This week it was announced that from September, more than 100 schools across Barnet in London will go ‘smartphone-free’. This isn’t the first time smartphones have been banned in London and comes as the Safer Phones Bill continues to gain momentum. Joining us to explain, is The London Standard's chief political correspondent, Rachael Burford.

We're also joined by Clare Fernyhough, founding partner of Smartphone Free Childhood, who explains the negative impacts smartphones have on children.

Let us know what you think at podcasts@standard.co.uk

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After almost 20 years in development Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip has been unveiled. Experts are seeing it as a leap towards quantum computing but what is that? And what does it mean?

Elsewhere, researchers at Imperial College London and Google have been testing an AI co-scientist to see how it might contribute to advanced experiments.

Dr Tiago Costa, who co-led the experimental work tells us how they challenged the tech and what they learnt from collaborating with AI.

Also in this episode:

• Microsoft unveils new quantum chip
• Apple’s iPhone 16e revealed
• NASA’s latest asteroid warning
• Placenta tissue is used to save a man’s eye
• NASA’s Curiosity rover captures shimmering rainbow clouds over Mars.

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