Tech's Message

Honestly, you take one several-month hiatus without really communicating why, your website expires and emails stop being delivered, and all of a sudden people thing the podcast has died. 

We joke about things because it's easier than taking responsibility for them. But we are still a living, breathing podcast; Ian hasn't angered himself into an early grave, nor has Nate got bored of podcasting now he has a TV show.

Thanks for sticking with us, and sorry again for the silence. We're back though and very glad to be!

Show notes will follow once the website has been migrated to a new server. Basically, paying Squarespace close to £150 a year just to host some text felt overkill.

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This week on Tech’s Message, with Andrew Lanxon:

• I Rode the World's First Autonomous Public Bus Service
• https://www.cnet.com/tech/i-rode-the-worlds-first-autonomous-public-bus-service/
• Remote driver car rental service launches in Milton Keynes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-65768717
• MySpace: 20 Years On

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• EcoFlow PowerStream Lets Renters Have Solar Power, Too
• https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/ecoflow-powerstream-lets-renters-have-solar-power-too/
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

Follow Andrew Lanxon:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewLanxonPhotography

https://twitter.com/Batteryhq

https://www.instagram.com/batteryhq/?hl=en

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TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Anger over airports' passport e-gates not working
• Train wi-fi at risk as part of cost-cutting move
• Netflix expands password sharing crackdown to UK

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• Why you’re wrong about self-service checkouts
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/26/telegraph-readers-defend-self-service-checkouts/
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65731795

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65673622

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/05/government-may-cut-free-wifi-wireless-internet-from-uk-trains.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-65694932

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65691127

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TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

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Publisher (Free Version): Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Uber starts flight bookings for UK users
• Could Uber move into haulage, removals, childcare or more?
• Ofcom reveals results of improved text-to-switch service
• Do we need 10Gbps fibre in the UK yet? What about 2Gbps then?
• What is XGS-PON?
• 10Gbps fibre connections are on the way

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• Folding phones aren’t going away
• Google announces Pixel Fold
• Rollable devices
• What’s the point of AirPod Maxes?
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/10/uber-users-in-uk-will-be-able-to-book-flights-on-app-by-summer

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/05/ofcom-see-positive-impact-of-uk-mobile-text-to-switch-system.html

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/google-makes-the-pixel-fold-official/

https://blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-fold/

https://www.macworld.com/article/1915412/google-pixel-fold-iphone-trade-in-prices.html

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TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher (Free Version): Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• The failure of the UK’s emergency test system
• What network Three got wrong and why
• Goodbye, Covid tracing app, we hardly knew ye
• Nate’s back in New York filming
• Ian’s banana

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• HMV’s reopening its biggest UK store
• Vinyl, merch and live music are back for retail
• Bananas
• Bagpipes
• Kilts
• Haggis
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65391455

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/04/three-uk-coughs-to-problems-with-emergency-alert-test.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65377793

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/28/hmv-return-flagship-store-oxford-street-london/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36495-z

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TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Google to open up app payments after UK watchdog probe
• Brits start 'em young with 20% of tots 'owning' a smartphone
• Insights on toddler smartphone usage

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• Superdrug Mobile is actually a thing!
• An in-depth look at the UK’s virtual mobile networks
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.ft.com/content/45ff9420-71c7-4995-8340-1da37c533c36

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/app-developers-on-google-play-store-offered-payment-choices-following-cma-probe

https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/17/uk_toddler_phone_ownership/

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/255852/childrens-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2023.pdf

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/04/superdrug-mobile-confirm-price-freeze-on-uk-4g-network.html

https://www.superdrugmobile.com/our-plan

https://www.ecotalk.co.uk/our-deals / https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/your-green-energy/ecotalk

https://smarty.co.uk/plans/unlimited

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_mobile_virtual_network_operators

https://www.1pmobile.com/

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Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• UK prepares test of emergency alert system
• How does what the UK’s doing compare to the US, Japan, the Netherlands and elsewhere?
• Nuclear bomb warnings versus highly local forest fires
• Drones being tested to spot traffic offenders
• Is there anywhere good to speed legally in Britain?
• Do we have too many cameras?

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• Grimsby! Wisbech! Harlow!
• Where are the “worst” places to “live” for a “digital nomad” anyway?
• What is a digital nomad, exactly?
• Internet speeds, crime, social housing
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.pocket-lint.com/why-did-my-phone-sound-an-alarm/

https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/Emergency_Warning/ew_index.html

https://news.sky.com/story/emergency-alerts-how-they-work-in-other-countries-including-a-few-times-when-it-has-gone-wrong-12851133

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-sms-messages

https://www.londonworld.com/read-this/traffic-police-to-roll-out-a-new-cunning-way-to-catch-unsuspecting-speeding-and-reckless-motorists-4100488

https://www.absolutewinery.com/worst-places-to-live-in-the-uk/

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TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher (Free Version): Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Amazon shutters Book Depository
• DPReview dies a death
• Virgin Media’s repeated outages
• Benefits of local fibre providers
• Are outages that problematic in a world of 5G and tethering?

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• Nate’s recent American cheese crisis
• Could Twitter Blue be temporarily worth subscribing to after all?
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/04/amazon-to-close-book-depository-online-shop

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/11/uk-book-sales-in-2021-highest-in-a-decade

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65042770

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/03/ofcom-raise-uk-automatic-compensation-payments-for-broadband-woes.html

https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976869460275201?s=61&t=c8S1KbsuCzuGdMGh9xoj7w

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TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher (Free Version): Acast

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• UK proposes AI regulation… sort of
• How UK AI rules stack against the EU’s
• The iPhone 15 could go eSIM-only in the UK
• What is an iSIM?

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• Audible tests out ads in audiobooks
• Libraries that lend audiobooks
• Pros and cons on ads in media
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65102210

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/the-european-union-s-ai-act-explained/

https://www.pocket-lint.com/the-iphone-15-could-go-esim-only-in-the-uk-and-other-european-countries/

https://www.engadget.com/audible-is-now-testing-ads-in-your-audiobooks-for-some-reason-185337088.html

https://help.audible.com/s/article/why-am-i-hearing-advertisements-in-my-audiobook?language=en_US

Thanks to Adam for naming this week’s show!

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TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher (Free Version): Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• UK plans ways to let kids use AI for exams
• Death of coursework
• Roald Dahl ebooks forcibly changed
• South Park renamed “Tolkien” character
• The Old Testament

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

• The evolution of tech travel bags
• What did we take to CES 15 years ago…
• …and what would we take today?
• Who misses wireless hard drives and 3G Wi-Fi hotspots?
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

Students to be allowed to use ChatGPT for GCSE and A-level exams under Whitehall plans

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/03/students-could-allowed-use-chatgpt-gcses-a-levels/

Roald Dahl ebooks ‘force censored versions on readers’ despite backlash

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roald-dahl-collection-books-changes-text-puffin-uk-2023-rm2622vl0

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Full show notes, subscription options and more available at https://www.uktechshow.com.

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher (Free Version): Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

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