
Alan Partridge, OK Beeb, 3D Offices: TM 209
06/07/20 • 32 min
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/
Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:
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
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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/
Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:
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
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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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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 south London in July
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/drive-in-cinema-is-coming-to-south-london-in-july-052920
The UK is cracking down on sales of fraudulent ‘anti-5G’ USB sticks
https://www.engadget.com/uk-trading-standards-bioshield-5g-stick-161005899.html?guccounter=1
The USB stick tear-down: https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/reverse-engineering-a-5g-bioshield/
Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:
A 10-minute story about the time Nate was 18 and staged an on-camera kidnapping for a student film that was so convincing it involved the Derbyshire police force
What happens when you write about Donald Trump and Twitter for Bloomberg
A reading of a some hate mail once sent to Anne Robinson that for some reason Ian kept a copy of
How Ian’s 24-hour charity gaming livestream went
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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The Loneliest Toilet On Orkney: TM 210
This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:
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-plus/
Lockdown Loo is an Online Map of Public Toilets that are Actually Open
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/this-map-shows-all-of-londons-loos-open-in-lockdown-062220
O2 sends surprise refund cheques after 15 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53178172
Patreon supporters have access to our ad-free, longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:
EXTRA STORY: WWDC 2020 highlights and opinion
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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