Tech For Good Live

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact on the world.  On today’s podcast we are talking about a social enterprise that aims to address low numeracy skills among working-age adults. BT is the latest big firm to basically duplicate work that expert charities are already doing. Lego seems to have suddenly realised that the gender bias in their toys isn't a good idea. And something called Snapchat has done something to do with young people running for office. Apparently it’s something young people use. This week’s topics: Stat of the week  It is estimated that just under half of working-age adults in the UK have numeracy skills lower than that expected of an 11-year-old child - FT Social enterprise Plain Numbers aims to help this Charity news of the week BT plans to duplicate the efforts of charities who probably know better than them - Sky News Tech news of the week Snapchat to add feature to