It is the last show as Digital Planet says goodbye and we say thank you to the BBC and we now have a slot to fill from next week. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 5th of April. It will also be broadcast on…
Digital Planet caught up with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 22nd of March. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 19th of March in Phuket on 91.5 FM and 102.5 FM and Online via the Internet radio portals….
It may seem that in some countries surveillance cameras are everywhere – recording almost our every move. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 15th of March. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 12th of March in Phuket on 91.5 FM and 102.5…
As Ukraine enters the second year of the full-scale Russian invasion, we hear about A drone spotting app through which citizens can help alert defense authorities of air attacks. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 8th of March. It will also be broadcast on…
After the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Northern Syria, how do you collate Digital earthquake data to aid those coordinating the disaster response? This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 1st of March. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 16th of February in…
Do you see a problem with Earthquakes and Internet Shutdowns in times of crisis? Within hours of the magnitude 7.8 earthquakes across Turkey and northern Syria, the internet in Turkey was partially shut down. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 22nd of February. It…
This week we are looking into Twitter Bots and the future. Phuket FM Radio does not use Twitter bots and is excited to say we are about to pass the 100,000 tweets level. So the question this week is what is happening with APIs, more commonly known as bots, on Twitter? This program is available…
One of the leading causes of maternal mortality during childbirth is that the baby cannot be delivered vaginally, most likely because it is not positioned correctly in the womb. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 8th of February. It will also be broadcast on…
In the summer of 2021 Kazakhstan was the second biggest producer of Bitcoin in the world, but what has happened since the cryptocurrency crash? This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 1st of February. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 29th of January…
Greenhouse gas emissions and self-driving cars in 2023, do you have a view? What is the environmental impact? This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 25th of January. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 22nd of January in Phuket on 91.5 FM and…
One of our listeners in Ukraine contacted us to tell us how he stays online during power outages following a bombing in Ukraine. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 18th of January. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 15th of January in…
This week Agritech and to start the New Year we take a look at the use of technology in agriculture around the world. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 11th of January. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 8th of January in…
We’re looking back on the technology year that was 2022. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 4th of January. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 1st of January in Phuket on 91.5 FM and 102.5 FM and Online via the Internet radio…
More than 8 million unregistered SIM cards have been blocked in Ghana. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 28th of December. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 25th of December in Phuket on 91.5 FM and 102.5 FM and Online via the…
One of the biggest platforms Shopee in Southeast Asia – which is as popular as Google, YouTube, and Facebook – has stopped bank transfer payments. This program is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 21st of December. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 18th of…
Due to climate change cyclones are increasing in frequency and intensity. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 14th of December. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 11th of December in Phuket on 91.5 FM and 102.5 FM and Online via the Internet…
Researchers at MIT have made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles to buildings to larger robots. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 7th of December. It will also be…
Does anyone know what is happening with Twitter and what can we expect? This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 30th of November. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 27th of November in Phuket on 91.5 FM and 102.5 FM and Online via…
This week we hear about Africa and the Internet and a new plan to drive economies and improve lives across Africa – the Open Internet project between the continent and the EU. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 23rd of November. It will also…
A new report shows how the authorities in Iran can track and control protesters in Iran by phone. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 16th of November. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 13th of November in Phuket on 91.5 FM and…
Elon Musk completed a 44-billion-dollar takeover of Twitter last week. Update February 2023: So the question this week is what is happening with APIs, more commonly known as bots, on Twitter? Latest Update:- What is happening with Twitter? Does anyone know what is happening with Twitter and what can we expect? This programme is available…
The Biden administration announced a monumental policy shift earlier this month, set to limit and control the exportation of artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies to China. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 2nd of November. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 30th…
Did you know that over 5 billion mobile phones are waste, out of 16 billion believed to be in circulation? The WEEE Forum estimates that of the 16 billion mobile phones in the world about 5.3bn will no longer be in use this year. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and…
Did you know that Ukraine’s internet has faced outages since missile attacks restarted on Monday -a drop of more than 20% was recorded yesterday by The Internet Observatory Netblocks. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 19th of October. It will also be broadcast on…
COVID has accelerated digitisation for women. In 2020 more than 40% of the world’s population wasn’t using the internet, with many more women being unable to get online. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 12th of October. It will also be broadcast on Sunday…
Microrobots have been created and used to treat the most common form of pneumonia that infects patients in the ICU. This programme is available NOW On Demand on the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 5th of October. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 2nd of October in Phuket on 91.5…
Wikipedia says: Gamification is the strategic attempt to enhance systems, services, organizations, and activities by creating similar experiences to those experienced when playing games in order to motivate and engage users. This is generally accomplished through the application of game-design elements and game principles (dynamics and mechanics) in non-game contexts. This programme is available NOW On Demand…
This week Digital Planet looks into connecting the unconnected there is a stark difference in internet connectivity in some parts of the World. The Digital Divide in Tribal Communities Across the North American continent, there is a stark difference in the availability of the internet to different communities. This programme is available NOW On Demand…
It is time to say Happy birthday Digital Planet and to thank the whole team for the great content supplied every week to Phuket FM Radio, congratulations and thank you. In this special 21st birthday show we’re bringing our Digital Planet community together for the first time since 2019. This programme is available NOW On…
Understanding Inoculation against misinformation. Could people be inoculated and protected against misinformation online? This programme is available NOW On Demand at the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 7th of September. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 4th of September in Phuket on 91.5 FM and 102.5 FM and Online via…
Did you know Scamming in India is rife, and did you know nearly a third of people in India lost money through online fraud in 2020 alone? This programme is available NOW On Demand at the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 31st of August. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the…
With the US midterm elections only a few months away Twitter has announced how it plans to “enable healthy civic conversation” on its platform i.e. how they plan to control political disinformation. This programme is available NOW On Demand at the Digital Planet Page and is available now until Wednesday the 24th of August. It will also…
Were you one of the 2.92million people watching Nancy Pelosi fly into Taiwan on FlightRadar24 bypassing Chinese bases in the South China Sea as it approached Taipei? This programme is now available ON-Demand by visiting the Science in Action Page, it will be available until Thursday the 18th of August. It will also be broadcast on Sunday the 14th of…