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Pingdemic

Have you been pinged? Join comedian Olga Koch and journalist Hussein Kesvani as they get into the tech behind the NHS COVID-19 app: the second best government app ever made.

The global pandemic has gone digital, and we’re now in the midst of a national β€˜pingdemic’. Who could have predicted that returning to work, school, silent discos and kissing competitions would result in a rise in exposure to the real virus...by which we obviously mean β€œother people”? In this episode, comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and journalist Hussein Kesvani look at who built the NHS COVID-19 app, brainstorm other potential uses for the technology behind it, and consider how it really compares to the incredibly functional and successful Matt Hancock app.

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