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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- The UK's plan to put green plates on electric cars is dumb hypocrisy

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/electric-car-green-number-plate

- Red Dwarf is coming back with a made-for-TV movie

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/10/red-dwarf-is-getting-a-tv-movie/

- NHS to fully digitise prescriptions under plan to save £300m

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/19/nhs-to-scrap-paper-prescriptions-under-plan-to-save-300m-over-two-years

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: 

- Rural 'not spots' targeted through £1bn 4G mobile coverage deal

https://news.sky.com/story/rural-not-spots-targeted-through-1bn-4g-mobile-coverage-deal-11844524

- Our favourite tech and gadgets in Red Dwarf, and why

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

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Special guest Tom Merritt of Daily Tech News Show.

This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- UK porn blacklist is dead after government abandons age verification

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/uk-government-abandons-planned-porn-age-verification-scheme/ 

- Fury as Facebook pays just £28m of UK tax despite record £1.7bn revenues

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/10/11/fury-facebook-pays-just-29m-uk-tax-despite-record-17bn-revenues/ 

- Jessops is Today's Doom-Threatened High Street Name

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/10/jessops-high-street-closures/ 

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: Banning out-of-hours email 'could harm employee wellbeing’

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50073107 

- The story of the Radio Shack portable alarm at school discos

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- Sony confirms the PlayStation 5 is coming in 2020

- Dyson cancels its electric car

- Andy Pandy’s Handy Guide to iPhone 11 Photography

Check out Andy’s new photography YouTube channel here. 

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: 'Uber Pet' will let drivers know your furry friend is coming too

- Extended discussion around strangely permitted support animals on flights

- Nate’s story of taking a cat into a taxi driven by a man with a phobia of cats

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

WANT MORE? Access ad-free, extended versions of each episode, download our weekly sister show Extra Message, listen to us recording live or download a full uncensored copy on demand, and much more, by joining us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech. You’ll get instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, Extra Message, our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, and there’s zero commitment required. Give us a try and support me and the show in the process!

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- The technology story behind Thomas Cook’s collapse

- 'Sadfishing' social media warning from school heads

- Scooters and Skirts, or lack thereof

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: Letters to the Editors: Bird Fans

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

WANT MORE? Access ad-free, extended versions of each episode, download our weekly sister show Extra Message, listen to us recording live or download a full uncensored copy on demand, and much more, by joining us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech. You’ll get instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, Extra Message, our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, and there’s zero commitment required. Give us a try and support me and the show in the process!

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- Sainsbury's reinstalls tills in till-free store

- The UK may ban all watches during exams to prevent cheating

- Letters To The Editors: Reusing a BlackBerry

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: 

- Hands-on with the NEW Samsung Galaxy Fold

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

WANT MORE? Access ad-free, extended versions of each episode, download our weekly sister show Extra Message, listen to us recording live or download a full uncensored copy on demand, and much more, by joining us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech. You’ll get instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, Extra Message, our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, and there’s zero commitment required. Give us a try and support me and the show in the process!

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- World's first facial recognition bar opens in UK to end queue-jumping

- Europe’s Cobbled Streets Are Breaking Scooters

- Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus hands-on

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: Apple Music unveils ‘Digital Masters’ catalog as the future of ‘Mastered for iTunes’

- Is the future of streaming music high-resolution lossless?

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

WANT MORE? Access ad-free, extended versions of each episode, download our weekly sister show Extra Message, listen to us recording live or download a full uncensored copy on demand, and much more, by joining us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech. You’ll get instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, Extra Message, our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, and there’s zero commitment required. Give us a try and support me and the show in the process!

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- Microsoft Sets Up Shop Next to Apple With First European Store

- WarnerMedia announces ‘HBO Max’ with new original TV, ‘Friends’ leaving Netflix

- 30,000 followers makes you an Internet “celebrity,” says UK ad regulator

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: What we’re buying on Prime Day and what you should too

- Gaming chairs: pointless, or pointful?

- What is a pretty little liars?

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- Vodafone switches on 5G network with unlimited data plans in seven UK cities

- BT to launch 5G services this autumn

- Frustrated Brits can dump mobile providers by text as of today

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: Price Hikes as Virgin Media Start Boosting Broadband Upload Speeds

- EXTRA STORY: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite — can it succeed how Pokemon Go succeeded?

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

WANT MORE? Access ad-free, extended versions of each episode, download our weekly sister show Extra Message, listen to us recording live or download a full uncensored copy on demand, and much more, by joining us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech. You’ll get instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, Extra Message, our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, and there’s zero commitment required. Give us a try and support me and the show in the process!

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- Facebook and eBay told to take action over fake reviews

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/21/facebook-and-ebay-told-to-take-action-over-fake-reviews-cma & some readings of amusing fake reviews from Amazon

- Tesco turns to cashierless stores as competition with Amazon heats up

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/06/26/tesco-turns-cashierless-stores-competition-amazon-heats/ 

- Cashless Monopoly: Is this the final nail in the coffin for physical money?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2019/jun/25/cashless-monopoly-is-this-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-physical-money 

Patreon supportershave access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- EXTRA STORY: Uber's latest app update is great for drivers, but terrible for riders

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uber-upfront-destinations

- Uber food service’s dirty little secret https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uber-food-service-s-dirty-little-secret-b0hv0x73g

- Extra readings of funny fake Amazon reviews

- Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS: 

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Guest Hosts: Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the regular version of TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss:

UK porn block delayed once again  

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-porn-block-delayed

Heathrow Airport's New Scanners Will Let You Keep All Your Stuff in Your Bag at Security 

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48526019

New Dolby Cinemas coming to Manchester and Birmingham  

https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/dolby/148393-new-dolby-cinemas-coming-to-manchester-and-birmingham-as-part-of-uk-rollout  

Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free and extended version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

EXTRA STORY: Music industry targets troll farms distorting streaming revenues 

https://www.ft.com/content/371b7b96-92e1-11e9-aea1-2b1d33ac3271?segmentId=776b81d7-dd92-c731-e669-99cdd37d3a96#myft:my-news:rss 

PATREON-ONLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT: 

- Nate's experience with a security guard and a glove at an airport

- Slightly extended discussion about the UK porn law

- The problem with fake podcast streams

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

WANT MORE? Access ad-free, extended versions of each episode, download our weekly sister show Extra Message, listen to us recording live or download a full uncensored copy on demand, and much more, by joining us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech. You’ll get instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, Extra Message, our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, and there’s zero commitment required. Give us a try and support me and the show in the process!

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