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FT Tech Tonic

Financial Times

We are in the midst of a digital revolution, where the line between our physical world and cyberspace is blurring. Tech Tonic is the show that investigates the promises and perils of this new technological age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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23:08

Jacqueline Poh on digital government

FT Tech Tonic ·

2018/02/07

John Thornhill talks to the head of Singapore's GovTech about her work in advancing the country's Smart Nation ambitions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:19

Martin Rees on saving the planet

FT Tech Tonic ·

2018/01/31

John Thornhill talks to leading astrophysicist Martin Rees about why he thinks we need to pay greater attention to the risks posed by environmental damage and the rapid adoption of new technologies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:49

Silicon Valley's coming of age

FT Tech Tonic ·

2018/01/24

Historian Leslie Berlin talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about the generation of entrepreneurs and investors, fromMike Markkula to Sandra Kurtzig, who transformed the tech hub in the 1970s and1980s. It's the subject of her latest book "Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:47

Calum Chace on a world without work

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/12/27

Business and science fiction writer Calum Chace talks to John Thornhill about the exponential growth of AI and why we need to start planning now for a world without work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:16

Social media in the classroom

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/12/20

How is the use of mobile technology and social media affecting the lives of children and adolescents? Sonia Livingstone, professor of psychology at the LSE in London, examined the issue in her book: The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age. She talks to Madhumita Murgia about her findings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:12

Garry Kasparov on the risks and rewards of AI

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/12/13

Artificial intelligence is an important tool, but human beings have to be creative to understand how best to make use of it, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov tells John Thornhill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:05

Guarding against the next cyber attack

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/12/06

Army veteran and cyber security expert Rick Howard talks tothe FT's Hannah Kuchler about the current state of cyber security, what we have learned from recentlarge-scaleattacks known as WannaCry and NotPetya and what companies cando to try to guard againstthe next attack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:35

Why AI is the future

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/11/29

Phil Libin, former chief executive of Evernote, tells John Thornhill why he thinks artificial intelligence will soon be part of the fabric of all our lives and about his plan to create a global AI incubator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:30

Using tech to fight poverty

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/11/22

Elisabeth Mason, founding director of the Stanford Poverty & Technology Lab, talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about solving problems such as education inequality and job retraining the Silicon Valley way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:30

What has gone wrong with the internet revolution?

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/11/15

Internet pioneer Martha Lane Fox talks to John Thornhill about her work in trying to ensure that the technology lives up to its early ideals and serves the interests of people rather than big companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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20:56

Human friendly robotics

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/11/08

Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Mark Palatucci talks to John Thornhill about the consumer robot revolution and his efforts to help create empathy between humans and their robot toys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:52

The social media effect

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/11/01

Microsoft researcher and Data & Society president danah boyd talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about the effect of everyday technology, such as Facebook, on society and culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:20

Reclaiming Europe's digital sovereignty

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/10/25

Francesca Bria tells John Thornhill how she is helping citizens in Barcelona design their digital future, moving from an economy fuelled by advertising and surveillance and towards transparency and a new social pact on the ownership of data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:53

Seth Stephens Davidowitz on data mining

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/10/18

John Thornhill talks to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a former Google data scientist, about what our internet searches reveal about who we really are.Listen to Tech Tonic oniTunesorStitcher. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:42

Mary Lou Jepsen on the wearable MRI

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/10/11

Scientist and former Facebook and Google executive Mary Lou Jepsen talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about her latest startup, Openwater, where she and a team of researchers are working to develop a ski helmet-sized imaging device that will one day read minds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:03

Tech Tonic returns for a second series

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/10/04

Tech Tonic returns for a second series, starting next week. Our first guest is a former Google and Facebook executive who is working on a wearable diagnostic product that can read your mind. We’ll also be hearing how search engine data can be used to map our innermost thoughts, and we’ll be talking to experts in artificial intelligence, cyber security, robotics and much more. So look out for Tech Tonic, season 2, starting on Wednesday 11th October. You can subscribe on all the usual podcast

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35:12

What lies ahead for AR

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/06/21

Matt Miesnieks, creator of one of the first augmented reality apps and co-founder of startup 6D, tells the FT's Tim Bradshaw about the technological advances that make AR possible, and what needs to happen if it is to fulfill its promise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:33

Tim Wu on addictive apps

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/06/14

The author of "The Attention Merchants" talks to John Thornhill about his concerns about the way some web apps are eating into our time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:50

The graphics chip powering AI technology

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/06/07

Jensen Huang, chief executive of graphics chipmaker Nvidia, tells the FT's Tim Bradshaw how the graphics processing unit, or GPU, the company pioneered in the 1990s is being used in everything from virtual reality to machine learning to autonomous cars, drawing investor attention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:01

Silicon Valley's newest recruits

FT Tech Tonic ·

2017/05/31

Jeremy Johnson, chief executive of Andela, talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about how his company recruits and trains software engineers from several African countries and then places them with the top tech companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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