Consumer group Which? has launched a £3 billion claim against Apple, claiming the tech giant has breached competition law by “forcing its iCloud services on customers” - an allegation Apple rejects and say will defend “vigorously”. The London Standard’s health reporter Daniel Keane discusses a vote by pharmacy owners to reduce hours in row over funding.

Also in this episode:

• How laser tech is powering America’s Cup yacht race - with Keith Williams, chief technology officer at Capgemini Engineering
• Flour to be fortified with folic acid tackle birth defects
• Researchers discover world’s largest coral in Pacific Ocean

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President-elect Donald Trump has handed Elon Musk the job of running a new 'Department of Government Efficiency' as part of his new cabinet. The London Standard’s deputy political editor Jitendra Joshi joins us for the latest.

Plus, we head to Lisbon to speak to Web Summit co-founder, Paddy Cosgrave.

Also in this episode:

• Amazon pulls the plug on Freevee
• Could LED lights reduce chances of a great white shark attack?
• Australian scientists find cannabis might actually improve sleep
• £500m skills drive for new generation of engineers and scientists
• Oysters make a triumphant return after 100 years of local extinction

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A new law has been proposed to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill is calling for terminally ill people, who are expected to die within six months, to be given the right to choose to end their life.

Cop29: Starmer not ‘telling people how to live’ to reach new emissions goal.

NHS pill to help people stop smoking with The London Standard’s health reporter, Dan Keane.

Also in this episode:

Web Summit ’24 is here: we speak to Claire Darley, senior vice president of strategic initiatives, at software giant Adobe

Stephen Fry signs letter protesting 5G advertising on the Tube

Birdwatchers assemble: scarlet tanager spotted on UK washing line

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World leaders meet as Cop29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan. We speak to Dr Simon Lewis, of climate change science at UCL.

The UK’s 'anticyclonic gloom' lifts, we speak to the Met Office’s Alex Deakin.

Also in this episode:

Could red wine prevent bowel cancer?

NHS doctors could ‘spend more time with patients’ thanks to AI helper

Welcome Strawberry Claws… a newly discovered crimson hermit crab

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New DNA analysis of the moulded remains of victims in the 79 AD Pompeii disaster after Mount Vesuvius erupted - undertaken by Germany’s Max Planck Institute and Italy’s Universita di Firenze - has revealed new details about their sex, age and ancestry. Online harm: could Australia-style social media ban to protect under-16s ban work here? Tech & Science Daily speaks with Clare Fernyhough, co-founder of Smartphonefree Childhood.

Also in this episode:

• Revving up to 200mph for first women’s Formula E test season - with Beth Paretta, Formula E’s VP of Sporting
• Plans for sewers to heat London buildings
• UK could issue NHS-branded baby formula to stop people paying ‘over the odds’
• Humanoid robot Ai-Da makes history as art sells for over $1 million

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Australia is set to introduce what’s described as the world’s first laws banning under-16s from social media, citing risks to child physical and mental health. Mpox: fourth UK case found in London. Cuba total blackout as Hurricane Rafael downs power grid.

Also in this episode:

• Steve O’Hear: a tribute to ‘remarkably talented’ London tech journalist & founder
• Why 2024 is set to be record hottest year
• Metal detectorist strikes gold with UK-shaped nugget

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Tech & Science daily looks at Donald Trump’s presidential election digital communications strategy in comparison to the media gameplan deployed by his rival Kamala Harris. Communications expert Mark Borkowski, founder of Borkowski PR, examines the campaigns, Elon Musk’s backing and Trump’s all important decision to bet big on podcasts, notably Joe Rogan. Plus, snow finally falls on Japan’s Mount Fuji after record warm spell - insight with University of Glasgow earth sciences expert Adam Smith.

Also in this episode:

• Morning & evening exercise ‘could cut bowel cancer risk’
• World’s first wooden satellite launched
• Emperor penguin pops up in Australia...over 2,000 miles from home

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Authorities in Poland claim four people arrested over incendiary devices that started fires in Birmingham and Leipzig were staging dress rehearsals for a Russian plot to attack a transatlantic flight. Get checked for prostate cancer, urges GB Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy. First ferret birth for cloned animal.

Also in this episode:

• Smoking: it takes longer than you think for body to recover
• Tobacco and Vapes Bill being introduced to Parliament
• Windows Server 2025 bug link to Microsoft ‘blue screen of death’
• ‘Hungriest’ black hole found in deep space
• Angry crows...why scavenger birds hold long grudge

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