Jessops Danger, Porn Block Axed, Facebook Tax: TM 182
Tech's Message20 Okt 2019

Jessops Danger, Porn Block Axed, Facebook Tax: TM 182

Special guest Tom Merritt of Daily Tech News Show.

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

- UK porn blacklist is dead after government abandons age verification

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/uk-government-abandons-planned-porn-age-verification-scheme/

- Fury as Facebook pays just £28m of UK tax despite record £1.7bn revenues

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/10/11/fury-facebook-pays-just-29m-uk-tax-despite-record-17bn-revenues/

- Jessops is Today's Doom-Threatened High Street Name

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/10/jessops-high-street-closures/

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: Banning out-of-hours email 'could harm employee wellbeing’

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50073107

- The story of the Radio Shack portable alarm at school discos

- Outtakes and more!

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Budget 2016's Impact on UK Tech, From 5G to Driverless Cars

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20 Mar 201633min

TETRAPHOBIA! (Or: The Galaxy S7's Mysterious Octacore CPUs): TM 51

TETRAPHOBIA! (Or: The Galaxy S7's Mysterious Octacore CPUs): TM 51

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NEXT-GEN SMARTPHONE CAMERAS ARE COMING plus BBC Closing iPlayer Loophole, Nook Dies - TM 50

NEXT-GEN SMARTPHONE CAMERAS ARE COMING plus BBC Closing iPlayer Loophole, Nook Dies - TM 50

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and CNET's Andy Hoyle discuss the BBC's plan to close the iPlayer loophole that allows people without a UK license fee to watch catch-up content for free; plus the lit...

6 Mar 201639min

TM 49: The 12 Uses For VR You Didn't Know About (From Porn to PTSD Therapy)

TM 49: The 12 Uses For VR You Didn't Know About (From Porn to PTSD Therapy)

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss our highlights from Mobile World Congress: the LG G5, and the HTC Vive. But in more detail we discuss how virtual reality, which stole the MWC show thi...

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TM 48: Three's ISP Ad-Blocking, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Gear 360 Review, Uber Hacks

TM 48: Three's ISP Ad-Blocking, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Gear 360 Review, Uber Hacks

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss mobile network Three's decision to start offering ad-blocking at the ISP level to a potential 9 million UK subscribers; Samsung unveils it's new Galaxy...

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TM 47: Twitter Worries UK Transport Authority, 'BIG EGG' versus biotech [with Olivia Solon]

TM 47: Twitter Worries UK Transport Authority, 'BIG EGG' versus biotech [with Olivia Solon]

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss Transport for London's worries over Twitter's decision to change the social network's timeline to a non-chronologically-ordered format; plus the UK's v...

14 Feb 201632min

TM 46: Ex-Tomb Raider boss opens UK schools, SwiftKey to power Xbox

TM 46: Ex-Tomb Raider boss opens UK schools, SwiftKey to power Xbox

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate is joined by CNET.com's Andrew Hoyle. They discuss the news that Microsoft has bought UK-based startup SwiftKey for a reported $250 million. What might this mean for X...

7 Feb 201632min

TM 45: BREAKING NEWS: BLUETOOTH AUDIO NO LONGER TERRIBLE (and other news)

TM 45: BREAKING NEWS: BLUETOOTH AUDIO NO LONGER TERRIBLE (and other news)

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss the news that Bluetooth audio is no longer a terrible way to listen to music (or, in other words: Nate buys a pair of really good Bluetooth headphones ...

31 Jan 201631min

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