Tech's Message
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 335
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
Public Toilet Smell Sensors and Epic Mouse Chat: TM 292 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
- Pedestrian ‘jungle’: the row in Paris over rented e-scooters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/23/pedestrian-jungle-the-row-in-paris-over-rented-e-scooters
- In the…
Gnoming Your Mother-in-Law: TM 291 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
- Spam phone calls
- Gnoming on the dark web
- ‘Guess the hole’
- Ticketing system failures
- Taylor Swift
The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:
- …
Dear Future Mastodonians: TM 290 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
DISCUSSIONS:
Social media
Mastodon
Future of live TV
Netflix’s first UK TV ratings
PATREON VERSION:
The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also include…
Zero Fax Given: TM 289 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message we take an in-depth look at the history of fax machines in the UK.
NEWS:
- UK Prepares to Condemn Fax Machines to Death
- https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2022/farewell-to-th…
Disney Who Plus: TM 288 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
NEWS:
- If you think 5G is overhyped, wait till you meet 5.5G
- https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/28/5_point_5_g_network/
- Disney+ Will Change Doctor Who in One Major Way
- https:…
Sky Stream And Internope Nopetrality: TM 287 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
NEWS:
GTA Anniversary, Netflix's UK Ads, Pixel 7 Pro Review: TM 286 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message, Ian takes the host’s chair as Nate’s out sick and his brother, Andrew Lanxon, steps in to help discuss:
NEWS:
- Netflix ad-supported service to launch in November
- https://www.…
Would You Pay For 4K YouTube? TM 285 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
NEWS:
- EU Parliament approves common charging cable from 2024
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63132831
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2021/698819/EP…
We're Back, And This Time It's Even More Personal: TM 284 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
NEWS:
- Bruce Willis’s face https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63106024
- Google is shutting down Stadia https://www.engadget.com/google-shutting-down-stadia-162704135.html?s…
James Webb's SSD Surprise and Broadband Umbrellas: TM 283 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
The James Webb Space Telescope is capturing the universe on a 68GB SSD
https://www.engadget.com/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-a-68-gb-ssd-095528169.html
Would Pay Monthly For Ice-Cold Steering Wheels: TM 282 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
BMW introduces new heated seat subscription in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62142208
Every New Emoji that Could Hit Your Phone: Bizarre Shaking Head, Goose, Moos…
Caledonian Nasal Dilemma: TM 281 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
Laserdisc: What would have happened if it’d won the format war?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13367398
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/episode-24
Broadband ISP BT S…
Perfect Email Signatures and Death of Digital Photo Frames: TM 280 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message we’re joined by CNET.com’s Andrew Lanxon. Check out his photography YouTube channel. Also on this episode:
Email Signatures
Do you pay attention to email signatures? Do you…
The Future of Biometric Identification Might Be An Anus: TM 279
This week on Tech’s Message:
Three UK announces Apple Watch cellular pairing at last
Sky Glass In-Depth Review, UK Phone Charger Drama: TM 278
This week on Tech’s Message:
It’s a brave new world today — Ian is hosting solo! Only once before has Nate not featured on an episode of Tech’s Message, and that was many years ago when occasional gue…
Cameras In Amazon Delivery Vans, All Change At The BBC, Keeping CDs: TM 277 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
Amazon installs AI cameras to monitor its UK delivery drivers
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/05/22/amazon-installs-ai-cameras-monitor-delivery-drivers/
Jubilee Penguins and Twenty Years Of HDMI Cables: TM 276 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
London Zoo penguin chicks named after Tim Berners-Lee for Platinum Jubilee
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61495009
Uber to launch UK subscriptions as cost of …
Co-Working In A Tesco, Scooters, Eurovision, Spice Girls: TM 275 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
Tesco to open offices in its supermarkets
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/05/12/tesco-open-offices-supermarkets/
Nate cancels Netflix
Binge-watching Squid Game. One…
Musk's UK Invite, Fake Review Laws, How To Do Reminders: TM 274 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
The UK is inviting Elon Musk to discuss his plans for Twitter
https://www.engadget.com/uk-inviting-elon-musk-discuss-plans-twitter-121015542.html?src=rss
Here’s what he wro…
Tractors, Smut, Vampire Tech, Netflix and Toilet Mistakes: TM 273 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
How do you go from tractors to pornogaphy, really?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61284686
Vampire devices!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-61235367
UK regulat…