The gay dating app Grindr is being sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status with third parties in the UK.Tinder adds a new 'Share My Date' safety feature to the world's most used dating app.Controversial PS5 game Stellar Blade will be 'completely uncensored'. Also in this episode:<ul><li>Russia designates Meta an extremist organisation</li><li>Two lifeforms merge into one organism for first time in a billion years</li><li>Charity warns children as young as three groomed online</li><li>Celebrity handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez jailed for wildlife smuggling</li><li>The fight to save handwriting from extinction</li></ul>

Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status

The company that’s cleaning up space junk in Earth’s orbit. UK Astronaut graduates ESA training. TikTok one step closer to US ban. Taylor Swift's new album streamed 300 million times in one day. Also in this episode: <ul><li>Astroscale MD Nick Shave on their mission to clean up space</li><li>UK Space Agency’s Libby Jackson talks astronaut training</li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/zoom-b1152919.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Study: seeing yourself on video calls leads to mental fatigue</a></li><li>Wet wipes containing plastic set to be banned in the UK</li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/first-ai-generated-film-movie-next-stop-paris-reaction-b1152651.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The world’s first fully AI-generated film is being trolled online</a></li></ul> Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>.

Earth Day: How to clean up space junk

The woolly mammoth is close to making a return, and it's sooner than you think... In this special episode of Tech &amp; Science daily, we explore how US biotech company Colossal Biosciences is planning to use advanced DNA gene editing technology to 'de-extinct' the woolly mammoth, and other extinct species this decade. CEO of Colossal Biosciences Ben Lamm discusses their mission, and the key conservation work that underpins it. Plus, Colossal's chief scientific officer Beth Shapiro explains some of the technical science behind gene editing, and extracting ancient DNA.

The US scientists bringing back the Woolly Mammoth - Special

<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/metropolitan-police-cyber-fraud-arrests-labhost-phishing-b1152218.html#:~:text=A%20UK%2Dfounded%20website%20used,numbers%20and%2064%2C000%20PINs%20globally." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LabHost site taken down after scamming 70,000 Brits</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/experts-devon-germany-b1152182.html#:~:text=The%20last%20piece%20was%20discovered,fish%20lizard%20of%20the%20Severn." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Palaeontologists unearth potential ‘largest known marine reptile’</a>. Boston Dynamics tease Atlas humanoid robot. Drake releases new song…but is it actually AI? Also in this episode: <ul><li>Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without global warming</li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/people-artificial-intelligence-university-of-cambridge-gps-b1152183.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI chatbot ‘could be better at assessing eye problems than medics’</a></li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/tuc-calls-for-ai-to-be-regulated-in-the-workplace-b1152215.html#:~:text=The%20UK%20is%20losing%20the,vulnerable%20to%20exploitation%20and%20discrimination." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TUC calls for AI to be regulated in the workplace</a></li></ul> Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>.

Worldwide arrests made as major scamming site taken offline

<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/world-scotland-uk-government-scottish-government-edinburgh-b1151940.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Humanoid robot ‘Ameca’ built by Engineered Arts Ltd sold to Heriot-Watt University’s National Robotarium</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/dubai-airport-flooding-weather-rain-flights-uae-video-b1151952.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carnage at Dubai Airport as UAE sees heaviest rainfall in 75 years</a>. Scientist reveals queen bees can survive underwater for up to a week. <a href="https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-news/misleading-false-and-ai-generated-footage-of-irans-attack-on-israel-goes-viral/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Social media flooded with fake videos and images hours after Iran's attack on Israel</a>. Also in this episode: <ul><li>University of Guelph’s Dr Sabrina Rondeau explains Queen Bees’ resilience to flooding</li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/business/money/ps14-000-being-lost-to-investment-scams-on-average-says-barclays-b1151930.html#:~:text=9%20hours%20ago-,People%20falling%20victim%20to%20investment%20scams%20are%20losing%20around%20%C2%A3,%25)%20of%20reported%20investment%20scams." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">£14,000 being lost to investment scams on average, says Barclays</a></li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/meta-nick-clegg-virtual-reality-ai-classroom-schools-b1151843.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meta's Nick Clegg makes pitch for virtual reality in the classroom</a></li><li>Motorola is bringing back the wooden phone</li></ul>&nbsp;Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>.

‘World’s most advanced robot’ arrives in Scotland

The Verge reports developers have been asked to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24130716/sony-ps5-pro-specs-release-date-rumors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">make their games ready for the new console</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/channel-4-news-cathy-newman-deepfake-pornography-b1151698.html#:~:text=Under%20the%20new%20legislation%2C%20anyone,image%20is%20shared%20more%20widely." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creating ‘deepfake’ sexual images set to be criminal offence in the UK</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/fallout-london-delay-game-next-gen-update-mod-b1151505.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Fallout London has been delayed indefinitely</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/stonehenge-english-heritage-sun-bournemouth-university-university-of-oxford-b1151610.html#:~:text=English%20Heritage%20will%20help%20to,upcoming%20'major%20lunar%20standstill'.&amp;text=Researchers%20are%20looking%20into%20a,Moon%20in%20the%20night%20sky." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Did the Moon influence the design of Stonehenge?</a> Also in this episode: <ul><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/gloucestershire-research-university-of-glasgow-earth-sciences-open-university-b1151673.html#:~:text=The%20space%20rock%20was%20repeatedly,that%20lasted%20millions%20of%20years.&amp;text=A%20meteorite%20that%20landed%20in,through%20space%2C%20scientists%20have%20said." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Secrets of the Winchcombe meteorite’s brutal space journey revealed</a></li><li>Thwaites Glacier analysis reveals how it might react to global warming</li><li>Pressure to lose weight as a teenager can have ‘long-lasting effects’</li></ul> Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>.

Sony asks developers to make games PS5 Pro-compatible

<a href="https://twitter.com/kedlian" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Veronika Kedlian</a> explains <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/scientists-china-guangzhou-b1151484.html#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20shed%20new%20light,muscles%20employ%20to%20combat%20ageing." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the two muscle mechanisms that fight against the ageing process</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/google-ai-videos-app-workspace-new-upcoming-b1151002.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google announces new AI-powered Vids app</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/nasa-loch-ness-scottish-highlands-highlands-america-b1150881.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nasa asked to help in search for Loch Ness Monster</a>. The Instagram rats that have learned how to drive. Also in this episode: <ul><li>Dr Kedlian explains Wellcome Sanger Institute research on muscles</li><li>Brightest-ever cosmic explosion was ’caused by collapse of a massive star’</li><li>Google’s Pixel 9 may get an Apple-like satellite SOS feature</li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/emperorsofmischief/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch: Instagrammer teaches pet rats how to drive</a></li><li>McDonald’s launches 'smell the billboard’ marketing campaign</li></ul> Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;on X</a>&nbsp;or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;on Threads</a>.

How our muscles fight the effects of ageing

In this preview edition of our Brave New World series, Evgeny meets Wim Hof to learn more about the Dutch athlete’s ‘Method’; a combination of breathing and cold-water immersion that he claims can have health and psychological benefits. Rita Ora also joins the show and talks about her own experience using Wim’s techniques as part of her wellness routines. To hear the whole show, and listen to previous episodes, search 'Brave New World Evening Standard' in your podcast provider.

Wim Hof & Rita Ora: Braving the Ice (Brave New World Preview)

Plus! Child-size AI robot car helps kids’ surgery worries

Evening Standard gaming writer Vicky Jessop on Baldur’s Gate 3’s success at the 20th Bafta Games Awards in London, plus UK win for puzzle title Viewfinder. Microsoft to open major London AI hub. When’s the best time of day to exercise? Child-size AI robot car to soothe young patients' hospital stress. Also in this episode:<ul><li>Cheek swab to monitor rare genetic heart condition</li><li>England measles outbreak: latest</li><li>MPs urge Government strategy to combat TikTok misinformation</li><li>Pompeii archaeologists find awesome Helen of Troy fresco.</li></ul>

Bafta Games Awards 2024: Baldur’s Gate 3 wins big

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