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Journalists silenced online

Independent journalists around the world are falling victim to fake copyright strikes against their content on social media, especially when their stories are critical of powerful figures. Then we look at how AI has been brought into safety on US railroads. Plus, the tech which h ...  Show more

The man who ‘saved the internet’

A week ago, few outside of the tech world had heard of PHP. Now, after vulnerabilities were discovered, it’s an acronym many more of us are familiar with. With the help of insiders, we tell the story of the PHP crisis. Plus, Tech Life speaks to a comedian whose jokes were taken a ...  Show more

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