Tech's Message
Tech'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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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 335
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
Back From The Not-Actually-Dead: TM 313 Short Version
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 abou…
00:30:30 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Click For Frogs: TM 312 Short Version
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 ca…
00:41:42 |
Sun 04 Jun 2023
Trapped In The E-Gates: TM 311 Short Version
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 vers…
00:25:57 |
Sun 28 May 2023
Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? Yes, And It's Also An Uber: TM 309 Short Version
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…
00:35:19 |
Sun 14 May 2023
Let Me Alert It For You: TM 308 Short Version
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
Th…
00:27:51 |
Sun 30 Apr 2023
How British Four-Year-Olds Are Using Smartphones: TM 307 Short Version
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…
00:38:03 |
Sun 23 Apr 2023
ALERT! ALERT! THIS IS JUST A TEST! TM 306 Short Version
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 fo…
00:31:18 |
Sun 16 Apr 2023
Internet Outages & Book Depository's Final Chapter: TM 305 Short Version
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 teth…
00:29:14 |
Sun 09 Apr 2023
AI Regulation And The iSim On The Cake: TM 304 Short Version
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 v…
00:29:08 |
Sun 02 Apr 2023
CheatGPT: TM 303 Short Version
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-fr…
00:33:22 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
Signalling The End For The UK: TM 302 Short Version
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…
00:40:40 |
Sun 26 Feb 2023
Sheffield's 6G Dream: TM 301
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 uploa…
00:30:22 |
Sun 19 Feb 2023
In Which We Perform A Play Written By ChatGPT: TM 300 Short Version
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…
00:39:12 |
Sun 12 Feb 2023
The Connection Between Joan of Arc and 3G in Plymouth: TM 299 Short Version
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 l…
00:30:55 |
Sun 05 Feb 2023
[podcasting forcefully]: TM 298 Short Version
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-…
00:33:14 |
Sun 29 Jan 2023
I Feel Like We've Bin Here Before...: TM 297 Short Version
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-t…
00:32:59 |
Sun 22 Jan 2023
The End of The Physical: TM 296 Short Version
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 …
00:34:01 |
Sun 15 Jan 2023
The One-Finger Airport Rubber Glove Experience: TM 295 Short Version
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 gr…
00:32:50 |
Sun 18 Dec 2022
Massive Scares For Home Repairs: TM 294 Short Version
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-13-0730032…
00:35:10 |
Sun 11 Dec 2022
Happy 30th Birthday, SMS: TM 293 Short Version
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-street…
00:33:23 |
Sun 04 Dec 2022
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