The darker side of streaming
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Twitch streamer QTCinderella talks about the unwelcome attention she receives in real life. Shiona McCallum reports on robotics for offshore wind farms. And polar rover tech.
Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn
(Image: A photo of Twitch streamer QTCinderella attending TwitchCon 2024 in San Diego, USA. She is standing in front of a TwitchCon backdrop and logo. She is smiling at the camera. Credit: Getty Images.)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | My Christmas Mix is pure 90s festive nostalgia. |
| 0:11.1 | You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat. |
| 0:14.0 | Oh, ho! |
| 0:15.7 | No, no, no. |
| 0:17.5 | I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems. |
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| 0:26.4 | Give me hip-hip-christmas bangers every day. Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of lapland. |
| 0:30.9 | Get all kinds of Christmassy. Just search Christmas music on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.8 | Hi and welcome to TechLife, the program about technology making |
| 0:40.1 | a difference to all our lives. I'm Shona McCallum and this week we speak to someone who makes |
| 0:45.8 | online content for a living. She's a well-known streamer who's also set up and hosts an annual |
| 0:51.3 | award ceremony for some of the top content creators. But as you'll find |
| 0:55.8 | out in a moment, the public attention has a troubling downside. I'll be reporting from the UK's |
| 1:02.1 | Test Centre for Robotics used in the offshore wind industry. The Digital Autonomous and Robotics |
| 1:08.0 | Engineering Centre in Blythe is the first of its kind in the country. |
| 1:12.7 | It helps developers and researchers trial products including underwater vehicles, robots and drones. |
| 1:19.7 | And we'll check in with the student team building and testing an autonomous rover that will soon be |
| 1:24.8 | driving through snow and ice in the Antarctic. |
| 1:28.0 | Our goal is set to December 2028. |
| 1:30.8 | So by the time that comes, we will be in Antarctica and hopefully start and finish our mission. We start today with a look at the darker side of streaming. |
| 1:59.6 | I'll explain what it is in a moment, but first, have a listen to this. |
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