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Evening Standard
Technology
Jon Weeks and Rachelle Abbott

OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Why TikTok’s been fined almost £13 million

TikTok has been fined £12.7 million by the UK's digital watchdog for mishandling children’s data.

The Information Commissioner’s Office estimates one million under-13s were inappropriately granted access to the platform, with TikTok collecting and using their personal data.

Nasa has named its four-person crew for the upcoming Artemis II moon mission, and they include the first woman and first person of colour assigned to a lunar mission.

The crew will be taking part in the space agency’s second phase of the Artemis programme, trialling their Orion spacecraft as it travels around the moon and back to earth.

A group of major space companies are calling on governments to agree to a ‘highway code’ for space.

The Space Safety Coalition has released a landmark publication aimed at tackling the "rapidly increasing" risk of space junk collisions.

Peter Hadinger, Chief Technology Officer at Inmarsat, describes to Tech & Science Daily the risks associated with debris in space, and the need for countries and companies to agree on a set of rules.

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy.

Last week the company sacked 85% of its workforce, a total of around 700 employees, as a result of what it called its “inability to secure meaningful funding.”

And the rest

Antibiotics and resistance ‘two-way street’ between animals and humans, Google’s new tool for flight tickets, wet wipes ban planned in England to tackle water pollution, and a boost for Dogecoin after Twitter changes its logo.

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