Mark Blunden

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Mark Blunden is an audio journalist for the Evening Standard, writing, hosting and producing the Leader and Tech & Science Daily podcasts. He was previously the Standard’s technology correspondent and a senior news reporter, after working as a freelance writer, photographer and videographer.... MORE

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Mark Blunden is an audio journalist for the Evening Standard, writing, hosting and producing the Leader and Tech & Science Daily podcasts. He was previously the Standard’s technology correspondent and a senior news reporter, after working as a freelance writer, photographer and videographer.

<p> A proposed law heralding the green light for self-driving cars on Britain’s roads has cleared the House of Commons.</p>
Podcasts

Self-driving EVs: new robo-car law step closer

Plus! Look who’s squawking... parrots video call

2 May 2024
Comment

Le King’s speech...Charles first to address French Senate: Podcast

Post-Brexit Bon mots and climate crisis partnership hopes - will he clash with PM Sunak?

21 Sept 2023
<p>How will the Online Safety Bill impact everyday messaging encryption? (Adem Ay/Unsplash)</p>
Tech

Online Safety Bill, encryption and you: Podcast

Plus! Pink Floyd brain art & treating video games addiction

8 Sept 2023
<p>How much personal home data does Big Tech store and sell? (Alamy/PA)</p>
Tech

How spying smart home harvests your data: podcast

How spying smart home harvests your data

7 Sept 2023
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Tech

Booze & junk food ‘fuelling young cancer epidemic’: Podcast

Plus! The real Poseidon adventure & 1800s-era smartwatch

6 Sept 2023
<p>Officials have embraced a non-traditional approach to protect national digital assets against bad actors (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
Tech

NSPCC child protection alert over VR abuse: Podcast

Plus, Burning Man rain ‘monsters’ & comet Nishimura

5 Sept 2023
<p>The trio’s six months aboard the ISS included three space walks (Nasa)</p>
Tech

Space X astronauts stretch legs after splashdown: Podcast

Plus, Burning Man festival death probe amid torrential rain

4 Sept 2023
Comment

Schools concrete crisis & start of term: The Leader podcast

Alert for crumbling 1960s-era buildings & learning impact

1 Sept 2023
Comment

Defence Secretary Wallace’s successor & Ukraine ‘super drones’

Grant Shapps parachuted into MoD & secrets of Kyiv’s long-range UAVs

31 Aug 2023
<p>DJs Linett Kamala (third left) and Pearl Boatswain, aka Dubplate Pearl (first left), lead Notting Hill legends mentoring with the Original Sounds Collective.</p>
Tech

Notting Hill Carnival’s female DJ revolution: Podcast

Plus! Nasa scientist ‘certain’ on Solar System aliens

25 Aug 2023
Tech

Women’s World Cup heralds most high-tech final: Podcast

Plus! Pig-to-human kidney transplant & British Museum huge theft

17 Aug 2023
Tech

Nasa telescope’s Big Bang discovery: Tech and Science Daily podcast

Plus! Pink Floyd’s brain waves & Indiana Jones snake honour

16 Aug 2023
<p>China’s military is upgrading to futuristic hardware, including lasers</p>
Tech

China’s ‘infinite laser super-gun’: Podcast

Plus! Professor Green on data poverty, and a $1bn OpenAI fake

15 Aug 2023
<p>Quantum superchemistry could help with future computer processing (PA)</p>
Tech

‘Quantum superchemistry’ breakthrough: Tech and Science Daily podcast

Plus! Maui wildfires latest & social media addiction therapy

14 Aug 2023
Comment

Ulez countdown: Toxic air is London’s big public health risk | Podcast

Can clean air zone cut pollution-linked deaths as doctors hope?

7 Aug 2023