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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.

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. Most of the time though we’re just whining about Amazon being the absolute worst. In this episode we are talking about digital poverty and the massive impact it has on society. An open letter has been sent to the Charity Commission and is calling on the regulator to act now to close the gap on diversity data at the senior management and board level in the sector. We explore that a little bit. AND… After the supreme court in the US stripped women of their basic human rights by overturning Roe Vs Wade, tech companies are trying to respond. An update by Google will automatically flag and delete any visits to abortion clinics from a user’s location history.  Joining host Bex are TFGL team members Fay Schofield and Tom Passmore Our special guest for this episode is Rebs Curtis-Moss. Rebs is an Interim Social Media Manager at Shelter. Shelters Renters' Reform Bill campaign Stat of the week  Around 1.7 million households are offline and one in five children who had been homeschooling in 2021 did not have access to an appropriate device.  UK Digital Poverty Evidence Review 2022  Charity news of the week #OperationTransparency  Diversity data desperately needed, sector urges Charity Commission - UK Fundraising Tech news of the week Google will automatically delete visits to abortion clinics from your location history - Mashable  And finally… This guy LOVES fruit! Video Of A "Passionate" Fruit Seller Goes Viral, Internet in Splits - NDTV ---------------------------- 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 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 people and planet. But more often than not it’s a place for mates to come together and rant about the state of the world, and damn do we have lots to rant about.  This week we cover public perceptions of transgender folk, controversial funding announcements and of course we talk about the what’s going on in the US - where firearms apparently have more rights than people who menstruate. Dama Sathianathan is on hosting duties and she is joined by fellow TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest for this episode is Pete Beckett,Tech startup founder at Ethiot.  Stat of the week  New report from the 'More in common' think tank find only 2 percent think ‘the debate about transgender people’ is one of the most important issues facing the country. With most preferring a 'live and let live' approach:  Britons and Gender Identity - More in Common  Transgender athletes: New rules probably also in athletics  Charity news of the week MP John Nicholson questions National Lottery Community Funding for the controversial LGB Alliance:  MP queries National Lottery Community Fund’s ‘disturbing’ decision to fund LGB Alliance -  ThirdSector Tech news of the week Meta bans employees from discussing Roe v Wade:  Meta bans staff from open discussion of Roe v. Wade decision and is deleting internal messages that mention abortion: report - Insider  Whilst other companies promise to cover healthcare costs for their staff: How Apple, Disney and Other Companies Have Responded to Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade - CNET Nice of the week  Deep Reckonings  ---------------------------- 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 week we’re recording on the eve of the UK’s Jubilee bank holiday, the country is drowning in bunting, the Queen’s face is being projected and everyone is madly trying to fit 5 days worth of work into 3. What a time to be alive.  Thankfully, we’re not going to be spending this podcast talking about the royal family, and instead we’re diving in the world of tech for good… and probably bad.  We’re having a chat about small businesses, love island, coffins and Meta.  Hosting this week is Fay Schofield, and she’s joined by Dama Sathianathan. Our special guest for this episode is Kristen Robinson, Head of Advocacy at Open Contracting Partnership.  Check out their 10 point plan to fix the UK's draft procurement bill. Stat of the week  According to the latest figures, public sector spending with small businesses rose to £19.3 billion in 2021/22, which accounts for 26.9% of government spending: British Government’s plans for procurement overhaul post-Brexit set to become law next year - Diginomica  All change for public procurement rules: the Procurement Bill 2022 - Lexology  Charity news of the week Deaf charities applaud the casting of the first dear person to love Island: Love Island's First Deaf Contestant Is Already Getting All The Love - Huffpost Tech news of the week As Meta battles regulators VR startups in Germany are having to choose whether to develop applications using less popular rival headsets, or give up on the fast-growing $4.4 billion market: Meta’s German Oculus Blockade Has Startups Facing Harsh Reality - Bloomberg Nice of the week  Armed with open data: How Ukraine saved billions on defence procurement - Open Contracting Partnership  And finally… Living coffin that turns your body into compost - 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 the Tech for Good Live podcast! In case you’re new here, come on in and take a seat, if you’re an old hat - thanks for sticking around. This podcast is all about discussing how we use technology for social good, and how more often than not it ends up being used for evil. In this episode we’re chatting about parents giving their kids career advice, fake social media accounts and The Handmaid’s Tale. Lots of cheery stuff then. Hosting this week is Fay Schofield, and she’s joined by fellow Tech For Good Live team member Greg Ashton. Our special guest this week is Alice Thwaite. Founder of Hattusia, a tech ethics campus, community and consultancy. Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  More than 75% of parents felt that giving relevant career advice to their children was almost impossible in such a fast-changing jobs market ‘How is that a real job?’ Parents struggle to keep up with children’s career options - The Guardian  Charity news of the week Raleigh international announced its closure this week Raleigh International announces closure with immediate effect - UK Fundraising Tech news of the week New app from the Centre For the Protection of National Infrastructure (yes that's a thing) helps you identify fake social accounts to help people avoid sharing misinformation ‘Think Before You Link’: app launched to help social media users detect fake profiles - The Guardian Nonce-sense from Google: Mass confusion as Google asks users to learn ‘what a nonce is’ - Independent And finally… Margret Atwood auctions fireproof edition of The Handmaid's Tale - Instagram / Washington Post ---------------------------- 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 where we talk about technology for good, live. In this episode we talk about bias, privilege, and how rhetoric can take hold of our beliefs even when they can be clearly proven wrong. I know that is a shocker for everyone. And that’s why you listen to this podcast. We also discuss exciting developments in the virtual reality space and how it is being applied to medical science.  Hera Hussain is our host and she is joined by fellow TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest this week is Graeme Heyes, researcher in sustainable design innovation and facilitator of sustainable design sprints with a PhD in sustainable business model design and environmental management.  Stat of the week  People from societally advantaged groups think equality-promoting policies will affect them negatively, even if they would actually benefit Privileged people misjudge effects of pro-equality policies on them - New Scientist 1 in 3 U.S. adults believes an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gains. - US News Charity news of the week Financial times and Infosys demonstrate the importance of climate change policy in an excellent way: The Climate Game  Tech news of the week NeuroVirt brings full-stack VR treatment to physical rehab: Better rehab in virtual reality - PreSeed Now  And finally… Kickstarter for a football which is also a portable generator - Soccket ---------------------------- 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 podcast all about using technology to have a good social impact.  This week we are talking about privacy and how the tech world is shaping the age-old fight for reproductive rights in one of the world’s richest and most powerful nations. And it’s not just about one country, but how it’s a problem for all of us - everywhere. We also talk about what period-tracking apps are tracking, and if and who and what they’re selling about us. But it’s not all grim. We’ve also found the strangest brand collaboration. It’s really bizarre. Hera Hussain is on hosting duties and she is joined by fellow TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this week is Kathryn Kosmides, joining us from New York. She’s the founder of Garbo, a new kind of online background check. Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  It costs just over $160 to get a week’s worth of data on where people who visited Planned Parenthood came from, and where they went afterwards. Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics - Vice  Cycle-tracking apps stand behind their privacy policies as Roe teeters - The Verge Charity news of the week Does this win the award for strangest campaign collaboration:  You Can Now Pick Up A Designer Scarf Alongside Your Pret Lunch Thanks To A New Charity Initiative - Elle Mental Health Awareness Week 2022. The theme is loneliness - i Tech news of the week Tinder will let you perform background checks before swiping right for $2.50 - Fortune EU’s new rules for Big Tech will come into force in Spring 2023, says Vestager - TechCrunch  Nice of the week  It was local council election time in the UK recently and we wanted to give a shout out to Democracy Club, a civic tech initiative, whose data was used by Councils, Electoral Commission and other government websites. And finally… You think the roads are shit now, wait until they're made out of used nappies  - 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.

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the tech for good live podcast. It’s a podcast where a bunch of mates get together and talk about using technology to have a positive impact on people and planet.  In this week's show we talk about e-scooters. Are they an illegal form of transport meeting an unmet need in society, or are they the one thing even more embarrassing than running a podcast about tech for good? In a shocking turn of events, Amazon continues to be what we’ve come to expect of Amazon and workers rights. What next you ask? They’re apparently hiding workplace injury figures by getting staff to work "light duties" for nonprofits. And some boffins have realized that video calls can curb creativity. Joining host Dama Sathianathan we have TFGL team members Bex Rae-Evans, Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Max Wilson, founder of Spokesafe, who provide cyclists, couriers, delivery drivers, scooter riders and everyone in between with access to a network of secure places to park. Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  Despite being illegal to use in the UK, 1 million e-scooters have been sold since 2018:   ‘I know they’re exciting – but calm down!’ Britain’s love-hate affair with the e-scooter - The Guardian  Charity news of the week Amazon hides workplace injury figures by getting staff to work "light duties" for nonprofits: Amazon accused of using charity work scheme to conceal warehouse incident rates - Engadget Charity digital skills survey 2022 is live! Take the survey here  Tech news of the week Peer reviewed report finds video calls curb creativity: Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation - Nature  Does Zoom doom creativity in the workplace? - Protocol  Hopin: virtual events start-up struggles as real gatherings return - FT ---------------------------- 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, a podcast all about tech being used for social good. Or more likely, tech being used for social bad and how that makes us all really sad.  We are pleased to say that we’ve not been bought by Elon Musk. But Twitter has, we talk about that, it would be weird not to, right? We also discuss VPN’s, Facebook, harassment and other fun. Bex is back in the hosting seat and is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Amanda Manyame, Digital Law and Rights Consultant at Equality Now. Amanda advises and conducts research on digital laws, policies, human rights and anticipates the legal risks and harms associated with technological innovation. Links from this episode: Stat of the week  8/14 of the top VPNs include trackers How Private Is My VPN? - The Markup  Charity news of the week White co-founder of No White Saviours accused of misuse of funds and harassment of her black co-founder - Twitter / @lovettejallow Tech news of the week Response to Facebook's request to dismiss the $150 billion lawsuit pulls no punches - Twitter / @jason_kint And Elon Musk couldn't be arsed to solve world hunger for $6 billion but buys Twitter for $44 billion - Associated Press  Nice of the week  Protecting people’s rights in the digital age: a Universal Declaration on Digital Rights - YouTube / Equality Now Women Leading in Artificial Intelligence, Equality Now proposes to mobilize the international community towards the creation of a Universal Declaration on Digital Rights (UDDR) - Equality Now And finally… Someone made a light that checks the local council website and tells you which bin to put out - Twitter / @tabard ---------------------------- 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, a podcast all about using technology to drive positive outcomes for people and planet. But more often than not, highlighting the many ways tech is causing havoc in our daily lives. If you're a long time listener, you’ll know that we’re quite a cynical bunch, but when we do hear stories of tech used to drive positive impact in the world, we’re all the more ecstatic and can’t wait to tell you more about them.  This week we are talking about rampant inequality and its effects on people’s happiness, a new social media platform designed to stop you from doom scrolling (hurrah!), and the metaverse coming for your soul. Dama Sathianathan is on hosting duties and is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this week is Kathryn Dingle, Digital Product Manager at NPC, an organisation helping charities, funders and policy makers to maximise social impact. She is also a volunteer Co-Director for IC Change UK, a campaign to create a world where women are free from violence. Stat of the week  Countries that allow economic inequality to increase as they grow richer make their citizens less happy - The Guardian  Charity news of the week Plans for a new social media platform focused on positivity. Where a 'like' can help find charities: The new social media platform designed to stop you ‘scrolling through bile’ - Positive.News  Supernova  Tech news of the week The Metaverse is coming for your soul:  Metaverse Company to Offer Immortality Through ‘Live Forever’ Mode - Vice This has already been done by the brilliant Pete Trainor: Pete and James Nice of the week  Covid vaccination technology may be used as first heart attack ‘cure’ - Standard  And finally… Exo-seleton helps boy with cerebral palsy walk  ---------------------------- 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! If you’re new here, it’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. My main advice for any new listeners tuning in is to stop listening right now. Honestly, we’re not worth your time. If you do decide to stick around though, we’ve some interesting stories in this week’s episode. We’re talking about a new report into the dangers of Facebook’s encryption plans. Greenpeace wants you to help count some plastic. And, in a shocking development, Amazon continues to be absolute ass-hats. In their crosshairs this week… unions. Host Bex is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Fay Schofield. Our special guest this week is Joe Friel. Joe is co-founder of Yalla, a collective of web developers, designers, project managers and strategists. Yalla work with non-profit and impact-driven businesses across the UK, Gaza and Germany. Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  New report from non-profit, Business for Social Responsibility, states Facebook's expansion of encryption would do more good than harm: Meta’s encryption plan has human rights benefits, report says - Washington Post   Charity news of the week New Greenpeace campaign asks for the public's help to understand what plastic we're using and throwing away: The Big Plastic Count  Tech news of the week First Amazon union formed in the US, Amazon is obviously fighting this and has plans to block words like "Union" in its internal messaging app:  ‘A marathon, not a sprint’: how Chris Smalls defied Amazon to form a union - The Guardian  Amazon says New York union organizers gave workers weed to help secure unionization votes - Insider  These are the words Amazon’s planned employee chat app reportedly won’t let you say - The Verge  Nice of the week  Advancing Healthcare Awards Robot Cat Cam ---------------------------- 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 for our second season of 2022 and we’re talking about greenwashing, bitcoin, climate denial, Facebook, and privacy - so the usual shit show. Host Bex is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Nikki Bell, co-founder of Fundraising Everywhere.  Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  Number of adverts banned for ‘greenwashing’ triples in a year - Independent  Charity news of the week Bitcoin’s massive energy use faces $5M shame campaign from environmental groups - ARS Technica  Tech news of the week New EU law sets up a fight between interoperability and privacy Is the end nigh for end-to-end encryption? - Guardian  Facebook drives sceptics towards climate denial - BBC News  And there was a "bug" which was promoting misinformation rather than blocking it: ‘Massive ranking failure’ meant Facebook showed users nudity, violence, and Russian misinformation - Independent  Nice of the week  A Kirby song cover just won a Grammy - The Verge And finally… You can enjoy sushi in VR and there's something called a "butter device"! ---------------------------- 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.

TFGL2022 Season 2 kicks off next week and we'll be joined by a bunch of great people from the third sector and beyond to discuss the latest developments in the world of tech for good (and let's be honest, tech for bad). We'll be here with fresh episodes every Thursday from April 7th.