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Hello and welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service with me, Chris Valence.

Today, four stories on how technology affects us every day.

We hear from a former US flight test engineer whose work saved lives.

She tells us what it feels like to have her work wiped from military websites under a new policy.

We explore the biggest tech market in Africa, Computer Village in Lagos.

I lift the lid on a quantum computer to find out how these mind-bending devices work and why they matter.

And if we could hear the stars, what would they sound like?

Stay tuned to find out how the sounds of space are enabling new discoveries.

Thank you. We're starting this week with a story from the US.

One of the first things President Donald Trump did on taking office was to sign an executive order ending what it called radical and wasteful government diversity, equity and

inclusion initiatives. In the military, new instructions from the Department of Defense

told forces to remove any articles on their own websites, which they say promote these so-called

DEI efforts. Articles targeted include a report of an all-female flyover

at a woman's soccer game and one about gender disparities among engineers in the military. Both of

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