking People Out  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Paul Jakubowski and Mille Vardheim. Our special guest is Sarah Peña, Head of Emerging Technology & Business Improvement at Swindon Borough Council. We find out about her path to the role, her work on a generative AI Easy Read solution and why she loves governance. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another season of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we'll be talking about an increase in ethical shopping in the UK. Amazing! Sure we're a nation of self-centred, awful, monstrous, racist muppets… but we do take our shopping seriously at least.  We'll also be talking about two poverty porn influencers who are having a fight.  Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team member Paul Jakubowski and taking Greg's place delivering the news is Mille Vardheim.  Our special guest to talk about the news this week is Sarah Peña, Head of Emerging Technology & Business Improvement at Swindon Borough Council. Tune in next week when we will be chatting to her in more detail about her work. Good story of the week: Ethical shopping increasing in the UK:  Ethical shopping on the rise in UK despite cost of living crisis - The Guardian  The online marketplace saving ‘wonky' beauty products from landfill - Positive.News  Bad news story of the week: When you thought things couldn't get worse with influencers, the popular “poverty porn” theme has led to a fight between 2 of them. As they argue over who gets to “help” one family: The latest drama in “poverty porn” YouTube, explained - Vox  And finally Turkish artist creates AI art with Brazilian tribe to merge data and culture - Instagram  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you joined us for last week's episode you'll have heard from Georgia, a freelance writer specialising in tech and we're super excited to have Georgia back on the podcast this week to chat with us a little bit more. We talk about being a content writer in the data ethics and civic tech spaces, working in the content moderation space, and how social media is effed right now.  ---------------------------- Georgia Iacovou is a freelance tech policy writer and creator of the excellent Horrific/Terrific newsletter ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech For Good Live podcast!  The world is on fire, so of course we're spending our time talking about tech for good. That's fine. We're all making good choices here. This week's show is what they call “a real humdinger”.  We're going to be talking about “Introspective Inner Development Goals”. Not sure what that means, but they're all pretty powerful players on a Scrabble board.  The US Supreme Court, also tentatively titled “Rent-a-Fascist Inc.” have passed another judgement and in other news, Japan has launched a wooden satellite. That sounds fun. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski.  Our special guest joining us this week to talk about the news is Georgia Iacovou, a freelance tech policy writer and creator of the excellent Horrific/Terrific newsletter.  Georgia will be with us again on the next episode, where we will be talking about being a content writer in the data ethics and civic tech spaces, working in the content moderation space, and how social media is effed right now. Discussed in this episode: Good story of the week Could the introspective Inner Development Goals help to break down the barriers for the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Can the Inner Development Goals help us create a more sustainable future? - Positive.News  Bad news story of the week It's unclear whether this is bad news yet but the US Supreme Court heard arguments on whether laws on Texas and Florida could come into force. These would allow the states to force social media companies to not take down certain content: Justices sceptical of Tex., Fla. laws that bar platforms from deleting content  - Washington Post And finally Japan to launch world's first wooden satellite to combat space pollution - The Guardian   ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. Jonny Rae-Evans is your host this week and he is joined by Fay Schofield. In this episode we learn more about our special guest, Emma Ockleford.  Emma runs a company called Outcomes Matter, who support Local Authorities through leveraging emerging technology, focusing on strengths, and driving innovation. She tells us about the Local Government AI Summit and some positive outcomes using AI tools. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. In this episode we are talking about the steps that Meta is taking around political content in what is an astoundingly important year across the world for elections. Is Zuck continuing on his mission to destroy the world, or are there some positive steps?  We recorded this on Valentine's Day, so this means we are talking about AI partners… which is a thing apparently. And we'll be talking about a law that Australia passed that forbids employers from contacting workers after hours, with penalties including jail time for bosses who do the wrong thing.  Jonny Rae-Evans is your host this week and he is joined by Fay Schofield. Our special guest for this episode is Emma Ockleford. Emma runs a company called Outcomes Matter that supports Local Authorities through leveraging emerging technology, focusing on strengths, and driving innovation. Emma will join us again in the next episode to talk more in depth about the work Outcomes Matter do. This week's topics: Good story of the week: Meta sorting their shit out ahead of an election?! Instagram will stop recommending political content - NBC News  Meta says it will label AI-generated images on Facebook and Instagram - AP News  Bad news story of the week: Valentine's Day special… Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show - Gizmodo  Mozilla study mentioned in article  EVA AI Chat Bot & Soulmate  And finally Australia's “Right To Disconnect” law. Australia passes Right To Disconnect law, including (for now) jail time for bosses who email after-hours - The Register ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you're new here, it's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact on the world. Uncanny valley resus-puppet Mark Zuckerberg stood up in congress, turned to face the parents of children that Meta has allowed to come to harm, and apologised to them. It was a rare opportunity to see the humanity in Zuck's programming. Normal service has now returned and Meta is back to harming your children. Taylor Swift continues to be a successful, powerful woman, so of course X (Twitter…) was flooded with AI porn featuring her likeness because oh my god the worst people on earth own and live on that platform.  And in some positive news, we'll be talking about the social media star helping people fall in love with libraries. This week's topics: Good story of the week: Mark Zuckerberg apologies to parents for what Facebook/Meta did to their children: Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families in fiery US Senate hearing - BBC News But does this change anything?: 5 key takeaways from Meta, TikTok, X, Snap's Congressional hearing on kids' online safety - The Drum   Bad news story of the week: More from the hellmouth also known as X. Taylor Swift continues to be attacked purely for being a successful woman. This time with AI porn images shared on the platform: X is blocking Taylor Swift searches... barely - The Verge  Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation - BBC News But the culprit is doxxed after bragging he would never be caught: Taylor Swift Fans Track Down ‘Culprit' Who Shared ‘Explicit Pictures' - Womansera  And finally The social media star helping people fall in love with libraries - Positive.News  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Content Warning: This podcast includes discussion of Child Sexual Exploitation, listener discretion is advised. Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you joined us for the last episode you'll have heard from the wonderful and very lovely Roy. A long time design and tech entrepreneur, he had a second career as a Higher Ed educator teaching in UK, Europe and China. His third career was as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator, using tech skills to recover and interpret digital data for use as prosecution evidence. We'll be talking about a topic that was the main part of Roy's work, which is Child Sexual Exploitation, so it might be a tough, but important listen.  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. In this episode, we are talking about influencers and whether or not 2024 is the year they'll finally unionize.  We discuss the Taliban giving away a load of free sim cards. Sure there's no ulterior motives there. And finally Greg tells us about e-ink finally arriving in… toilets? Can we do a welfare check on Greg please? Is this some kind of cry for help? Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski We are joined this week by Roy. Over the years he's been a tech entrepreneur, a design educator, many other things including a job as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator.  Next week we will find out more about life as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator, so tune in for that. This week's topics: Good story of the week: Could 2024 be the year influencers unionize?: The creator economy is ready for a workers' movement - TechCrunch  Bad news story of the week: The Taliban are giving lots of free SIM cards to returning refugees. A worrying new trend in oppressive nations as they start using technology to control the people: The Taliban's curious love of SIM cards - Rest of World And finally Last year it was cars and e-ink displays have now made their way to…toilets.  E Ink has gone from cars... to toilets?! - The Verge  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer. This is the final episode of the season, we will be back in the near year with more fantastic guests! Thank you to everyone that joined us this year. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we talk about taking AI seriously. We also talk about not taking AI seriously, because apparently the human manifestation of bin juice, Elon Musk, is getting into the AI business. It's going as well as you'd expect. NOTE: This podcast was recorded shortly before last weekend's fireworks in the world of AI, when Sam Altman was still the CEO of OpenAI. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer  Come back for next week's episode where we talk to Stuart in more detail about Manchester's Digital Strategy. This week's topics: Good story of the week: Given past experience, governments including our own have surprised us all by actually taking the challenges of AI serious: Five takeaways from UK's AI safety summit at Bletchley Park - The Guardian Biden hails ‘bold action' of US government with order on safe use of AI  - The Guardian  Bad news story of the week: More legislation couldn't come soon enough as tech bros use AI for that well known worthy cause - throwing shade: Elon Musk and Sam Altman are arguing over whose bot is better - Fortune  And finally Turns out if you buy a Cybertruck from Tesla and sell it in the first year they will sue you. Want a Cybertruck? You're stuck with it for a year, says Tesla - The Register  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact! Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. If you listened to last week's show you'll have heard from our guest Christina Cran  as she joined us for our news round up. You wanted more, and we are very happy to say that Christana is here to spend a bit more time with us, and basically become best friends.  Christina is the founder of youth mental health organisation, Wee Seeds and communications consultant for the charity world. Find out all about Wee Seeds here: weeseeds.co.uk  And their socials: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact! In this episode we talk about the UK Government's Online Safety Bill. Is this a helpful thing, or just another way for society to stop Greg from going online? Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our guest this week is Christina Cran. Christina is the founder of youth mental health organisation, Wee Seeds and communications consultant for the charity world. Come back for our next episode when we find out more about the work Wee Seeds are doing to improve the mental health of the next generation. This week's topics: Good story of the week: No tech legislation is ever going to be perfect but let's take a moment to appreciate the drive to make the internet a safer space in the UK's new online safety bill: TechScape: How the UK's online safety bill aims to clean up the internet - The Guardian  Bad news story of the week: Marc Andreessen adds to the list of former tech luminaries taking a dark turn or was he always just a thoughtless tech bro? A Tech Overlord's Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World - New York Times  And finally Someone has combined two of Greg's favourite things. Tech and taking the piss out of tech people: Tech Roast Show - YouTube  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It's a show where we chat about how technology can be used for positive social change. But also how it's mostly used to destroy everything we love and hold dear. If you listened to last week's show (of course you will have done because, how could you not?) you'll have heard from our special guest Aurelie Lionet. We are delighted to have more time with Aurelie and in this episode we're going to get to know her a little better, and talk about design, tech and the environment.  Aurelie is a seasoned Service Designer and one of the four co-founding members of Design Declares, which is a group of designers working together to declare a climate and ecological emergency. They're committed to building a community and creating resources to adapt design practice towards climate action and regeneration.  Links from the show: Project Drawdown Sustainable Web Design Dot Everything's Consequence Scanning Tatot Cards of Tech ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to a new season of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact.  And of course that means that this week we are talking about knitting. Apparently some tech dudes bought knitting.com and it sounds like they're the absolute worst.  Tom Hanks continues to show his range. He's leapt into a volcano, he's dated a mermaid, he got really big that one time, and now he's selling dental plans online. Only, it's not really him. We discuss the implications of AI and owning our own identities.  Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest for the next couple of episodes is Aurelie Lionet. Aurelie is a seasoned Service Designer and one of the four co-founding members of Design Declares, which is a group of designers working together to declare a climate and ecological emergency. They're committed to building a community and creating resources to adapt design practice towards climate action and regeneration.  Good story of the week: Knitters vs the tech bros The all-out revolt against Knitting.com helps explain boycotts at Reddit and Etsy - Quartz Bad news story of the week: AI Tom Hanks promoting “some dental plan” Beware the AI-generated Tom Hanks. - The Verge  And finally 4.5m tall, 3.5ton £2.5 million robot suit Japan startup unveils 15-foot robot suit for space exploration - The Independent  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski In this episode we chat to Nicki Clegg from STEM Learning UK, finding out more about STEM Learning UK's vision to have a world-leading STEM education for every young person in the UK. Links from the chat: Smashing Stereotypes in the Tech sector to attract the future workforce Tickets, Tue 26 Sep 2023 at 14:00 | Eventbrite Become a STEM Ambassador ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we are talking about some good news for environmental activists, as well as the good, and the bad of social media… and is it possible to have any kind of decent balance there? Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest this time round is Nicki Clegg from STEM Learning UK. Nikki will be discussing our news topics with us this week. Come back for the next episode where we will be finding out more about STEM Learning UK's vision to have a world-leading STEM education for every young person in the UK. Good story of the week: Some good news on the environment front. 16 young people win a court case in Montana, holding the state to account for failing to protect the environment and investing in fossil fuels. Young people who sued their state over climate change notch their first victory - The Verge  And analysis shows we've been overestimating the amount of plastic in our oceans by as much as 30x! Analysis Shows We've Been Overestimating the Amount of Plastic in Oceans by 30x - Good News Network  Bad news story of the week: If you're over a certain age Tik Tok is the source of all our current evils. At least on social media. But is it that simple? With social media in a time of change, can we balance the good with the bad on social media? Is the human race even capable of not making a mess of it? TikTok has its faults, but it's also diverse, eye-opening and completely full of life - The Guardian  TikTok users in UK to be left with ‘more toxic' version of app, say campaigners - The Guardian  And finally… Cooking just got a whole lot easier…especially if weapons of mass destruction are on the menu AI-powered grocery bot suggests recipe for toxic gas, “poison bread sandwich” - Ars Technica ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast about tech being used for good, but also how it's being used for bad and how that needs to stop, please and thank you.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest is Rachel Pattinson from Open Lab at Newcastle University, which is a world-leading research group in interaction design and ubiquitous computing. In this episode we talk to Rachel in more detail about all things uni, research, academia and using tech for social good. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast about tech being used for good, but also how it's being used for bad and how that needs to stop, please and thank you.  In this episode we are talking about charity donation trends, online identity and Billion Dollar Barbie.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest to talk about this week's news items is Rachel Pattinson from Open Lab at Newcastle University, which is a world-leading research group in interaction design and ubiquitous computing. Join us for the next episode where we talk to Rachel in more detail about all things uni, research, academia and using tech for social good. Good story of the week: A good mood might be the key to donations: People who donate to charity seem to have one thing in common - Quartz  Bad news story of the week: Online identity and tokenisation is picking up interest in tech again. But are the tech bros the right people to solve digital identity? Kenya suspends Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto project - The Verge  Are you ready to have your identity tokenized? - Quartz  And finally: Greta Gerwig is first female director $1 billion at the box office: Greta Gerwig becomes the first female director to make $1billion at the box office - Far Out ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about the ways technology does good in the world. Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team member Greg Ashton. Our special guest this week is Dan Owen.  Dan is a trustee and developer at BanktheFood, a charity on a mission to ensure food banks always have exactly what they need and not just baked beans. In this episode, Dan tells us all about his journey with BanktheFood, from an idea presented to him by a bunch of eager school children, to becoming an award winner at the recent Tech4Good Awards. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about the ways technology does good in the world. We'll be talking about Threads, obviously. It would be weird not to and we'll be looking into  how some decisions being made in the US courts are affecting tech.  Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest this week is Dan Owen.  Dan is a trustee and developer at BanktheFood, a charity on a mission to ensure food banks always have exactly what they need and not just baked beans. In this episode, Dan will give us his thoughts on the latest news, but tune in to next week's episode to hear more about the amazing work he is doing with BanktheFood, an award winner at the recent Tech4Good Awards. This week's topics: Good story of the week: It's goodish news for now because it seems everyone is being nice on Threads. Zuckerberg's Twitter Killer: Threads review: Twitter without the rough edges or news - Guardian  But is it all bollocks?  Zuckerberg's kindness pledge for Threads is ‘absurd', says Molly Russell charity - Guardian  Bad news story of the week: Seems the courts are going full Atwood in America: Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech - The Register  Biden administration seeks emergency order halting ban on social media company contacts - Reuters  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to yet another season of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about the ways technology does good in the world. Starting from next week, we've got a jam packed season for you, delving into all things tech and good. And bad. You'll hear from Dan at BanktheFood. We'll be talking to Phyllida Swift from Face Equality International, Rachel Pattinson from Open Lab at Newcastle Uni and Nicky Clegg will joining us from STEM Learning  We are looking forward to all of that and hope you are too!  In the meantime, we have something a little different for you for this bonus episode. We often chat to our wonderful guests, but we don't often tell you much about our team, other than of course important things like what their favourite pizza topping is, or if they were a cartoon character which would it be… so today we chat to the team with a series of mini interviews. Who you will hear (and when) : Tom Passmore (from 02:00) Tom tells us about his work with Dsposal, and their mission to make managing waste easier for everyone. If you want to hear more from Tom and his exploration of the Circular Economy, check out our special podcast series all about it.  Harry Bailly (from 08:50) As an agility coach, Harry tells us about his work training tech teams of all sizes, helping to improve agility, boost productivity and supporting wellbeing through mentoring, pair coding and process improvement. Fay Scofield (from 17:15) Fay is the founder of Catnip Comms: A social media consultancy with a focus on charities. She tells us all about the trials and tribulations of running a social media consultancy in the modern social media era. Paul Jakubowski (from 25:08) Producer Paul talks about his move to Norway and his work with No Isolation, and their mission to bring people together through warm technology and knowledge. There's a mention for an old TFGL favorite, the AV1 telepresence robot for managing persistent school absence, and Komp, the one button computer connecting generations.  Greg Ashton (from 33:30) Podcast research supremo Greg talks about his journey from the toxic toy industry to working as a Service Designer for the Department for Work and Pensions. Rebecca Rae-Evans (from 41:40) And finally, our host has the mic turned on her. She tells us about her return to the service designer world, after years of running and managing tech for good focussed design teams.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology for social good. If you listened to the last episode you will have heard from our wonderful guest Scott Casson-Rennie as he joined us for our news round up.  We are delighted to say that we have more time with Scott today where we can get to know him a little bit better and we'll be talking all things fostering, adoption and technology. About Scott: Scott is, amongst other things, COO of NGO FASD Ireland and host of the A and F podcast exploring adoption and fostering and other related topics. ---------------------------- This is the last episode of the current season, we'll be back in July with more news and more guests including a Tech4Good Award winner and Rachel Pattinson from the Open lab at Newcastle University ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we are talking about a Manchester-based startup that's trying to use data and AI to stop child labour. Primark and Apple will be delighted. We also take a look at the rise of religious versions of ChatGPT. Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team member Greg Ashton. Our special guest joining us to talk about our news stories this week is Scott Casson-Rennie, who is, amongst other things, COO of NGO FASD Ireland and host of the A and F podcast exploring adoption and fostering and other related topics. Tune in to the next episode where we get to know more about Scott. Good story of the week: Manchester UK based startup is trying to use data and AI to stop child labour: Data driven solutions to eradicate child labour in supply chains - HACE  Bad news story of the week: Worrying rise of religious versions of ChatGPT including GitaGPT, BibleGPT and Ask Quran: India's religious AI chatbots are speaking in the voice of god — and condoning violence - Rest of World  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! It's a podcast all about using Technology to have a positive social impact. If you listened to our last episode you would have heard from special guest Arielle Tye. Arielle is Head of Development at ProMo Cymru, a youth and community organisation specialising in digital services. She's back for an interview where you get to hear less nonsense from us, and more good stuff from Arielle. We'll be talking about her work in the Digital youth space, and upskilling the Welsh Third Sector in Digital. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. Basically just a bunch of cool people talking about all the cool stuff that all the cool kids love. We're super popular and have happy and fulfilling lives. In this episode we're talking about how the world has gotten a little more accessible. And we'll be talking about spies. But apparently not in an exciting and fun way. Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest is Arielle Tye, Head of Development at ProMo Cymru, a youth and community organisation specialising in digital services. Good story of the week Great round of accessibility wins: Greece makes nearly 200 beaches accessible with adaptive chairs - Independent.ie And more wilderness will be accessible to wheelchair users thanks to this tank looking wheelchair: These All-Terrain Wheelchairs Are Making Nature More Accessible (and Enjoyable) for Those With Mobility Issues - Nice News And moving away from wheelchairs, the already brilliant 'Be My Eyes' is due for an AI upgrade: Be My Eyes: Popular App Tests “Life-Altering” AI Tool to Help Visually Impaired People - Nice News  Bad news story of the week: The NSO and Pegasus story isn't over and it looks like the US government have been struggling to kill it because they keep buying it: A front company and a fake identity: How the U.S. came to use spyware it was trying to kill - Japan Times  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less evil. In this episode we're joined by Thomas Young, Creative Director for Looking Glass Creative, a Partner of Flannel & Blade, the Director of Artistic Planning for ReThink Theatrical, and a Co-Founder of Vital Little Plans.  On the agenda is the impact of AI on creativity and the art world at large. Book mentioned: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live Podcast, a podcast that is about doing good with tech, or… at the least,  doing less bad. In this episode we talk about how old tech is helping Ukraine and how AI is screwing over writers. Cool cool cool.  Bex is on hosting duties, and she is joined by Tech For Good Live team members, Fay Schofield, Paul Jakubowski and Mille Vardheim Good story of the week: Ukraine war: How old tech is helping Ukraine avoid detection - BBC News  Bad news story of the week: Writers Guild and AI: Hollywood writers go on strike: Here is what to know - Aljazeera  'Plagiarism machines': Hollywood writers and studios battle over the future of AI - Reuters WGA Would Allow Artificial Intelligence in Scriptwriting, as Long as Writers Maintain Credit - Variety   As Writers Strike, AI Could Covertly Cross the Picket Line - Hollywood Reporter  Hollywood screenwriters don't want robots taking their jobs, either - NBC News  Justine Bateman Tweet And finally… Mille's mood ring: Oura Ring  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less evil. In this episode, we have an interview with our old friend Mark Walker from AbilityNet, an accessibility consultancy. We talk about what's changed since we last spoke (pre-pandemic!) and also about their upcoming Tech4Good Awards. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good live podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less terrible. This may be our 240th episode, which is very silly. In one we are talking about the news, including Internet Ninjas and Elon Musk doing something new involving AI. Oh, good. Joining host Bex is Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski, and we are also joined by an old face/voice, Mille Vardheim. This week's topics: Good story of the week: Internet 'ninjas' fighting misinformation on Twitter. But are they in danger of becoming the trolls they hunt: The 'ninjas' fighting climate change denial on Twitter - BBC News  Bad news story of the week: After co signing the recent letter to demand a pause in AI development Elon Musk had started a project to develop his own competitor to ChatGPT: Elon Musk plans AI startup to rival OpenAI, Financial Times reports - Reuters  ---------------------------- Next week we have an interview with our old friend Mark Walker from Ability net, an accessibility consultancy. We'll be talking about what's changed since we last spoke (pre-pandemic) and also about their up and coming Tech 4 Good Awards.  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to Tech for Good Live a podcast about well, it does what it says on the tin right? In this episode we have a chat with special guest Sarah Miguel, changemaker and tech enthusiast, wearer of a number of different hats, including Head of Fundraising at Safe Passage, Non Exec Director at FutureEverything and Trustee at MASH. If you listen to the podcasts in order (and why wouldn't you?) then you'll have already heard Sarah on last week's podcast chatting about the news, but this week we'll hear more about Sarah's fundraising, lived experience, and of course, the government's response to refugees. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to Tech for Good Live, a podcast about tech that does some good in this world…or is it where we complain about the bad stuff tech does? We don't know anymore. Or maybe we've never known. In this episode we're chatting about women starting businesses, who'd have thought it eh? We also talk about an unusual algorithm in Rotterdam. Joining host Bex is Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this time is Sarah Miguel. Changemaker and tech enthusiast, wearer of a number of different hats, including Head of Fundraising at Safe Passage, Non Exec Director at FutureEverything and Trustee at MASH. Good story of the week: More women than ever are founding their own businesses The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship - Natwest Group And the FTSE 350 hits 40% female representation on their boards FTSE Women Leaders  Bad news story of the week: An algorithm used by the city of Rotterdam is having a huge impact on its citizens. Wired's investigation into the algorithm has discovered the usual ingrained biases Inside the Suspicion Machine - Wired  Lovely story of the week: Psychedelic mushroom ruling! Minds altered on psychedelics for mental health - Positive.news  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of Tech for Good Live! It's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact on the world.  Joining host Bex is producer Paul and Greg Ashton. In this episode, we speak to last week's news guest in more detail.  Karen Dolva, co-founder of No Isolation talks to us about why the company was created and their mission to reduce social isolation and loneliness by developing warm technology, with the telepresence robot AV1 and the one-button computer Komp. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Tech for Good Live! It's a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact on the world. In this week's episode we are talking about ChatGPT because of course we are.  We are also partying like it's 2016 because we're discussing how elections are ripe for abuse. Joining host Bex we have TFGL team members, producer Paul and Greg Ashton. Our special guest this week is Karen Dolva, co-founder of No Isolation, a Norwegian company founded in 2015 with an aim to reduce social isolation and loneliness by developing warm technology. Good story of the week: Many many many years ago we talked about education needing to better adapt to students using Google. Now ChatGPT has presented an even more pressing need to adapt. This article shared by Karen presents some great discussions that are already happening: Artificial intelligence: Are we smart enough? - NRK (Norwegian)  In a weird turn, Bing's new version of ChatGPT has fallen in love with journalist Kevin Roose: Creepy Microsoft Bing Chatbot Urges Tech Columnist To Leave His Wife - Huffington Post   Bad news story of the week: It was something we all suspected. And now the Guardian and an international team of journalists have confirmed that not only are there organised efforts to sway elections through social media. But someone has turned it into a lucrative business: Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections - The Guardian  ---------------------------- Come back for next week's podcast, where we'll have more of a proper chat with Karen about warm technology, digital inclusion and much more. As a teaser to that, No Isolation created the AV1, one of the Tech for Good Live team's favourite stories.. AV1 is a little robot who can enable children to get out and about when they otherwise wouldn't be able to. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live Podcast! We're still experimenting with our new podcast format (thanks for being our guinea pigs, listeners!) where we take a deep dive on a topic with our guest.  In this episode we're joined by Westlake, one of the founders and creative director of Flannel & Blade and we are discussing the ‘neo-luddites', a new wave of teens that seem to be turning their backs on their smartphones. We also take a quick look at some technology that is being used for good (for once!) with the Be My Eyes app. Fay Schofield is your host and she is joined by Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Luddite Teens: ‘Luddite' Teens Don't Want Your Likes - When the only thing better than a flip phone is no phone at all. - New York Times What is ‘neo-luddism', the rejection of modern technology? . The Star (not that one)  Apps doing good: Be My Eyes  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast! This is our third episode of 2023 and we're a wee bit excited. If you're new here, we get together about tech for good, tech for bad and everything in between! In this episode we are talking about the future of social media and AI generated art. Fay Schofield is your host and she is joined by Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our guest to discuss this week's topics is Westlake. Storyteller, editor, cultural producer and network weaver with twenty years communications experience. Founder of the creative collective - Flannel & Blade. Born in Blighty, living in NYC. This weeks stories: Co-founders of Instagram think they've found the future of social media. And it's not video. The issues with Twitter seem to have energised new innovation in social media, could this be the start of a new era? Instagram's co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text - The Verge  Picking up on a topic we touched on a few weeks ago, AI generated "art". There's now a number of lawsuits including in the US and UK: First AI Art Generator Lawsuits Threaten Future of Emerging Tech - Bloomberg Law  Florida high school athletes won't have to report their periods after emergency vote - NPR ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live Podcast, where, yep you guessed it, we talk about how tech can be used for social good. But also how the bad stuff just keeps getting in the way.  Joining host Bex is producer Paul, Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. In this episode, we are having a chat with our special guest Alex Nelson, Principal Designer at Hala Systems, who develops cutting edge humanitarian technology for conflict zones, like early warning systems for hospitals and schools in Syria to allow them to evacuate during bombings.  We find out more about the challenges he faces in that role, there's a plea for tech and design companies to do more to support right to left text and Arabic in their tools, and we hear his thoughts on the tech world at the moment. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're back after a surprise full season break,  and raring to go trying out a whole new podcast format, discussing the good, the bad and the ugly side of tech. We are talking about how AI might help cheating in exams, but also might help with mental health diagnosis. Sounds like a win win. And we return to our usual segment  “What's Elon done now!?” Joining host Bex is producer Paul, Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. Our special guest is Alex Nelson, Principal Designer at Hala Systems, who develops cutting edge humanitarian technology for conflict zones, like early warning systems for hospitals and schools in Syria to allow them to evacuate during bombings. Good story of the week: AI is having a wild ride right now, excitement over ChatGPT turned to fear of cheating in exams and other misuse and back to exciting new uses for these AI tools including mental health diagnosis: Listening For Illness: Your Voice May Soon Help Detect Health Problems - Worldcrunch  Kintsugi Named One of Fierce Healthcare's 2023 ‘Fierce 15' Companies - Silicon  But it seems some need more caution and common sense in considering how we use AI: A news site used AI to write articles. It was a journalistic disaster. - Washington Post Bad news story of the week: In a continued effort to throw the baby out with the bath water, Twitter gets rid of third party apps, remembers a subscription needs some kind of benefit, and suggests they'll have an ad free version soon (and not because all the advertisers have left): The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today - The Verge Elon Musk admits Twitter has too many ads, says fix is coming - Tech Crunch  Ugly story of the week: OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic - Time ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello, hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast!  In this bumper episode we are talking about home blood pressure monitoring, the fact that charity staff are paid less than other sectors, Google's impact on democracy, and partying - Finnish style. Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Harry Bailey. Our special guest for this episode is Dr Anas Nader - Anas is an A&E doctor whose experience of burnout inspired a health tech initiative, Patchwork Health, which is helping to make NHS careers more sustainable and solve the current staffing crisis This episode was recorded August 24th 2022. Stat of the week  New study finds at home blood pressure monitoring using an app don't make the process any better Apps don't make at-home blood pressure monitoring better - The Verge  ORCHA Charity news of the week Charity staff paid 7% less than other sectors - UK Fundraising  Tech news of the week Incremental changes to the way Google works have damaged democracy and society more widely: Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy - Wired  And finally… Women in Finland are posting videos of themselves partying in solidarity with their prime minister Sanna Marin - Twitter  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! If you're new here, this is a show where we gather together to discuss tech being for good, but most likely tech being used for EVIL *manic laugh*.  In this episode we're chatting about a generous (edit: former) CEO, a recruitment crisis in the care sector and iRobot (not the crappy Will Smith film). Host Bex is joined by TFGL pod regular Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our guest for this episode is Ume Pandya. Ume is the Design & Product Director at HealthLumen. He is also a Venture Partner at the impact investor Bethnal Green Ventures. This episode was recorded on August 16th 2022 Stat of the week  CEO Dan Price from Gravity Payments paid his staff £66k as standard and is calling for other companies to do the same: CEO who pays staff $80K minimum wage calls for companies to pay a fair wage - LadBible UPDATE:  Dan Price, CEO who cut his pay so workers made at least $70,000, resigns - Washington Post Charity news of the week Crisis in the social care sector as vacancies increase by 52% over the last 12 months Government intervention needed to curb the workforce crisis in social care - Care England  Tech news of the week Venture firm a16z proving once again that having all that money doesn't make you any smarter, as they once again fund Adam Neumann. a16z says ‘WeBack' to WeWork's Neumann with its biggest check ever - TechCrunch  This investment in Flow comes just after reports surfaced that VC Billionaire Marc Andreessen fought against a proposal to build new affordable housing units in his ultra-wealthy hometown of Atherton, CA.  Rant of the week  The iRobot Deal Would Give Amazon Maps Inside Millions of Homes The iRobot Deal Would Give Amazon Maps Inside Millions of Homes - Wired And finally… Some loon made an exo-suit for a snake  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello listeners and welcome to yet another episode of the tech for good live podcast. This time we are talking about esports, new charity related domains, and we'll be answering the question, “is web3 dying?” because it's a 45 minute show and we can definitely wrap that up in a 10 minute segment. Host Bex is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton. Our special guest for this episode is Craig Steele from Digital Skills Education If you know a young gamer inspired by esports - they can get Craigs book “Ultimate Gamer: Career Mode - Everything You Need To Be A Gaming Industry Pro” and learn about all the creative and technical jobs in the gaming industry. It's available wherever books are sold, and in libraries across the country. This episode was recorded on August 9th 2022 Stat of the week  The Commonwealth Games hosted an esports pilot event. Data from the Commonwealth Games Federation suggests that 16-24-year-olds are more likely to watch esports tournaments (32%) than traditional sports tournaments (31%), with 44% watching live streams of video games. Commonwealth Games: 'An education in what esports actually is' - BBC News  Charity news of the week New domains added to .org family:  New charity-related domains released - UK Fundraising  Annual public meeting for the charity commission is going hybrid on 12th October - Gov.uk Tech news of the week Is Web3 dying? After crypto's crash and NFTs' collapse, Web3 idealists race to prove that the dream of decentralization isn't dead -  Fortune And finally… Our guest has a Twitter bot which writes tweets that fit pretty well into the wider Twitter-sphere: Craig Bot    ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast, a podcast for the curious minds out there who are intrigued by the prospects of using technology for people and planet. More often than not it's a space for us to come together weekly to discuss what's going on in the tech and civil society world. In this episode we discuss the stagnation of the UK economy and a startup hoping to disrupt the VC experience. Host Dama Sathianathan is joined by TFGL podcast regular Greg Ashton. Our special guest for this episode is Louise Marston from Resolution Ventures, the venture arm of the Resolution Foundation. Stat of the week  The Resolution Foundation delivered their interim Economy 2030 report. Stagnation Nation - The interim report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry Charity news of the week The next wave of dormant assets will unlock around £740m worth of new funding for England.  Matt Leach and Seb Elsworth: Dormant assets distribution – two complementary approaches - Civil Society The Prince of Wales Foundation will not be investigated for accepting £1 million from Bin Laden family Regulator rules out action against Prince of Wales charity over bin Laden donation - ThirdSector  Tech news of the week Startup, Landscape, is trying to disrupt the VC experience with a Glassdoor style reviews platform for founders. And now they are launching a new platform for VC scouting. Shaking up the early-stage Landscape - Preseed Now And finally… The England women's team win the Euros and Football Rebooted are going to capitalise on the renewed interest by giving people the chance to Freeport unused football boots so they can distribute them to those who can't afford them: ‘A milestone': Euro 2022 helps reboot campaign to break down barriers - Positive.news  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! If you're new here, this is a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact. If you've listened to us before, thanks for sticking around while we normally have a good old whinge. In this episode we're going to be chatting about the fact that women live longer, digital skills in the charity sector and Eurovision, of course.. Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team member Dama Sathianathan. Our special guest for this episode is Ivy Cavendish, Co-founder and CEO of The Science Writing Revolution. This episode was recorded on July 28th 2022 Stat of the week  Women live longer than men on average but spend about a quarter of their lives in poor health, compared with a fifth for men. New women's health strategy for England aims to end decades of inequality - The Guardian  First Women's Health Strategy for England to tackle gender health gap - Gov.uk  Charity news of the week The annual charity digital skills report is here! Charity Digital Skills Report  Tech news of the week After weeks of positive news, Facebook are back on form being bad. This time raising the questions about outsourcing to countries with weaker labour laws.  A Lawsuit Against Meta Shows the Emptiness of Social Enterprises - Wired  Sama Disclosure   The Tech Worker Handbook  And finally… UK confirmed as Eurovision host for next year: Eurovision 2023 confirmed to take place in UK as Ukraine officially ruled out - Metro  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to the hottest pod on record. The Tech for Good Live Podcast. With the entire planet ablaze, some of the volunteers here at Tech for Good Live have decided to spend another hour in front of screens to talk about all the key topics going down this week. And what a blistering show we have lined up for you.  We talk about my Tom's favourite subject - waste and recycling! What a treat. We hear about the roasting that International aid organisations took from the University of Oxford. And is Meta going to bask in the glow of appreciation for its first annual human rights report? Hold onto your earbuds everybody - this one is going to be a scorcher!!! The heat affected podcast record left us with a skeleton crew of Tom Passmore on hosting duties, joined by fellow TFGL team member Greg Ashton. Stat of the week  The big plastic count results are in and the shocking results suggest that the UK's homes produce 96.6 billion pieces of plastic packaging waste a year, with only 12% being recycled in the UK.  'Jaw-dropping' amount of plastic thrown away by British households every year revealed - Sky News    ‘We haven't been given the money to get it right': why so much of the UK is rubbish at recycling - Guardian  Charity news of the week New study finds NGOs are more focused on internal dynamics than resolving how their organisations fits into the world we're in: International aid sector in a ‘crisis of legitimacy', study finds - Guardian  Tech news of the week Meta published its first annual human rights report: Dunstan Allison-Hope / Twitter  And finally… Short and medium train journeys to be free in Spain following similar move in Germany to provide €9 train tickets: Spain: Short and medium distance trains will be free this autumn, thanks to a windfall tax - Euronews  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. What a week – there's a heatwave afoot, mountains of ice cream are being consumed and we've all become starry-eyed by the photos coming back from the James Webb telescope. We also have an action packed episode for you! This week we are talking about an AI translation project from Facebook, the cost of living crisis, Uber being shady and much more. Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest for this episode is Sam Wheeler, Director, co-owner and ‘Admiral of Ops' at tech for good app development and web design company, Big Lemon. Stat of the week  Facebook open sources their AI universal translation project of over 200 languages including what are known as "low-resourced languages": Meta open sources early-stage AI translation tool that works across 200 languages - The Verge  Charity news of the week New NPC report warns funders of the impact of the cost of living crisis and calls for them to act: Inflation could ‘engulf an already battered' voluntary sector, think tank warns - Third Sector  Tech news of the week Quick mention: Match Group is bringing Tinder's free background checks to more dating apps - The Verge  Main Story: Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals - The Guardian  Sad of the week Paul's fundraiser to help give back to those who supported his sister in her battle against mitochondrial disease. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/in-memory-of-laura-jakubowski --------------  Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.