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Tech Life

The tech of war crime investigation

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3227 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This week's episode features an interview with Wendy Betts, who is involved with an app developed for war crimes investigators. John Hultquist, who’s Vice President of the cyber security firm, Mandiant, speaks about the cyber threat Russia poses to the US. And Tom Gerken reports on the millions of dollars raised by people playing Fortnite for the Ukrainian humanitarian effort.

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Thank you. sounds. There's probably another podcast on there that you're absolutely love. Hello and welcome to TechTent. I'm James Clayton, the BBC's North America

0:46.2

Technology Reporter speaking to you from Silicon Valley and on the program this week.

0:51.2

Western politicians are clear. War crimes have been committed in Ukraine.

0:55.8

What we have seen already from Vladimir Putin's regime in the use of the munitions that they

1:01.5

have already been dropping on innocent civilians, Mr. Speaker, in my view, already fully qualifies

1:08.8

as a war crime. They use the vacuum bomb today, which is actually prohibited by Geneva Convention.

1:16.1

Oh, I think he is a war crime.

1:19.2

We look at how tech is helping to build the case against Russia.

1:23.5

Also, official Russian social media accounts and their role in the Kremlin's disinformation campaign.

1:29.8

And with President Biden warning a gain of Russian cyber attacks on the West, should we be worried.

1:35.6

With me this week from London is our reporter Jane Wakefield.

1:39.7

Another week, Jane, where the technology news has just been dominated by this invasion. Yes, indeed, James.

1:46.0

But actually, this week, we do have some slightly positive news in the way that tech firms are

1:51.3

opting to help out in this crisis, and we'll have a little chat about that later.

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