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The best tech stories of 2020

Review of the year; Kivuwatt, internet shutdowns, digital death and contact tracing apps for COVID19.

This week Digital Planet looks back on some of the stories we鈥檝e covered in 2020; electricity from Lake Kivu on the Rwandan/DRC border, internet shutdowns across the world, contact tracing apps during the pandemic and how technology has changed digital death rituals and allowed us to grieve.

The programme is presenter by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Ghislaine Boddington, Angelica Mari and Bill Thompson.

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Studio Manager: Bob Nettles
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz

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43 minutes

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Sat 2 Jan 2021 17:32GMT

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  • Tue 29 Dec 2020 20:32GMT
  • Tue 29 Dec 2020 21:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2020 04:32GMT
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  • Wed 30 Dec 2020 06:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2020 11:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2020 18:32GMT
  • Sat 2 Jan 2021 08:32GMT
  • Sat 2 Jan 2021 17:32GMT

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