{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/684967dc1a37473f7de612b2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Women face ‘frightening privacy and safety risks’ from period tracker apps","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/1749640945362-f3cae1d0-adef-4375-91c6-1de2b3ae7e39.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Dr Stefanie Felsberger from Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, alongside her team at the University of Cambridge, are calling for better regulation in FemTech.</p><p><br></p><p>They believe women face<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/experts-women-university-of-cambridge-b1232281.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> “real and frightening privacy and safety risks”</a> when using period tracker apps.</p><p><br></p><p>Flo Health respond to their claims&nbsp;<a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/2e4f0f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on this episode of Tech &amp; Science Daily</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Humpback whales could be secretly trying to talk to humans by creating circular bubbles in water during friendly interactions.</p><p><br></p><p>And why a TV ad for the chocolate bar Twix <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/twix-adverts-banned-for-condoning-unsafe-driving-b1232319.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has been banned</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also in this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>-History-making week for Nintendo: More than 3.5 million of <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-console-review-battery-life-b1231375.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Switch 2 consoles </a>have been sold so far.</p><p><br></p><p>-Robotic surgeries <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/nhs-wes-streeting-england-manchester-b1232280.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">are set to soar </a>under NHS plans.</p><p><br></p><p>-Tesla boss Elon Musk says he ‘went too far’ <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/musk-trump-timeline-fallout-feud-b1231733.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in posts against Trump</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}