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Tech Tonic returns
29 augustus 2018 · 2 min
John Thorhill and guests return for a news series of Tech Tonic, the show that looks at the way technology is changing our lives. Lees meer
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How can we make governments smarter?
9 mei 2018 · 24 min
Robyn Scott talks to John Thornhill about her company Apolitical, a global news and networking site that seeks to share knowledge and spread best practice among the world's top civil servants Lees meer
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The new AI battleground
2 mei 2018 · 22 min
Nicole Eagan, chief executive of Darktrace, tells John Thornhill corporate networks have become the new battleground in a cyberwar waged by criminals and state actors using artificial intelligence Lees meer
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Terah Lyons on fashioning the AI future
25 april 2018 · 28 min
John Thornhill talks to Terah Lyons, founding executive director of the Partnership on AI, a US initiative that brings civil society groups into a debate with big tech companies to promote the benefits of machine intelligence. Lees meer
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What we can learn from ancient DNA
18 april 2018 · 21 min
David Reich, professor of genetics at Harvard, talks to Clive Cookson, the FT's science editor, about how the genomic revolution is affecting paleontology and the study of human pre-history. Lees meer
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Julia Shaw on a bot you can trust
11 april 2018 · 26 min
Psychologist Julia Shaw talks to John Thornhill about her research into the fragility of human memory and how this helped her design a software tool that can be used to record and report workplace harassment Lees meer
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The consumer awakening
4 april 2018 · 30 min
How can we fix the digital future? Writer and Silicon Valley critic Andrew Keen tells John Thornhill our best resource is human agency and the power of consumers to reject products that they have lost faith in Lees meer
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Facebook and Google: platforms or publishers?
28 maart 2018 · 47 min
The big tech platforms where many people get their news wield significant power. How do they work with publishers, and are they doing enough to combat "fake" news? FT global media editor Matt Garrahan put the questions to a panel of experts at the FT's Future of News conference in New York earlier this month. Lees meer
Guests are Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships at Facebook, Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, Jason Kint, chief executive of Digital Content Next and Richard Gingras, vice president of news at Google.
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Removing bias from AI
21 maart 2018 · 25 min
Kriti Sharma talks to John Thornhill about her work for the UK software company Sage and about her mission to bring greater diversity and accountability to the algorithms that guide our decisions. Lees meer
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Rethinking the way we earn money
14 maart 2018 · 23 min
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes joins the FT's Hannah Kuchler to talk about economic inequality in the age of "big tech", and his proposal to shrink the income gap in the US. It's the subject of his book Fair Shot: Rethinking inequality and how we earn. Lees meer
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Erel Margalit on investing in peace
7 maart 2018 · 29 min
John Thornhill talks to Erel Margalit, founder and chairman of Jerusalem Venture Partners, about his plan to help create a regional hub for tech startups and how he believes business collaboration in the region can help ease tensions when politicians fail. Lees meer
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Is there anyone out there?
28 februari 2018 · 21 min
Clive Cookson, FT science editor, discusses the possibility of alien life and whether we would recognise it if we encountered it with British astrophysicist Paul Davies. Lees meer
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ENCORE: When data rules the world
21 februari 2018 · 26 min
In this encore episode, John Thornhill talks to author and historian Yuval Noah Harari about his vision of a future when humans are no longer the smartest algorithm on the planet. Lees meer
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Road testing self-drive cars
14 februari 2018 · 23 min
John Thornhill talks to nuTonomy's Gretchen Effgen about why the company chose Singapore as well as Boston to test its self-drive cars and why it uses a formal methods approach to developing its software. Lees meer
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Jacqueline Poh on digital government
7 februari 2018 · 23 min
John Thornhill talks to the head of Singapore's GovTech about her work in advancing the country's Smart Nation ambitions Lees meer
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Martin Rees on saving the planet
31 januari 2018 · 27 min
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. Lees meer
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Silicon Valley's coming of age
24 januari 2018 · 29 min
Historian Leslie Berlin talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about the generation of entrepreneurs and investors, from Mike Markkula to Sandra Kurtzig, who transformed the tech hub in the 1970s and 1980s. It's the subject of her latest book "Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age". Lees meer
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Calum Chace on a world without work
27 december 2017 · 25 min
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. Lees meer
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Social media in the classroom
20 december 2017 · 29 min
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. Lees meer
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Garry Kasparov on the risks and rewards of AI
13 december 2017 · 24 min
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 Lees meer
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Guarding against the next cyber attack
6 december 2017 · 26 min
Army veteran and cyber security expert Rick Howard talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about the current state of cyber security, what we have learned from recent large-scale attacks known as WannaCry and NotPetya and what companies can do to try to guard against the next attack. Lees meer
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Why AI is the future
29 november 2017 · 25 min
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 Lees meer
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Using tech to fight poverty
22 november 2017 · 30 min
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. Lees meer
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What has gone wrong with the internet revolution?
15 november 2017 · 28 min
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. Lees meer
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Human friendly robotics
8 november 2017 · 21 min
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 Lees meer
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The social media effect
1 november 2017 · 31 min
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. Lees meer
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Reclaiming Europe's digital sovereignty
25 oktober 2017 · 26 min
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. Lees meer
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Seth Stephens Davidowitz on data mining
18 oktober 2017 · 22 min
John Thornhill talks to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a former Google data scientist, about what our internet searches reveal about who we really are. Lees meer
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Mary Lou Jepsen on the wearable MRI
11 oktober 2017 · 28 min
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. Lees meer
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Tech Tonic returns for a second series
4 oktober 2017 · 1 min
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 platforms. Lees meer
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What lies ahead for AR
21 juni 2017 · 35 min
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. Lees meer
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Tim Wu on addictive apps
14 juni 2017 · 26 min
The author of "The Attention Merchants" talks to John Thornhill about his concerns about the way some web apps are eating into our time Lees meer
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The graphics chip powering AI technology
7 juni 2017 · 23 min
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. Lees meer
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Silicon Valley's newest recruits
31 mei 2017 · 24 min
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. Lees meer
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The limits of artificial intelligence
24 mei 2017 · 26 min
Despite billions being spent on research, even our best deep learning neural networks look pitiful when compared to the intricate design of the brain of a bumble bee or even an ant, Peter Bentley tells John Thornhill. Lees meer
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Using blockchain to fight fraud
17 mei 2017 · 24 min
Leanne Kemp's company Everledger uses blockchain technology to track the provenance of assets, from diamonds to fine wines. She talks to John Thornhill about the technology's potential to combat fraud. Lees meer
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Uber's plans for aviation on demand
10 mei 2017 · 22 min
Jeff Holden, Uber's chief product officer, talks to the FT's Leslie Hook about the company's ambitious plan to start testing an aerial taxi service as soon as 2020. Lees meer
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How US companies find the right talent
3 mei 2017 · 19 min
Mehul Patel, chief executive of Hired, talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about hiring trends in Silicon Valley and other technology hubs in the US, and what some companies are doing in response to President Donald Trump's executive action on immigration and the H-1B visa. Lees meer
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What's next for Stripe and online payments
26 april 2017 · 24 min
Stripe's John Collison speaks to the FT's Leslie Hook about what he and his co-founder brother have planned for the $9bn online payments company, why Silicon Valley is still their preferred place to have their headquarters and what it is like to be one of the Valley's youngest billionaire entrepreneurs. Lees meer
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What self-driving cars could do for robotics
19 april 2017 · 30 min
Jeremy Conrad, co-founder of hardware incubator and VC fund Lemnos Labs, talks to the FT's Tim Bradshaw about the way economies of scale in the self-driving car industry could bolster the field of robotics. Lees meer
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How DeepMind vanquished Go
12 april 2017 · 32 min
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, talks about what he learnt from the Alpha Go experience and the complex problems his artificial intelligence company has been working on since it was acquired by Google in 2014. Lees meer
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Engineering your own chatbot
5 april 2017 · 32 min
Lili Cheng and her team at Microsoft's FUSE Labs are at the forefront of research on social interaction with artificial intelligence. She joins the FT's Richard Waters to discuss the evolution of chatbot technology, what the company learnt from its experience with Tay, and the personalisation we can expect from the virtual assistants and chat apps of the future. Lees meer
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Political disruption and the internet
29 maart 2017 · 20 min
Helen Margetts, head of the Oxford Internet Institute, talks to the FT's Madhumita Murgia about fake news, echo chambers, big data and why we need more research to be able to combat the "pathologies" of the internet. Lees meer
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The virtue of cash
22 maart 2017 · 23 min
Rutger Bregman tells John Thornhill there is evidence to show that we can end poverty by handing out cash to those who need it. The idea of a universal basic income is one whose time has come, he says, and it is finding support in unexpected places like Silicon Valley. Lees meer
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A look inside Uber
15 maart 2017 · 27 min
Uber investor and adviser Bradley Tusk talks to the FT's Leslie Hook about the highs and lows of the ride-sharing company's rapid expansion, and how companies in the sharing economy can manage regulatory hurdles. Lees meer
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Science and security
8 maart 2017 · 24 min
Entrepreneur Tom Ilube talks about his work with scientists to deploy their research in the battle against cybercrime, tech advances and education in Africa and why companies need to take cyber security more seriously. Lees meer
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Cracking the ed-tech market
1 maart 2017 · 35 min
Duolingo cofounder and chief executive Luis von Ahn talks to the FT's Tim Bradshaw about creating the snackable language learning app that now serves more than 150m global users, and how the company's model can be translated into other digital education tools. Lees meer
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Coding for everyone
22 februari 2017 · 25 min
Madhumita Murgia speaks to Kathryn Parsons about her work in promoting digital literacy through the company she co-founded, Decoded, which aims to teach people to code in a day. Lees meer
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Sharing the cost of driving
15 februari 2017 · 25 min
Frédéric Mazzella tells the story of BlaBlaCar, the ride-sharing company he founded, which now operates in over 20 countries, and talks about the rise of tech entrepreneurship in France. Lees meer
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The future of work
8 februari 2017 · 24 min
What will displaced professionals and workers do when intelligent machines take their jobs? Will poets, thinkers and musicians become sought-after occupations? Or will people slump into a world of virtual reality entertainment? Tim Bradshaw discusses possible outcomes with tech investors Kai-Fu Lee and Joi Ito. Lees meer
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