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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Signal could leave the UK
• How could encrypted apps pull out of a country?
• Online Safety Bill
• Hello Tomorrow on Apple TV
• Microsoft’s Activision deal
• Is the UK big enough to swap tech company decisions?

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

• The Trouble With Smarthomes
• AI and robots in the garden
• Will robots walk our dogs in future?
• HomeKit’s architecture woes
• New HomePods
• Ian’s smart home setup
• Nate’s smart home setup
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/signal-vows-to-defy-uk-legislation-that-puts-e2e-encryption-in-the-crosshairs/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64718842

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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

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Sheffield’s 6G development
• What exactly is the cyber-physical continuum?
• UK’s 5G speeds are slowing down
• Who’s got the worst fibre connectivity in the UK?
• Virgin Media’s upload speeds

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

• Twitter wants us to pay for SMS-based two-factor authentication
• How’s Mastodon holding up these days?
• ‘Tooting’ on Mastodon
• Using third-party 2FA apps
• Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64661539

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/02/ookla-warns-of-declining-uk-5g-mobile-broadband-speeds.html

https://www.ericsson.com/en/6g

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23605073/twitter-blue-charge-sms-2fa

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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

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This week on Tech’s Message:

To celebrate the 300th episode of the show, we got ChatGPT to write several pages of a screenplay about two podcasters called Ian and Nate. Because the results were so fun we decided to act them out — badly. However, we also discuss:

• UK wants to ban encrypted phones
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34p49/uk-proposes-making-sale-possession-of-encrypted-phones-illegal-encrochat-sky
• https://www.wired.co.uk/article/encrochat-phone-police-hacking-encryption-drugs

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

• Discussion on the perils of keeping our devices and apps in sync
• Outtakes and much more…

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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:

• Death of 3G
• Why 2G will stick around so long
• Nate’s new TV show
• Joan of Arc & Plymouth
• Smart meters and 3G Kindles
• Tesla’s necessary 3G upgrades
• ChatGPT coming to Bing
• Google’s less-than-useful search modifiers
• The future of search and SEO

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

• Printers: why are they so terrible?
• Live test: Ian’s laser printer
• The HP LaserJet 4L
• Printing stuff at work
• Is printer ink a Ponzi scheme?
• Hand-drawing QR codes
• Outtakes, Guess The Hole, and much more…

Links:

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/02/ofcom-uk-sets-out-expectations-for-2g-and-3g-mobile-switch-off.html

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/01/vodafone-uk-to-start-switching-off-3g-in-devon-and-hampshire.html

https://fortune.com/2023/01/23/microsoft-investing-10-billion-open-ai-chatgpt/

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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

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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Why everyone is watching TV with subtitles on
• https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/28/mumbling-actors-bad-speakers-or-lazy-listeners-why-everyone-is-watching-tv-with-subtitles-on
• https://www.fox13news.com/news/young-people-watch-tv-movies-subtitles-more-than-older-viewers-survey
• http://www.tommerritt.com/about-captions/
• Backing up: strategies, recommendations, pitfalls and more
• BackBlaze
• iCloud
• Dropbox
• Google Drive

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

• Data hoarding
• Archiving vs. deleting
• Making old documents searchable

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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:

• Millions of UK mobile and broadband users face 14% bill rises from April
• https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jan/19/uk-mobile-broadband-users-bill-rises-bt-ee-talktalk-three-vodafone-monthly-charges
• This bin costs $45 per month, and that’s not even the worst bit
• https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/new-service-wants-to-turn-your-food-waste-into-chicken-feed/

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

• Tech Nostalgia: BlackBerrys, Dictaphones and 11 More Things We Miss in 2023
• https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-nostalgia-blackberrys-dictaphones-and-11-more-things-we-miss-in-2023-11674277203?mod=rss_Technology
• Guess The Hole!
• Outtakes and much more…

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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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GThis week on Tech’s Message:

• Almost 90% of games sold in UK in 2022 were digital - ERA
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64187547
• Police to visit 1,000 homes in crackdown on illegal Premier League streams
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/police-premier-league-illegal-streaming-28911133

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

• Twitter Intentionally Suspended Tweetbot, Third-Party Apps, Messages Show
• https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-intentionally-suspended-tweet-bot-third-party-apps-messages-show
• Nate’s Conversation With Facebook’s BlenderBot
• Guess The Hole!
• So much more...

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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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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Laptop rules at UK airports set to be relaxed
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/12/15/liquids-laptop-rules-relaxed-airport-security-june-2024/
• Ofcom report shows growing 5G coverage, amongst other things
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63974085

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

• Mobile games market to decline for first time in over a decade
• https://www.ft.com/content/395ebc6d-4b0c-4e66-903d-5b64a95649a3
• Outtakes and much more…

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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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This week on Tech’s Message:

• Apple self-repair service comes to UK
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63866869
• The manual: https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/2000/MA2073/en_US/iphone-13-07300323A-repair.pdf
• Apple’s new UK store pricing
• https://www.engadget.com/apple-app-store-developer-pricing-changes-205801793.html
• BBC Plan to Switch Off Terrestrial UK TV by 2030
• https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/12/broadband-woes-as-bbc-plan-to-switch-off-terrestrial-uk-tv-by-2030.html
• Broadband speeds by county
• https://fibreheroes.co.uk/blog/uk-internet-speeds/

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

• The weirdest and wackiest mobile phones you won't admit you owned
• https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/samsung/131841-the-weirdest-and-wackiest-mobile-phones-you-won-t-admit-you-owned
• Ian’s getting his old Kuro TV back — WHY?!
• Outtakes and much more…

NOTE: Here's a link to our 'Contact' special, as mentioned in the show this week.

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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:

• Robot grocery delivery service launches in Leeds
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-63809836
• https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/co-op-robots-roam-streets-25647248
• It’s the 30th anniversary of the text message!
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63825894
• A special SMS quiz for Ian!
• ITVX to launch this week
• https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itvx-uks-freshest-streaming-service-launch-8th-december
• https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/britbox-uk-will-change-significantly/

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

• Is graphic violence in video games appealing or unnecessary
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63730817
• https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-most-violent-video-games-of-all-time

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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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