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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

Airbnb Hosts in Coronavirus Epicenter Stay Open for Business

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-30/airbnb-hosts-in-coronavirus-epicenter-staying-open-for-business

UK govt says guaranteed surcharge-free EU roaming will end after Brexit transition

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/30/uk_government_free_eu_roaming_will_end/

BT to charge people £50 for keeping old wi-fi routers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51294395

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EXTRA STORY: EU votes in favor of choosing a common charging cable standard

https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/31/european-union-wants-common-charging-cable-standard/

Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts : Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel, Kate Lanxon

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

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Publisher: Acast

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

UK music fans snap up 65,000 cassettes in 2020

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53472748

With no Olympics to gawp at, we’re all buying smaller, cheaper TVs

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-coronavirus-killed-television-sales

Vodafone Adds Amazon Prime and YouTube Premium as New Benefits

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/07/vodafone-adds-amazon-prime-and-youtube-premium-as-new-benefits/

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A Journey Into TikTok With Ian Morris

Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts : Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel, Kate Lanxon

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

Loot boxes: Lords call for 'immediate' gambling regulation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53253195

PLUS: Nate tells the story of what happened when Gameloft accidentally sold loot packs containing £2,500-worth of in-game currency for just £5, and allowed multiple purchases. Nate bought more than £16,000 of currency in Asphalt 9: Legends for about £30, but it revealed just how much money is required to really unlock things within free-to-play games, as not even this money unlocked everything possible.

Unreal’s new iPhone app does live motion capture with Face ID sensors

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/unreals-new-iphone-app-does-live-motion-capture-with-face-id-sensors/

PLUS: Actor and motion-capture artist Marta Svetek joins to give her opinion on Epic’s latest mo-cap product.

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Broader discussion on loot boxes and it’s impact on the fun we have playing; also, let’s discuss how fair it is that I can spend the equivalent of £16,000 on speccing up cars that I use to race against real players, realistically none of whom were able to get the deal I got but also could still pay the money to get the same benefits — if the loot box luck was open their side. Am I cheating? If the game is pay to win anyway, why not?

Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts : Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel, Kate Lanxon

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

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Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

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This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

OK Beeb: BBC voice assistant will learn regional accents

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52891155

Watch Ian Dixon’s YouTube demo of the BBC app

London firm creates Fortnite-like simulated 3D offices for those working from home

https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/fortnitelike-simulated-offices-for-working-from-home-a4458891.html

Alan Partridge Is Coming in Our Ear Holes This September in a New Podcast

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/06/alan-partridge-new-podcast/

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EXTRA STORY: BBC Archives - Wiped, Missing and Lost

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/bbc-archives--wiped-missing-and-lost/z4nkvk7

Outtakes and more!

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Recurring Guest Hosts : Andy Hoyle, Naomi Kerbel, Kate Lanxon

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Music: Audio Network & Pond5

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Publisher: Acast

Copyright © Nate Lanxon

Ads are not endorsements, nor controlled by Tech’s Message. Read Nate’s ad policy.

Visit Us: UKTechShow.com

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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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 highlights from the last hundred episodes of Tech’s Message.

Recorded live on Saturday 4 April.

Two-hundred episodes, five years, a million downloads, a global Webby Award nomination and a loyal community of thousands of amazing listeners and Patrons.

It’s not been a bad life for Tech’s Message so far!

But those milestones have coincided with a global pandemic that’s miserable and deadly. We’re locked in our houses, or sick—or both.

The world needs laughter more than it needs two bearded BFFs talking about broadband, so we made episode 200 something really special: a live taping with our Patrons as a live studio audience spread across four continents.

Ian and Nate present a collection of the most lighthearted outtakes, popular rants, opinions about shoehorns, bizarre non-sequiturs and other nostalgic gems from the last 100 episodes of the show.

The clips were edited in advance into eight categories and were played out in front of a virtual audience. They’re joined by Tom Merritt, Andy Hoyle, Marta Svetek, plus dozens of Patreon supporters, friends and family.

TECH’S MESSAGE IS:

Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

Guests: Andy Hoyle, Tom Merritt, Marta Svetek

Production and Editing: Nate Lanxon

Voiceover Artist: Marta Svetek

Music: Pond5 & AudioNetwork

Certain Artwork Elements Designed By: macrovector / Freepik

Additional Artwork: Andy Hoyle

Publisher: Acast

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