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Bananas and foreign travel: What it means to be a computer hacker in North Korea.
Bananas and foreign travel: What it means to be a computer hacker in North Korea.
In North Korea’s spy agency, operatives aren’t just trained to gather intel. They also hack banks. We hear from a couple of North defectors about what it’s actually like to be a government hacker.
Also on the programme: we meet a robot assistant breaking down gender stereotypes; we get to the bottom of a robocall scam; we check our own voicemail box for messages from our listeners; and we visit a restaurant where the chefs are robots.
(Image: North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un waves from a car on April 27, 2018. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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Why I made a gender-neutral AI assistant
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- Sat 2 Jun 2018 04:32GMT±«Óãtv World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & South Asia
- Sat 2 Jun 2018 21:32GMT±«Óãtv World Service except News Internet
- Sun 3 Jun 2018 04:32GMT±«Óãtv World Service East and Southern Africa
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- Mon 4 Jun 2018 05:32GMT±«Óãtv World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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