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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard turns fast-moving science and technology stories into concise, London-aware briefings. Its recent run moves from OpenAI offices and social platform regulation to cancer research, LiDAR on the Tube, PDF security patches, and game delays.

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Tech and Science Daily | The Standard is built for speed. It compresses the day’s science and technology agenda into clear, conversational bulletins with a noticeable London and UK lens. The show is at its strongest when it connects a technical development to a practical outcome. OpenAI’s London office becomes a story about research gravity, hiring, and academic links. Emergency-response robots become a way to keep people out of hazardous incidents. LiDAR on the District line becomes less about sensors and more about reliability, fewer track visits, and faster engineering decisions. The same pragmatic frame carries into public policy. Recent episodes track Downing Street pressure on TikTok, Meta, X, Snap, and Google/YouTube, including proposals around under-16 access, addictive design, and chatbot controls. Cybersecurity is treated with similar urgency. Microsoft Patch Tuesday and Adobe Acrobat Reader exploits are presented as everyday risks that deserve action, not niche IT trivia. Health and science stories bring in cancer immunotherapy research, off-label treatment trials, brain organoid growth, and the cellular mechanics that may make tumors more visible to the immune system. The feed also watches the industrial side of innovation, including UK battery materials, extraction, refining, recycling, advanced manufacturing, and electrification. AI remains a recurring thread, from Anthropic withholding a risky model to a UK regulator using an LLM for case administration. It is not all heavy. Gaming updates on Pragmata, Cyberpunk, and a James Bond delay add a lighter consumer-tech rhythm. Short Brave New World previews broaden the feed with conversations featuring Michael Pollan on consciousness, Gary Brekker on fatigue and nutrient deficiencies, and Carl Pei on devices, creativity, and product identity. The result is a compact daily briefing for listeners who want technology explained through consequences: jobs, safety, medicine, infrastructure, regulation, security, and the gadgets people actually use.

Made for: For listeners who want a fast, plain-English briefing on science and technology stories with practical UK context. It fits commuters, tech workers, policy watchers, security-conscious users, and curious generalists.

What sets it apart: The show mixes hard news, research, public policy, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and gaming in a compact bulletin format. Its edge is translating technical stories into concrete stakes for work, safety, health, transport, and everyday devices.

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Daily bulletins reporting the latest news from the world of science and technology, from the Standard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI companies and regulationUK technology policyLondon transport technologycybersecurity patches and exploitscancer research and immunotherapybattery materials and electrificationgaming releases and delayslongevity and consciousness previews

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Episodes

BNW Preview: Michael Pollan

London hosts quantum alliance talks, telecoms bill rules tighten, and Nature warns of AI “fake disease” chaos — plus April’s Game Pass hits

Episode 6: The Future of the Thames

Episode 5: Thames Water in the Hot Seat

Episode 3: The Victorian Sewer That Built Modern London

Episode 4: Inside London's Super Sewer

Episode 1: How Healthy is the Thames?

Episode 2: What Does Clean Really Mean?

Is it easier than ever to build a start up now? With AXA Startup Angel Competition judges

Pesticide “Safe Levels” Questioned, SpaceX Falcon Heavy Scrubbed, and Diablo IV’s Lord of Hatred Lands — Al’s Final Episode

London’s new Imperial–Lenovo AI hub, Apple’s iPhone privacy patch, and Nintendo hit with a tariff refund lawsuit

London recycling robots bought, volcanic lightning explained, Cisco’s quantum switch, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, and DJI Lito drones

Fleming Centre approved in Paddington, UK ramps up AI cyber defence, and Xbox teases new Discord Game Pass perk

PlayStation age verification hits the UK, UCL bowel cancer trial follow-up, and London’s Open Science week at the Crick

London Parkinson’s gut-bacteria clue, UK robotics adoption hubs, Hubble’s Trifid Nebula anniversary

BAFTA Games winners in London, Tesco’s QR-code barcodes, Breakthrough Prize gene therapy, and a new clue to finding rare earth minerals

OpenAI’s London office move, UK emergency-response robots, and Pragmata finally launches

Starmer summons TikTok & Meta to No.10, cancer drugs go “off-label” (properly), and Microsoft Patch Tuesday is massive

District line gets LiDAR track scanning, UK battery materials push, Adobe PDF zero-day patch, and Webb redraws the planet–star line

Anthropic withholds “Mythos” AI as Project Glasswing launches, ICO uses an LLM for case admin, Tech.eu Summit London agenda lands — plus Bond game delay

UCL’s cancer “visibility” breakthrough, UK signal jammer ban plan, brain organoids boom, Cyberpunk PS5 Pro upgrade

BNW Preview: Michael Pollan

London hosts quantum alliance talks, telecoms bill rules tighten, and Nature warns of AI “fake disease” chaos — plus April’s Game Pass hits

London fibre speed record, new UK Online Safety reporting rules, and Starfield lands on PS5

Artemis II Moon Flyby, TfL Tests Smart Tube Safety Tech, and UK Skynet Satellite Row

London Tech Week goes “Deep Tech”, UKRI chair pick named, and scientists find ‘trade winds’ inside cells

UCL stem-cell therapy breakthrough, CMA probes Microsoft, and a “sound laser” gravity leap — plus Arc Raiders Flashpoint

London Games Festival kicks off, UK gene breakthrough for childhood epilepsy,

London’s new biotech lab space, UK physics funding cut backlash, meningitis B outbreak briefing, Windows 11 emergency fix

UCL hormone patches for prostate cancer, UK deepfake detection push, AI “scientists” debate, Minecraft Tiny Takeover

Last-second rocket abort in Norway, UK trials app limits for teens, and a keyboard Android lands on Kickstarter

UK 2G switch-off warning, Britain’s airborne climate lab grounded, sodium-ion battery cold-weather leap, TfL refreshes Baby on Board badges

Night Shifts and Type 2 Diabetes, WMO Climate Imbalance Warning, Beaver Carbon Sinks, and Minecraft’s “Chaos Cubed” Update

London’s new biotech lab space, UK physics funding cut backlash, meningitis B outbreak briefing, Windows 11 emergency fix

London’s “Virtual Histology” X-ray Leap, Earth’s Rotation Slows, Artemis II Nears Launch, Amazon’s Phone Comeback

London TB drug target breakthrough, UK Fusion Strategy 2026, Crimson Desert launches, CS2 reload overhaul, New Sonos Speakers

TfL’s New Radar Speed Cameras, UK AI Copyright U-Turn, CERN’s New Particle, Starfield PS5 Date, and a Major iPhone Hack Warning

London’s new infrastructure blueprint, UK quantum cash boost, and a molten exoplanet with a magma ocean

BNW Preview: Gary Brecka

London museum accessibility win, a “4D camera” breakthrough, and Tomb Raider’s free Challenge Mode update

BNW Preview: Carl Pei

UK digital ID reality check, London MS genetics breakthrough, and NASA’s Van Allen Probe re-entry

BNW - Will Ahmed Preview

KCL palliative care savings, UK ADHD evidence check, clock magnetism vortices, China brain-computer push, Marvel Rivals patch, Pixel 10a review

British Science Week kicks off, UK launches new AI research lab, and Nothing unveils Phone (4a) Pro in London

London scientist wins major medical prize, UK boosts satellite comms, laser flips magnet, Congo carbon warning, LoL patch, new Apple M5 Macs

Met handheld facial recognition pilot, UK 6G security principles, AI paper-faking warning, Nintendo Indie World, and Rainbow Six gets Solid Snake

Tube fares change, UK tests teen social media limits, iron + blue LED chemistry breakthrough, and Pokémon turns 30

Brave New World Preview: Dr Sabine Donnai on Mapping the Microbiome and the Secrets to Longevity

O2’s Starlink phone satellite service, London’s Knowledge Quarter AI drug push, faster UK cyber fixes, NASA’s “planetary parade” sounds, and Resident Evil Requiem launch

UCL’s laser-drone forest scans, UK digital jobs snapshot, ASML chip breakthrough, “super agers” brain clue, and Xbox leadership shake-up

London’s historic womb transplant birth, UK regulates Netflix-style streamers, Uber’s robotaxi play, and Firefox’s AI off switch

UK cyber crackdown calls, cross-border digital ID, “Hall drift of light,” and Xbox Games Pass lineup

MHRA Pauses PATHWAYS Trial, UK Space Weather Mission Moves Toward Launch, NASA Rolls Artemis II Back Again

TfL ad banned, UK’s 48-hour takedown rule, China’s open-source AI surge, Avowed update

TfL clamps down on pedicabs, Bristol’s sensor shoe, Microsoft’s 10,000-year glass storage, Call of Duty ad banned

Waymo vs London black cabs, Discord age checks go global, and a Majorana quantum breakthrough

Psychedelic depression breakthrough in London, Chrome zero-day patch, Artemis II rehearsal update, and a John Wick game reveal

London’s First Thames Bathing Spot, UK Targets AI Chatbots, and MIT’s “Computing With Heat”

Smart clothing “button” breakthrough in London, UK clampdown on broadband bill hikes, Silent Hills Transmission and Microsoft rushes zero-day fixes

TfL’s 2026 upgrade plan, Instagram in court over “endless scroll”, and Samsung Unpacked confirmed

TfL’s new bus shelters, Apple & Google app store shake-up, and gene-edited moths, plus Helldivers 2 update

PlayStation’s hour-long State of Play, UK universities warned on foreign interference, and the botnet lurking in your living room

London spider silk breakthrough, OpenAI Frontier AI agents, Nioh 3 exclusivity twist, and JLab’s speaker-headphones

London’s £1bn Cancer Hub green light, UK data-law changes, Artemis II window, Nintendo Partner Showcase and Pixel 10a tease

London AI Stethoscope Trial, England’s New Cancer Plan, AI Safety Report, Next-Gen Xbox Hints, and Fairphone 6

Brave New World Preview

Boots loyalty card data study aims to spot cancer sooner, Valheim turns 5

West London’s rapid-charge battery train, UK science funding row, Google proxy takedown, Apex on Switch, and Apple’s old-iPhone updates

TfL’s Overground Push to Stevenage, Pornhub Blocks New UK Users, Is Freeview Ending in 2034?

NHS AI + Robot Lung Cancer Trial in London, Terraria Bigger & Boulder Update, Steam Faces UK Lawsuit

NHS drone deliveries in London, a £3bn temperature bill for the NHS, and a new AirTag

London’s new AI hub, the UK’s Cambridge supercomputer boost, a chunky Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero patch and NASA’s Artemis II quarantine milestone

London’s start-up ranking, CERN’s €860m pledge, and a shake-up in global vulnerability tracking