Tech for Good Live

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

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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

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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 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 

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

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

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.