China cracks down on online games
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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A state-run media outlet brands online games ‘electronic drugs’ and calls for more curbs on the industry. Plus, the AI that’s claimed to speed up insurance claims following extreme weather events. And could machine learning make recruitment fairer? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC senior tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
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