Gloriously Absurd

This is the farewell episode of the British Tech Network. See the post about the end of BTN, a bit of history, and some humour at: https://britishtechnetwork.com/blog/british-tech-network-the-big-farewell And, from all of us, a BIG THANKS to Ewen Rankin, BTN’s founder, heart, and soul. Here’s to you mate!! Guests: Ewen Rankin and a bunch of BTNers “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” — Charles Dickens Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-06-05

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This Week’s Topics: Google releases Fitbit Air Product announcements from Google I/O Plex triples Lifetime Plex Pass price to $750 Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-21 Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant #podcast #technology

This Week’s Topics: UK fines water supplier $1.3M for customer data leak Google introduces Googlebook Gruber suggests EU should designate smart TVs as gatekeepers Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-14 Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant, Tom Ferry #podcast #technology

This Week’s Topics: Google Chrome’s 4GB AI download Spirit Airlines is no more Chinese GPU maker earns Microsoft certification Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-07 Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant, Tom Ferry #podcast #technology

This Week’s Topics: Copy Fail zero-day enables root access on Linux Joby demonstrates electric air taxi in New York Musk-Altman trial begins Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-04-30 Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant, Dave Ginsburg, Tom Ferry #podcast #technology

This Week’s Topics: Allbirds pivots to AI Google announces TurboQuant AI compression algorithm Artemis II’s fault-tolerant computer Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-04-16 Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant, Tom Ferry #podcast #technology

This Week’s Topics: Farewell Chuck La Tournous Outlook trouble on Artemis Amazon ends support of older Kindles Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-04-09 Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant #podcast #technology

This Week’s Topics: Arm ships first CPU chip Instagram and YouTube landmark civil suit Amazon plans to reenter mobile phone market Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-03-26 Guests: Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant, Tom Ferry #podcast #technology

This Week’s Topics: Websites bloated with ads Meta shutting down Horizon World, or not? Episode’s chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-03-19 Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour #podcast #technology