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Did you know that the tech behind your door bell was likely to have been designed in the Ukraine? Or that Grammarly鈥檚 founders are Ukrainian. It鈥檚 probably easier to list the tech that we all use that has Ukrainian roots: What鈥檚 App, Paypal, CleanMyMac, Revolut App and the masking tech in Snapchat to name but a few. We spoke to Mike Sapiton, Forbes Ukraine Technology Editor, about the massive influence of Ukrainian developers on our everyday lives.

Detecting COVID from your mobile
As people begin to return to work in some countries, COVID cases continue to rise in others. Testing is still key to monitoring the spread of the virus and detecting any mutations. A Chilean start-up company called Diagnosis Biotech have developed an accurate, non-invasive and low-cost method of testing for COVID 19 called Phone Screen Testing 鈥� also known as POST. Our reporter Jane Chambers went to find out more.

How to access blocked online content
Internet content is blocked by many governments around the world, Russia鈥檚 current block is again highlighted in the press, yet President Putin鈥檚 regime isn鈥檛 able to control their information agenda as it did before. So how are people accessing what the authorities may not want them to see? We speak to Abdallah al-Salmi, Strategy Analyst, Systems Integration at the 成人论坛 World Service who tells us how the 成人论坛 is ensuring it鈥檚 content remains accessible including how they鈥檝e made a copy of all the 成人论坛 News websites on the dark web that can be accesses via the TOR browser.

The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Bill Thompson.

Studio Manager: Sue Maillot
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz

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