# Will Scottish lasers fight off hackers of the future?

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Podcast: [Scotcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589)
Published: 2026-06-05T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nq69s1
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## Resource

If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like 'Has Scotland's space dream crashed to Earth?' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002r3rp Sai Venkat (pictured) is a quantum engineer working in Scotland’s booming space sector at a time when computers are about to get smarter. With so-called 'Q-Day' looming, he tells us about the work he is doing at Edinburgh-based Rhea Space Acitvity to protect us from cyber-attacks. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller. Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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