Stay ConnectedTech’s Message is the Webby Award-shortlisted, globally five-star-rated technology podcast from British journalists Nate Lanxon (Bloomberg, Wired, CNET) and Ian Morris (T3, Tom’s Guide, Gizmodo). Hear news & nostalgia inspired by the week’s consumer technology developments, tightly and professionally presented with insight and irreverent humour.
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Copyright: © Nate Lanxon
Special guest: Charles Black. The founder of SEN.com joins us to talk about his success streaming live 4K video from a satellite orbiting Earth. What are his ambitions? How will he get to the moon? What makes live-streaming from space so unexpectedly difficult, besides the obvious challenges? Charles will explain all.
This week on the regular version of TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian also discuss:
Amazon brings online sellers to UK high street in pop-up stores
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-amazon-shops/amazon-brings-online-sellers-to-uk-high-street-in-pop-up-stores-idUSKCN1T30W5?
Dark net drug sales on the rise in England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48466271
Interview with Charles Black, founder of SEN.com
https://sen.com/press/press-release
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: Deep dive on our view on Apple's latest announcements
FEATURE: Extended interview with Charles Black
PATREON-ONLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT:
- Why have men stopped wearing socks?
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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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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 Nate and Andy Hoyle discuss:
BBC Goes to Conduct Its First Broadcast Over 5G, Immediately Hits Data Cap
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48426481
Why is the cost of Netflix UK going up?
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/netflix-price-increase-uk-2019
Google Maps speed limits and radar locations arrive in 40 countries
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/30/google-speed-limits-radar-trap-locations/
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: Laser drones protect Scottish forests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48380213
PATREON-ONLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT:
- How not to crash a drone while snowboarding
- Extended discussion aroud conservation efforts
- The misery of an empty teacup
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Andy Hoyle
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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!
GET IN TOUCH using hello@techpodcast.uk. All messages sent will be read and considered for inclusion on a future show.
This week on the regular version of TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss:
EE to launch UK's first 5G service in May
https://www.cnet.com/news/ee-to-switch-on-uks-first-5g-network-on-may-30/
The UK impact of the Huawei meltdown
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/softbank-s-arm-to-comply-with-huawei-supply-blacklisting
Uber Brings Its Jump Electric-Bicycle Rental Service to Britain
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-23/uber-brings-its-jump-electric-bike-rental-service-to-britain
Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free and extended version of the show -- 30 minutes of extra content this week -- which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:
EXTRA STORY: There Were 140 Piracy ‘Incidents’ in UK Cinemas Last Year
https://torrentfreak.com/there-were-140-piracy-incidents-in-uk-cinemas-last-year/
PATREON-ONLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT:
- Debate on the cost of modern cinemas
- What makes a Dolby cinema so great?
- Twitter + Eurovision = great opportunity
- Why was HD DVD better than Blu-ray in the past, but not today?
- Everything wrong with SCART cables
- The tourble with zoos
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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 Nate and Ian discuss:
- Netflix creates UK-only popularity chart -- why?
- Phone and internet users to get end-of-contract alerts -- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48268427
- San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology while Britain embraces it -- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-san-francisco-facial-recognition/san-francisco-votes-to-ban-city-use-of-facial-recognition-technology and https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-48228677/could-facial-recognition-cut-crime
- 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: Thomas the wank engine: London rail passengers played pr0n grunts over PA system -- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/13/london_rail_passengers_played_pron_noises_over_tannoy/
- Big discussion around HD remaasters
- The big problem with Amazon Prime Video
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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 Nate and Ian discuss:
- U.K. May Face 5G Delay on Huawei Review, Culture Secretary Says
- The UK government will now accept Apple and Google Pay
- eBay to open new 'concept store' in Midlands
- 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 Pixel 3a Review!
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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 Nate and Ian discuss:
- The UK gets its first checkout-free grocery store
- Drone owners to be charged annual fee under new proposals
- BBC really wants the iPlayer to hold content for at least a year
- 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: Netflix high-quality audio makes shows and films sounds better
- Extended discussion around experience of app-only shopping
- Deep dive into HQ audio
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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 Nate and Ian discuss:
- Facebook Says First-Person Christchurch Video Foiled AI System
- NatWest launches the UK's 'first biometric fingerprint debit card'
- Bumble will use AI to detect unwanted nudes
- 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: IPad Pro as a laptop replacement
- A 10-minute discussion about Giant African Land Snails (seriously)
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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 Nate and Ian discuss:
- UK to introduce porn age-checks in July
- Lush quits social media in UK
- Browsing the Web In Europe Really Is Total Crap
- 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 Offers Europeans Choice to Download Rival Web Browser
- Tasteful digression into our first internet porn experiences as teens
- Internet porn versus newsagent-bought magazine porn
- Nate's first bathtime experience with a fizzzing Lush bath bomb
- Which American business doesn't deserve to be in business according to Ian?
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
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!
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.
GET IN TOUCH using hello@techpodcast.uk. All messages sent will be read and considered for inclusion on a future show.
This week on the regular version of TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss:
- UK ISPs now automatically refund customers £8 a day for Internet outages
- Tech Giants Are Not Fixing Their U.K. Gender Pay Gap Problem
- The Internet Archive will host 490,000 music tracks 'lost' by MySpace
- 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: Facebook considering hiring editors to pick quality news for users
- Who would we impersonate on Stars In Their Eyes?
- Almost 30 minutes of additional discussion
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris, Naomi Kerbel
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on the regular version of TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss:
BBC wants to add 3rd parties to its Sounds app
With 1.5 Million UK Workers Slated to Lose Their Jobs to Automation, Calls for a Shorter Work Week Intensify
Britain's 'bullied' chatbots fight back
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47718967
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:
Apple Arcade and Apple TV+
We’ll talk about how Apple Arcade is giving Nate a lot to be excited about, and how Apple needs to de-Americanise its TV offerings if it wants a hope in hell’s chance of anyone giving a monkey’s uncle in Europe.
- Outtakes and more!
Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris, Naomi Kerbel
Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon
Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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