This week on Tech’s Message: UK plans ways to let kids use AI for exams Death of coursework Roald Dahl ebooks forcibly changed South Park renamed “Tolkien” character The Old Testament The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: The evolution of tech travel bags What did we take to CES 15 years ago… …and what would we take today? Who misses wireless hard drives and 3G Wi-Fi hotspots? Outtakes and much more… Links: Students to be allowed to use ChatGPT for GCSE and A-level exams under Whitehall plans https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/03/students ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: Signal could leave the UK How could encrypted apps pull out of a country? Online Safety Bill Hello Tomorrow on Apple TV Microsoft’s Activision deal Is the UK big enough to swap tech company decisions? The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: The Trouble With Smarthomes AI and robots in the garden Will robots walk our dogs in future? HomeKit’s architecture woes New HomePods Ian’s smart home setup Nate’s smart home setup Outtakes and much more… Links: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/signal-vows-to-defy ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: Sheffield’s 6G development What exactly is the cyber-physical continuum? UK’s 5G speeds are slowing down Who’s got the worst fibre connectivity in the UK? Virgin Media’s upload speeds The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: Twitter wants us to pay for SMS-based two-factor authentication How’s Mastodon holding up these days? ‘Tooting’ on Mastodon Using third-party 2FA apps Outtakes and much more… Links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64661539 https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/02/ookla-warns ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: To celebrate the 300th episode of the show, we got ChatGPT to write several pages of a screenplay about two podcasters called Ian and Nate. Because the results were so fun we decided to act them out — badly. However, we also discuss: UK wants to ban encrypted phones https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34p49/uk-proposes-making-sale-possession-of-encrypted-phones-illegal-encrochat-sky https://www.wired.co.uk/article/encrochat-phone-police-hacking-encryption-drugs The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: Discussion on the perils ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: Death of 3G Why 2G will stick around so long Nate’s new TV show Joan of Arc & Plymouth Smart meters and 3G Kindles Tesla’s necessary 3G upgrades ChatGPT coming to Bing Google’s less-than-useful search modifiers The future of search and SEO The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: Printers: why are they so terrible? Live test: Ian’s laser printer The HP LaserJet 4L Printing stuff at work Is printer ink a Ponzi scheme? Hand-drawing QR codes Outtakes, Guess The Hole, and much more… Links: https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: Why everyone is watching TV with subtitles on https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/28/mumbling-actors-bad-speakers-or-lazy-listeners-why-everyone-is-watching-tv-with-subtitles-on https://www.fox13news.com/news/young-people-watch-tv-movies-subtitles-more-than-older-viewers-survey http://www.tommerritt.com/about-captions/ Backing up: strategies, recommendations, pitfalls and more BackBlaze iCloud Dropbox Google Drive The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: Data hoarding Archiving vs. deleting Making old document ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: Millions of UK mobile and broadband users face 14% bill rises from April https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jan/19/uk-mobile-broadband-users-bill-rises-bt-ee-talktalk-three-vodafone-monthly-charges This bin costs $45 per month, and that’s not even the worst bit https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/new-service-wants-to-turn-your-food-waste-into-chicken-feed/ The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: Tech Nostalgia: BlackBerrys, Dictaphones and 11 More Things We Miss in 2023 https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-nostalgia-b ..read more

GThis week on Tech’s Message: Almost 90% of games sold in UK in 2022 were digital - ERA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64187547 Police to visit 1,000 homes in crackdown on illegal Premier League streams https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/police-premier-league-illegal-streaming-28911133 The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: Twitter Intentionally Suspended Tweetbot, Third-Party Apps, Messages Show https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-intentionally-suspended-tweet-bot-third-party-apps-messages-show Nate’s Conversation ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: Laptop rules at UK airports set to be relaxed https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/12/15/liquids-laptop-rules-relaxed-airport-security-june-2024/ Ofcom report shows growing 5G coverage, amongst other things https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63974085 The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes: Mobile games market to decline for first time in over a decade https://www.ft.com/content/395ebc6d-4b0c-4e66-903d-5b64a95649a3 Outtakes and much more… Become a supporter to unlock bonus content and listen live — join our Patreon ..read more

This week on Tech’s Message: Apple self-repair service comes to UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63866869 The manual: https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/2000/MA2073/en_US/iphone-13-07300323A-repair.pdf Apple’s new UK store pricing https://www.engadget.com/apple-app-store-developer-pricing-changes-205801793.html BBC Plan to Switch Off Terrestrial UK TV by 2030 https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/12/broadband-woes-as-bbc-plan-to-switch-off-terrestrial-uk-tv-by-2030.html Broadband speeds by county https://fibreheroes.co.uk/blog/uk-internet-speeds/ The extended, ad-free versio ..read more