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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 335
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
Who Loses Four Things A Month?!: TM 213
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
Lloyds Promises to Help Unsubscribe You From All the £7.99 a Month Fun Things
https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/07/lloyds-unsubscribe-app-help/
Teens ri…
Here’s What £16,000 Of Loot Boxes Gets You: TM 212
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Loot boxes: Lords call for 'immediate' gambling regulation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53253195
PLUS: Nate tells the story of what happened …
The UK’s £400 Million OneWeb Gamble Explained: TM 211
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Rental E-Scooters Will Be Legal on U.K. Roads From This Weekend
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/rental-e-scooters-will-be-legal-on…
The Loneliest Toilet On Orkney: TM 210
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Disney Channel is Shutting Down in the UK, Soon It'll be Disney+ or Nothing
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-06-25/disney-channel-uk-disney-pl…
Alan Partridge, OK Beeb, 3D Offices: TM 209
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- OK Beeb: BBC voice assistant will learn regional accents
Drive-Thru Cinemas, 5G Horse Waste USB Sticks, Sky Q HDR: TM 208
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Sky Q kicks off HDR support starting with on-demand nature shows
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52821220
- Drive-in cinema is coming to sout…
Asking Kids To Research Porn At Home, What Could POSSIBLY Go Wrong?: TM 207
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Hull school 'sorry' after pupils researched porn homework on web
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/education/mum-disgusted-hardcore-porn-homewor…
Brace Yourselves For Her Majesty's Scooter Service: TM 206
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Scooters finally to be allowed on UK roads
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/2-billion-package-to-create-new-era-for-cycling-and-walking
- Broadban…
Virgin And O2, How To Supercharge Your Webcam, Online Museums: TM 205
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Virgin and O2 plan merger to challenge Sky and BT
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/01/virgin-and-o2-plan-merger-to-challenge-sky-and-b…
Would You Take A Covid-19 Test If Your Employer Was Told The Result?: TM 204
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Babylon Offers Its Workers Free Virus Test—If They Share Results
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-21/babylon-gives-its-workers-free-…
Finally, A Reason To Discuss ‘The Black Dahlia Murder’: TM 203
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Download Festival Goes Digital This Year After the Donington Park Event Was Cancelled
https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/04/download-festival-june-anno…
How To Spend That £10,000 Of Office Expenses (A Guide For MPs): TM 202
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- NHS phone app holds key to lifting UK’s coronavirus lockdown
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/nhs-phone-app-holds-key-to-lifting-uks-coronav…
Wife-Carrying and Cheese-Rolling Competitions Next to Go Virtual?: TM 201
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Grand National first virtual horse race on prime-time UK TV
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/apr/04/virtual-grand-national-2020-live-hor…
LIVE FROM LOCKDOWN: An Evening With Tech’s Message: TM 200
A live special episode with a studio audience formed of participants from Europe to Scandinavia to the U.S. to Australia—listening and laughing live, as we present the funniest failures and hottest h…
The Importance of Radio and Podcasting During Pandemics: TM 199
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- UK and Europe boost contactless payment limit in response to coronavirus
- Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls
- Can’t buy webcams fo…
The Four Horsemen Of The Datapocalypse: TM 198
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Netflix, YouTube cut video quality in Europe after pressure from EU official
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/netflix-and-youtube-cut-st…
Get Your Hands Off Of My Food Van, Supper Lover: TM 197
UPDATE: Fixes small silence around 22m mark. Sorry about that!
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Food Delivery Firms Start Contactless Services During Pandemic
Pig Swallows Pedometer And Causes Fire In England, And Other Stories: TM 196
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Bacon saved after pedometer-eating pig's poo starts farm fire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-51790435
- The PlayStation …
Buy ALL The Meat From Strangers On Facebook: TM 195
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Facebook: Home food businesses concern FSA watchdog
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51475289
- Organised Crime Turns to Illegal Metal Detecting for St…
Barcode Fury In Guernsey, 5G Still Can’t Kill You, ISP Email Exploitation: TM 194
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
- Email address charges branded 'daylight robbery'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-51571275
- Shop Manager Quits After Bosses Insist on Barcod…