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Evening Standard
Technology
Mark Blunden and Rachelle Abbott

OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: London’s hot AI summer...to beat traffic jams

This episode of Tech & Science Daily podcast is recorded from London Tech Week at Westminster’s QE II Centre.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opened proceedings with controversial comments about the use of artificial intelligence in schools.

But, could this AI software army help beat the capital's traffic jams and help win the war on fly-tipping? We’re joined by Theo Blackwell, London’s chief digital officer.

More than 13,000 people have been evacuated after the Philippines’ most active volcano erupted, sending lava oozing down its slopes.

People living within a near four-mile radius of Mayon Volcano were told to flee, but thousands remain within the high-risk zone.

Environmental authorities have launched an investigation after thousands of dead fish washed up along the Gulf Coast in Texas over the weekend.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Kills and Spills Team described the incident at Quintana Beach in Brazoria County as a “low dissolved oxygen event” as temperatures reached over 33C, but found no evidence of a chemical spill impacting the fish.

Plus, nearly 3,500 Reddit forums go dark in protest over apps charges, shoes for virtual reality with London startup Freeaim, Star Wars Outlaws announced at Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase and why’s four’s the magic number for a dinner party.

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