Tech's Message
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 335
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
British VHS Rentals Are Here To Stay, Netflix Be Damned: TM 272 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
Watching TV in self-driving cars to be allowed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-61155735
Streaming subscriptions in decline as UK households cut budgets
Yeah, We Need To Talk About This Dyson Stuff: TM 271 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
Dyson headphones come with air vacuum for mouth
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60927032
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-09/dyson-is-said-to-be-workin…
The Online Private Relay Qualms Bill: TM 270 Short Version
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Online Harms Bill: Cyber-flashing added to proposed legislation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60750463
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-16/u-k-sets-o…
We Need Unscripted Levity: TM 269 Short Version
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Bitcoin cash machines ordered to shut down in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60709209
Netflix raises prices again for subscribers in UK and Ireland
'Flappy Bird: The Movie' Starring 'The Rock,' And Other Concepts: TM 268 Short Version
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Queen holds first official engagement since Prince Charles Covid scare
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60391826
Bioshock will be a Netflix movie, but will it work?
Age Gates Are Back & What We Found In Our Amazon GDPR Request: TM 267 Short Version
This week on Tech’s Message:
Reddit and Twitter users face age checks under UK porn law plans
Theories On Why Postage Stamps Are Really Going Digital: TM 266
This week on Tech’s Message:
A new era for stamps: Shaun the Sheep features in UK’s first “video stamp”
[PR] https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en/press-centre/press-releases/royal-mail-group/a-new-era-for…
UK Demands Xbox Refunds, Driverless Car Crash Laws: TM 265
This week on Tech’s Message:
Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions more flexible after UK regulator steps in
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/27/22904713/microsoft-xbox-subscriptions-changes-uk-cma…
Threedafone or Vodathree, Home Office Encryption: TM 264
It’s All About Period Tracking If You’re A Gen Z Brit (Apparently): TM 263
This week on Tech’s Message:
People devote third of waking time to mobile apps
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59952557
App Annie report: https://www.appannie.com/en/go/state-of-mobile-2022
BBC T…
Tech’s Message Episode 262
This week on Tech’s Message:
The year coming in UK mobile phone networks
The good news: Three and EE strike first deal for mobile coverage on the Tube
Tech’s Message Episode 261
This week on Tech’s Message:
NATE: Google and Apple have ‘vice-like grip’ on UK mobiles, warns regulator
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/14/google-and-apple-have-vice-like-grip-on-uk-mobi…
Tech's Message Episode 260
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NATE: UK to phase out 2G and 3G by 2033
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59583783
Virgin gigabit: https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/news/2021/12/virgin-media-upgrades-e…
Tech’s Message Episode 259
This week on Tech’s Message:
NATE: Huge fines and a ban on default passwords in new UK law
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59400762
IAN: Twitter bans posting pictures of ‘private individuals’ agai…
Tech's Message Episode 258
This week on Tech’s Message (featuring CNET.com’s Lead Photographer & Lead Advice Editor in Europe, Andrew Lanxon):
Spotify hides shuffle button after Adele says albums should ‘tell a story’
Tech's Message Episode 257
This week on Tech’s Message:
UK to ban any handheld use of a mobile phone behind the wheel
https://www.engadget.com/uk-ban-any-handheld-use-mobile-phone-driving-125038275.html
Peacock / Paramount+ / Sky…
Tech’s Message Episode 256
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U.K. Warns Facebook to Keep Users Safe or Risk Criminal Charges
Tech’s Message Episode 255
This week on Tech’s Message:
Facebook Meta
NATE: One million households in the UK potentially hit by Amazon ‘brushing scams’
https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/10/one-million-households-in-the-uk-potenti…
Tech's Message Episode 254
This week on Tech’s Message:
Updated MP3 with correct DTNS promo near the end.
UK schools are using facial recognition to take pupils’ lunch money
Tech's Message Episode 253
This week on Tech’s Message:
Shoppers start to use new £100 contactless payment limit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58898474
BT broadband customers can get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for free