Tech's Message

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

- U.K. to Review 184-Year-Old Law That Bans E-Scooters

- Cornwall MP ridiculed over knife GPS tweet

- U.K. Police Are Using Three Words to Speed Up Response Times

- Your emails and questions answered!

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: Google Stadia: Phil Harrison answers our biggest questions

- SPECIAL FEATURE:

- Extended discussion about What3Words and global addressing systems

- Ian offers to scream into the abyss

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

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Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more. 

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

- Argos lets shoppers buy products with just a smartphone picture

- The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings

- Smart speakers are being used to help measure inflation in the UK

- Your emails and questions answered!

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- EXTRA STORY: Spotify’s Apple Music Complaint Was a Near Decade in the Making

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Kate Lanxon

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

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

- BBC and ITV confirm proposals for BritBox

- Facebook turns attention to becoming a private network

- Female founders struggle to get funding, but investors pledge to improve

- Your emails and questions answered!

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: Barclays to merge BPay and Pingit: Why do banks continue to fight this fight?

- The business idea better known as “babysitting using the Ocado or Uber model”

- Outtakes and more!

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

- Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S10 range

- Hands-on with the world’s first 5G phone

- Hands-on with the Huawei Mate X folding phone at MWC

- Walking tour of some of the stranger sights at MWC Barcelona 2019

- Your emails and questions answered!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

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This episode marks our two-year anniversary of being on Patreon -- something that we never expected to be as crucial to the show's survival as it's become. Thank you for the support over the last 24 months, and letting us continue being able to bring the show to you every week.

Producing Tech's Message on top of my full-time job as an editor at Bloomberg takes anywhere between eight and 12 hours a week, most of which tends to take place at the weekends. The Patreon community, along with the valuable word-of-mouth promotion of our free listeners, has made this extra workload feel manageable. Thank you!

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

- INTERVIEW: Jack Conte, CEO and co-founder of Patreon

- Addictive Tech Under Investigation in U.K. by Senior Lawmakers

- Tinder-style app for cows tries to help the meat market

- FEATURE: On the farm with facial recognition technology for cows, with CainthusCEO David Hunt

- Your emails and questions answered!

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

- EXTRA STORY:'Upskirting' is now a crime in the UK

- SPECIAL FEATURE: Extended interview with Jack Conte of Patreon

- Valentine’s Day insights!

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

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

Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more. 

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

- Virgin Media tests 8Gbps broadband

- O2 rapped by Ofcom for slowing down video streaming

- Hotel booking sites to end 'misleading' sales

- Your emails and questions answered!

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: Spotify looks to invest heavily in podcasts in bid to take on Apple

- Downloading Slipknot music videos over dial-up was a real slog

- True facts about Papworth

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more.

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NOTE: The alternative Patreon version of this week's show is 20 minutes longer than this free version. Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more. 

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

- Interview with Charlotte Steggz: What is an influencer and how does the law and public treat them?

- Liberty Global and Virgin Media to trial electric car charging

- Mail Online web browser warning reversed

- Your emails and questions answered!

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: Babylon experience: first-person account of using the future of healthcare (in our opinion)

- Lengthy discussion around games console technology

- On the joy of puns and wordplay in technology article headlines

- The 30 things Nate didn’t like about Manchester according to his 1998 internet newsletter

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more.

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

- Social media stars agree to declare when they post ads

- WhatsApp limits forwarding worldwide to fight hoaxes and rumors

- UK.gov plans £2,500 fines for kids flying toy drones within 3 MILES of airports

- Your emails and questions answered!

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: Meizu made a smartphone without any ports

- EXTRA STORY: Xiaomi reveals fold-in-three smartphone

- Who remembers Henry Kelly’s Going For Gold?

- Hans Zimmer’s TV talents

- Extended discussion around online advertising, and podcast advertising

- The most expensive person to pay on Instagram to promote your brand

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more.

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This week on the regular version of TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and CNET’s Andy Hoyle discuss:

- O2’s All-Day Outage Caused Havoc in Ways Consumers Didn’t Expect

- Britain's data commissioner launches investigation into UK use of facial recognition

- EE signs deal with Chinese smartphone firm OnePlus in bid for UK's first 5G coverage

- Your emails and questions answered!

Thank you to Roy Mathur and Captain Roy's Rocket Radio Show for the Lime e-bike segment!

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: Tiny phone that fits in the PALM of your hand is on sale now

- SPECIAL FEATURE: Have phones got so big we now want them to be tiny?

- What would a shoehorn-related injury possibly be?

- Battered sausage of fish with chips?

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more.

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

- Amazon parcels could be delivered to passengers' seats on HS2

- Scooter-Rental Startup Lime Launches E-Bike Service in UK

- 'Rip-off' 118 calls spark price crackdown

- Your emails and questions answered!

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: This reusable coffee cup has contactless payments built in

- SPECIAL FEATURE: The greatest inventions not yet invented!

- Extended and deeper talk around personal experiences with electric bicycles

- Outtakes and more!

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Please support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/uktech for access to our exclusive ad-free extended version of the show, additional weekly special features in the programme, live-streaming, instant access to our entire back catalogue of extended shows, access to our Discord member’s club, higher quality MP3s, zero commitment required, and much more.

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