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Control Z is all about unravelling technology and internet culture. It gets to the bottom of internet mysteries, and tells weird and surprising stories.

Moonshot rocketman (part 2)

Last time we met Paddy, who has built a rocket! Now it’s time to find out if the money men are going to give him the $1 million he needs to get it int...
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Moonshot rocketman (part 1)

Paddy has built a rocket. But to get it into space, he needs money. So he's pitched his business to a group of venture capitalists. Can he raise the c...
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Five star foodies

These days we're more likely to check out a restaurant's online star rating than turn to an old school newspaper review. So what are the pitfalls and ...
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Magic beans for the internet

In the world of domain name trading, a $10 purchase could turn you into a millionaire. We meet a man who gave up his job, spent his life savings and p...
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Malware hunters

Ransomware is one of the biggest online threats, and it’s only getting worse. We meet the malware hunters — good guys fighting back against the organi...
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Being blind on the internet

What is it the internet like when you can't see? What if you can see today, but your sight is slowly getting worse? Chris is racing against time to cr...
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Going viral

A baby moshing to metal music, a puppy impatiently honking a horn, a dress that no one can tell the colour of — viral content sweeps through social me...
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Clone wars

What happens when you put everything into creating an original, fun, addictive game, only to have it immediately copied? Cloning is rife in the mobile...
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