Around 70,000 users of Discord globally could have had sensitive data stolen by hackers.

The platform says criminals targeted a third-party service called 5CA, hired for age verification appeals.

Data stolen includes official ID photographs, and potentially personal information such as partial credit card numbers and messages.

A new tool is being developed by MI:RNA to help diagnose osteoarthritis in dogs earlier.

Qualified vet and Chief Scientific Officer, Robert Coultous, joins us to tell us more.

Acclaimed violinist Esther Abrami on London’s Southbank Centre and TikTok’s new accelerator programme for classical content creators.

Also in this episode:

-‘Viewing own face through baby filter could help unlock memories’

-Scientists transplant a pig liver into a human

-20,000 people to help drive mental health research

-Incense bowl and helmet handle among finds at National Trust estate dig

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On this replay preview of Brave New World, Evgeny Lebedev is in conversation with the Oscar-winning actor, Dame Helen Mirren.

Now, this is a bit of a break from the usual guests on Tech & Science Daily, but in this wide ranging conversation Evgeny and Dame Helen discuss everything from the evolution of technology, ageing, to the contemporary media landscape and social media.

“It’s so sad that Kurt Cobain died when he did, because he never got to see GPS”

Listen to the full conversation on the Brave New World podcast here.

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Two teenagers have been arrested after a ransomware attack stole data from a nursery chain in London.

The Met Police say the pair, aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail.

Cyberhackers were said to be using the pictures and names of about 8,000 children, to demand ransom money.

Women who have a caesarean birth at an advanced stage of labour are about eight times more likely to devolop scars in the womb, which are known to increase the likelihood of premature births in the future.

To learn more, we’re joined by Anna David, Professor and Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine at University College London Hospital, and she’s also Director of the Institute for Women’s Health at UCL.

Plus, why gold prices have rocketed to a new all-time high.

Also in this episode:

• Meta updates Facebook's algorithm to give you more of what you actually want to see

• A modified Land Rover that even had a propeller to cross the Bering Strait, is going to auction

• An athlete runs the entire circumference of Cornwall to raise money for Alzheimer's disease

• What city has used enough power to make over 850 billion cups of tea?

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