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!)

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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 

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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.

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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 

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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

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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 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

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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.

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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 

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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. 

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Georgia Iacovou is a freelance tech policy writer and creator of the excellent Horrific/Terrific newsletter

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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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  

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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