How's the Tech industry helping us cope with Lockdown & the fight against Coronavirus? In this extended special edition, Paul & Ben are joined by Tom Anderson from Venus Demilo.✅ Learn to code for free with Skillshare: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/ezZ9DHost a Pub Quiz via Zoom! https://kit.co/paulfp/online-pub-quiz-host► Support on PATREON: https://…

Microsoft have announced they'll be carbon negative by 2030 and by 2050 they'll remove all the CO2 they've pumped out since their inception in 1975. Great, but is this even POSSIBLE?✅ Get 2 months of Skillshare for free: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/7qEPd Buy the Nest Learning Thermostat: https://geni.us/NestLearningThermostat #Microsoft #CarbonNega…

Paul and Ben discuss common online scams, from seemingly harmless Facebook "copy this to your status" pranks, fake page competitions and really serious ransomware.Oleh Innobella Media / Sound Rebel

The Spinner, banned by Facebook, "subconsciously influenced" targets' behaviour with online posts "disguised as editorial content". Plus Cambridge Analytica and its role in both Trump and Brexit!✅ Get 2 months of Skillshare for free: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/7qEPdPaul and Ben discuss the darker side of online advertising, where things might not …

How much does Amazon know about us? Paul and Ben ask if it's creepy & too much, or clever and useful! After reading the story of the BBC Panorama journalist Leo Kelion who submitted a Subject Access Request (under Data Protection / GDPR) to see what data Amazon held on him, Paul and Ben discuss the data he got back, the reasons for its capture and …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced the Cybertruck... who's it aimed at, what's it for and will it be successful? And what about its LOOKS?!✅ Get 2 months of Skillshare for free: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/7qEPd Paul and Ben discuss the upcoming Cybertruck for Tesla, which was announced towards the end of 2019 and is the company's first electric pic…

Is the management structure of services like Uber and Uber Eats too far removed from the customers on the ground to provide good service?✅ Get 2 months of Skillshare for free: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/7qEPd Paul received an Uber Eats promo code but when he tried to use it, it didn't work... and the support team weren't interested in helping out.…

Is Alexa always listening? Could my Google Home be hacked?! Paul and Ben talk smart speaker privacy concerns!✅ Get 2 months of Skillshare for free: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/7qEPd Is Google always listening? If you're looking into smart speaker pros and cons and you're rightly concerned by privacy issues, you might have asked yourself, "is Siri a…