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Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste

Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste

Update: 2025-08-22

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In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Apple locked horns with the UK government who were demanding a security back door through the company's encryption. What was the outcome? Also, scientists discover the secret to the tastiest chocolate - it's all down to microbes. And, archaeologists uncover the earliest evidence yet of our ancestors using stone tools... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste

Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste

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