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BBC Tech Tent

The latest technology and business news, presented by Rory Cellan-Jones.

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23:26

Waymo Hails Driverless Taxi

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/11/10

Waymo, formerly Google's autonomous car project, will soon offer the public rides with nobody at the wheel. Is the era of driverless taxis here? We ask the transport journalist Christian Wolmar, and our special guest Professor Paul Newman who leads the Oxford Mobile Robotics Group and its spin-out company Oxbotica. Plus, a wave of money is being invested in artificial intelligence and health. What's it being used for? We chat to physicist and startup founder Dr Elina Berglund, one of the team who

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23:25

Senators Grill Social Giants

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/11/03

Internet firms Facebook, Google, and Twitter face questions from Senators over alleged Russian influence on the 2016 US Presidential election. Plus, does blockchain technology offer a way to fix the "fake news" problem? We speak to the startup Publiq which thinks it does. And, we hear how you set up an ecommerce business in Somalia. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC Silicon Valley reporter Dave Lee, and tech journalist Kate Bevan.(Image: (L-R) Colin Stretch, general counsel for Facebook,

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23:26

Facebook Scares Publishers

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/10/27

An experiment removing unpaid news posts from Facebook users' main feeds alarms media firms relying on the social giant for viewers. We ask Joshua Benton from the Nieman Journalism Lab whether publishers are right to be worried. Plus, Twitter bans ads from some Russian sources and pledges to reveal the origin and funding of political advertising. Are Facebook and Twitter feeling the heat over accusations they help foreign powers to influence elections? Roland Lamb, the creator of the ROLI Seaboard

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23:25

DeepMind's AlphaGo Learns Without Humans

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/10/20

The software that beat the world champion at the ancient game of Go can now teach itself to play, and outperform its previous version. Is this a big step towards general artificial intelligence? Plus, we visit a conference for Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs, the investment craze that's sweeping the cryptocurrency world. And, we chat to Professor William Webb, telecoms expert and author of the forthcoming book Our Digital Future, on why he thinks tech such as fully autonomous cars and 5G data

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23:25

Rivals Split On Virtual Reality

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/10/13

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says virtual reality is the future, but Apple's boss Tim Cook dismisses it as niche tech. Who is right? Plus, not so long ago, Silicon Valley could seemingly do little wrong. But is the political and cultural tide turning against the US tech industry's "disruptive" behaviour? We ask Phil Libin, founder of the AI startup studio All Turtles and the man behind the Evernote app. And, in the week that Ada Lovelace Day celebrates women's contribution to science and

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23:25

Google Home Goes Mini

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/10/06

Google reveals new Pixel 2 phones and a bigger range of intelligent Home speakers, but the focus is on its AI Assistant software. Plus, is your computer or smartphone secretly making money for someone else? We hear how websites can use your machine to mine cryptocurrency, without telling you. And we chat to a man who spends his time baiting online scammers. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC Online tech correspondent Mark Ward, and special guest Emily Orton from the computer security firm

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23:25

Amazon's Bid For AI Lead

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/09/29

Amazon unveils a new range of home devices using its Alexa AI assistant. But will customers be baffled by too many devices to choose from? Plus, we talk to Steven Wilson, the head of Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, on the biggest cyber-threats to watch out for. And, Gwen Lighter from the startup GoFly tells us why she's running a competition asking people to design a personal flying machine. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Zoe Kleinman, and special guest Kate Bevan,

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23:26

Facebook Tightens Political Ads

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/09/22

Facebook says it'll give the US Congress details of political ads placed by Russians during the presidential election - does the move mark a shift in its attitude to how its platform is used? Plus, how Alphabet's Google is paying $1.1bn to Taiwan's HTC to strengthen its Pixel smartphone business. And, we speak to Sayyeda Salam from the charity Save the Children about its new app designed to help Syrian refugee children in Jordan keep up with their school lessons. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with

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22:58

Kaspersky defends antivirus firm

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/09/15

The Russian antivirus provider Kaspersky sells its products worldwide - but now the Trump administration has ordered US government agencies to stop using the company's products. The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones speaks to Eugene Kaspersky. Later in the programme, Brian Merchant, the author of the One Device, an account of the birth of the iPhone and its impact on the world, says he doesn't think that another revolution had been unleashed by Apple. During the recent hurricane and flooding in Texas, an

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23:27

Nissan Unveils New Leaf

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/09/08

Is Nissan's new Leaf the car that will make electric vehicles commonplace? We ask Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield from the YouTube channel Transport Evolved, who attended the launch in Tokyo. Plus, what facial recognition tech can tell about you. And, we chat to neuroscientist Tali Sharot, author of the new book "The Influential Mind", about why she thinks it's futile to try to change people's minds online with facts. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC Online technology correspondent Mark Ward, and

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23:26

Africa's Drone Delivery Rush

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/09/01

Keller Rinaudo of Zipline tells us how drones are helping African citizens to access healthcare and reveals plans to expand his drone delivery service to Tanzania. Plus, we speak to David Paja of automotive technology giant Delphi about why your car could soon be another way for companies to gather and trade data about you. And we get the latest on the gadgets on show at the IFA tech fair in Berlin in time for the holiday shopping season. Presented by Zoe Kleinman, with BBC technology reporter

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23:25

Dramatic Week For Samsung

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/08/25

South Korean tech giant Samsung launches its flagship Galaxy Note 8 phone and sees its vice-chairman Jay Y Lee jailed for corruption. Carolina Milanesi of Creative Strategies weighs up Samsung's fortunes. Plus, we speak to Kaspar Korjus, the man behind a plan in Estonia to launch an official crypto-currency. And we drop in on the Arcola Energy Hydrogen Hack to meet young people making use of fuel cells in electronics projects. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Chris Foxx, and

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23:26

Tech Firms Drop Neo-Nazi Site

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/08/18

GoDaddy, Google and Cloudflare stop providing internet services to the Daily Stormer after it disparaged a woman killed during protests in Charlottesville. Plus, Mark Robinson of Kolos tells us why he thinks Norway might be the perfect place to build the "world's largest" data centre. And we visit Manchester in North-West England to find out how the city plans to use data to make its public transport more responsive to passenger demand. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Chris

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23:25

Diversity Row Hits Google

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/08/11

Dame Stephanie Shirley, a pioneer of Britain's computing industry, gives her take on a memo by a Google programmer suggesting women are biologically less-suited to some jobs in tech. Professor Paul Fletcher from the University of Cambridge and Tameem Antoniades of games developer Ninja Theory tell us about Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, a game aiming to give players an experience of psychosis. And James Chappell from security firm Digital Shadows reveals disturbing information about people available

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22:42

Governments Vs Silicon Valley

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/08/04

Should tech companies share more data with governments? British minister Amber Rudd thinks so. The BBC's man in California Dave Lee reports on her tour of Silicon Valley, where she called on companies like Facebook to do more to help fight terrorism. Also on the programme: The man credited with halting the WannaCry cyber attack is arrested in the US, we get the latest. Plus, is the concept of the 'digital native' a myth? One researcher thinks so. And ahead of a major tournament this weekend,

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23:35

Summer Camp For Hackers

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/07/28

What the world's hackers have been up to at their big annual meetings Black Hat and Def Con in Las Vegas. Plus the man behind Amazon's Alexa business Dave Limp talks to us about how the service might develop. And we witness a - thankfully fictional - hacking challenge that involves preventing a rogue state from firing nuclear missiles. Presented by Jane Wakefield, with BBC Online tech editor Leo Kelion, and special guest William Goodwin, Commissioning Editor at Computer Weekly. (Image: Man with

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23:25

The New Gold Rush

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/07/21

Start-up firms are raising cash by issuing new cryptocurrencies in "Initial Coin Offerings". But are these ICOs an emerging investment bubble? Economics blogger Frances Coppola and Pavlo Tanasyuk, founder of Spacebit, a "cryptocurrency for space exploration", discuss. Plus we find out what’s happening to the market for freelance online task-based work from Vili Lehdonvirta from the Oxford Internet Institute. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Chris Foxx, and special guest Alison

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23:26

Overwatch League Boosts E-sports

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/07/14

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard tells us why a new league for professional players of Overwatch could take e-sports into the mainstream, and rival the earnings of sports such as the NFL and the Premier League. Plus, we hear why Microsoft thinks artificial intelligence will help, rather than replace, workers. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield, and Ben Skipper, video game reporter for IBTimes UK. (Image: Screenshot from Overwatch showing female character

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23:26

Silicon Valley's Sexism Problem

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/07/07

Entrepreneur Cheryl Yeoh tells how she was sexually harassed by a prominent Silicon Valley investor. Plus Danae Ringelmann, the co-founder of crowdfunding site Indiegogo, shares her own experience of being assaulted by a fellow entrepreneur at an industry gathering. Do a string of revelations by women in the tech industry mark a watershed moment for change? We discuss whether the electric car's time has come after Volvo says all its new vehicles from 2019 will be fully or hybrid-electric. And we

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23:25

Net Firms Face Fines

BBC Tech Tent ·

2017/06/30

Google faces a fine of $2.7bn by the European Commission over a competition ruling on its shopping service, and Germany passes a law that requires internet firms to take down illegal content within 24 hours of being reported or face big penalties. Have regulators found their teeth against the internet giants? We ask Jeff Jarvis, author of the book "What would Google do?". Plus, will artificial intelligence be a useful tool in computer security? Emily Orton of security firm Darktrace tells why she

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