Chris Vallance
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Nov 3, 2026
Shiona McCallumHOST
But first, it turns out there's quite a fellowship of Tolkien fans in the technology world.
Shiona McCallumHOST
TechLife's other presenter and Tolkien enthusiast Chris Vallance is here.
Chris VallanceHOST
Hi, Shona.
Chris VallanceHOST
Yes, guilty as charged.
Alan SmithHOST
It's affected dozens of UK government services with similar issues reported around the world, while 50,000 British businesses were sent official notifications advising them to take action.
Alan SmithHOST
Here's our senior technology reporter, Chris Vallance.
Chris VallanceCORRESPONDENT
For those whose jobs are keeping us safe from hackers, the discovery of a weakness in a programming language, PHP, that underpins much of the web was a disaster scenario made real.
Chris VallanceCORRESPONDENT
Ollie Whitehouse from the UK National Cyber Security Centre outlined the extent of the disruption on Radio 4's World at One.
Shiona McCallumHOST
This is Tech Life on the BBC World Service with me, Shiona McCallum.
Shiona McCallumHOST
If you were listening to last week's show with Chris Vallance, you'll have heard an interview with Francis Haugen, who turned whistleblower at Facebook.
Shiona McCallumHOST
Stephen Bennett from the east of England emailed to say he enjoyed it.
Shiona McCallumHOST
He also wrote, it seems to me that we will not be able to manage the damage caused by social media and AI anymore.
Charles CarrollHOST
Anthropic is one of the leading AI firms that today gave evidence to MPs investigating AI safety.
Charles CarrollHOST
Our senior technology reporter, Chris Vallance, has more.
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more.Small out of control AI models could self-replicate across a network of smart internet connected devices within a matter of months according to a report from Anthropic, a company that is no stranger to publishing alarming findings about the capabilities of the tech.
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Hijacking online home devices to form computer networks is nothing new.
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Chris VallanceHOST
Hello, I'm Chris Vallance and welcome to TechLife, the programme about technology and how it's changing all our lives.
Chris VallanceHOST
Today we talk to an entrepreneur hoping to build a virtual data centre in space by using computer power that's already up there in satellites.
Chris VallanceHOST
TechLife's Liv McMahon is in the studio to tell us about her conversation with a whistleblower whose story has hit the box office.
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Chris VallanceHOST
This is Tech Life on the BBC World Service, with me, Chris Vallance, and with you, our listeners.
Chris VallanceHOST
On last week's edition, Imran Rahman-Jones took a deep dive into supercomputers, devoting the whole show to the subject.
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But before we get into the politics, let's just go back a little bit and go back to basics and explain what exactly data centres are.
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Here's our senior technology reporter, Chris Vallance.
Chris VallanceCORRESPONDENT
Well, data centres are really the powerhouses of our online lives.
Chris VallanceCORRESPONDENT
They are large warehouses filled with computers.
Caroline NichollsHOST
The firm says personal information belonging to potentially millions of customers has been accessed.
Caroline NichollsHOST
Our senior technology reporter, Chris Vallance, has the details.
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At around 10 AM on Tuesday, users of the ASOS app got an unwelcome surprise, a message from a previously unknown cybercrime group who had taken the highly unusual step of dropping news of a data theft into customer notifications.
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The company initially suggested basic contact details had been stolen, but the hackers shared with the BBC what they said was a sample of the data.