After indefinite hiatus the gang is back as David Price asks Henry Burrell all about Google I/O. Is it actually going to be called Android Oreo, and should you download the beta?Second up is Tamlin Magee to get to the bottom of WannaCry and the ransomware troubles of the NHS. What is it, should you be worried and will it happen again?May contain terrible jokes.

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Join host Henry Burrell in conversation with two editors, Karen Khan of Macworld UK in her debut pod along with pod regular Charlotte Jee of Techworld.We tackle the issues of privacy and self esteem, particularly in the young people that we are not, and ask who this product is for (because surely it will sell). Tech obviously plays a big part in the selfie phenomenon/epidemic. Second we discuss automation and how it is affecting the job market. Can a robot make an iPhone? Is Trump right about bringin' it all back home? What should politicians be doing to understand the technology involved?Thanks for listening, listener.

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Back with a bumper edition after the Easter break, as Henry Burrell takes Scott Carey, David Price and Dom Preston on a chat odyssey to discuss Facebook's F8 conference. Will chat bots ever be good and who uses QR codes?The gang then discusses Apple's out of character decision to brief journos on the Mac Pro and even admit they got it wrong.Finally we talk about Nintendo stopping production of the NES Classic and whether there's more affordable retro goodness around the corner.

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In this week's missive from Planet Pod, Dominic Preston, Tamlin Magee and Thomas Macaulay join host Henry Burrell to discuss such lightweight, frothy tech issues as data privacy, Project Scorpio, and cyber warfare. Sleep well, and don't have nightmares.

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David Price leads the line this week to see how Samsung's Galaxy S8 came out fighting in London and New York this week. It's blown up! But not like that. Had to get that joke (poorly) out of the way. Chris Martin tells all.Then (18 mins) Cam Mitchell takes aim at Home Secretary Amber Rudd's ill advised comments on encryption and wanting government backdoor access to WhatsApp. Does her basic misunderstanding of privacy rights and how tech works extend to the wider population?And then Dom Preston (31 mins) tells us why Hollywood gone and done another flop, and why Ghost in the Shell is a red (or Scarlett!!!!!) mark against remakes.

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Gather round as three men spend 30 minutes talking about tech. Wait, what do you mean 'no thanks'?!Matt Egan shares the mic with David Price and Henry Burrell to thrash out why Apple deemed a press release adequate to announce the successor to 2014's iPad Air 2. There's also a slick new red iPhone, and a black OnePlus 3T. What's with the limited editions, eh? Or are they even limited?The gang also chat about the developer preview of Android O, out now while Android N is barely months old. Is it too early to say if it'll kick ass, and why do Google and Apple need such long public lead time with new OS builds?

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Host Matt Egan leads a three pronged tech attack on the week's news with David Price and Scott Carey.The gang discuss 'BBC Dad' and why the professor's hilarious children are the perfect example of viral video. David Price also examines the news cycle of such treats, and why ambulance drivers aren't on Twitter all the time.With Marissa Mayer leaving Yahoo! in tatters, renamed, but with a wad of cash reportedly in her account, Scott leads the line in exploring where it went wrong and why it has been such a public fall from grace. But at age 41, surely there's another chapter in Mayer's story?

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The big story of the week is Wikileaks' CIA data dump, and we sandwich that topic between Apple's upcoming event and Nintendo Switch hardware issues.Lewis Painter kicks things off with Apple's (fingers crossed) late March event where we hope to see iPads, iMacs and get our six monthly fix of Jony Ive product videos.Then (13 minutes) Tamlin Magee tackles Vault 7 and the CIA's apparent ability to take control of iPhones and TVs, bypassing encryption. Will continuous leaks change anything?Finally (26 minutes) Dom Preston talks about his time over the last few weeks playing Zelda on the Nintendo Switch and why we should be a bit concerned about dodgy controllers.

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The gang muck in to discuss the hottest tech topics of the week (as is tradition).Deputy Editor of Macworld UK David Price asks Jim Martin what was hot at MWC, where phones are birthed or something.Then Techworld Online Editor Thomas MacAuley chats about the government's digital strategy. First question: does it have one?Finally Tamlin Magee, Computerworld UK's Online Editor explains how to hack a robot and why people will almost certainly use this for EVIL.Thanks for listening.

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Allow Matt Egan (and Shed7) to lull you into this week's pod as we tackle the big tech issues of the week.Staff Writer at Digital Arts Miriam Harris explains the latest HR and PR mess over at Uber. How long will consumers use a service when the company are clearly not treating its staff well?Then (16:30) Deputy Editor of Macworld UK David Price gets excited about Apple Park, the so-called 'spaceship campus' that has been under construction for years. May contain orchards.Finally (26:48) Senior Staff Writer at Tech Advisor Henry Burrell previews Mobile World Congress which gets underway on 26th February. Are any of the major handset launches worth your attention?

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