Bytes: Week in Review - Big Tech/small tech divide over $100K visa fee

Marketplace Tech

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Technology, News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On this week’s Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review, Nova Safo speaks with Axios tech policy reporter Maria Curi about the details and lingering unknowns of President Donald Trump's new, $100,000 fee on incoming H-1B visas, how secret service authorities dismantled a network of more than 100,000 SIM cards that could have been used to disrupt communications on a massive scale and why French fans of the video game franchise “Tomb Raider” were up in arms over an AI-generated voice.

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0:00.0	Ever notice that purple shop button at checkout?
0:03.5	The one that makes buying online effortless.
0:05.8	That's Shopify.
0:07.0	And it doesn't just make shopping easy.
0:08.8	It makes starting a business easy too.
0:11.1	Shopify is proud to power many sources of UK e-commerce,
0:14.9	from brands like Mattel and Jimshark to new entrepreneurs.
0:18.4	No coding?
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0:20.3	Shopify's ready to use templates help you create a
0:23.1	stunning online store instantly. Manage everything in one place, from inventory and payments to
0:28.2	analytics and marketing. Get the word out fast with built-in email and social tools to attract
0:33.6	and retain customers. And that purple shop button, it's why Shopify has the highest converting checkout on the planet.
0:40.3	Your customers already love it.
0:42.2	If you want to see less carts being abandoned,
0:44.6	it's time for you to head over to Shopify.
0:47.3	For your £1 per month trial and start selling today at Shopify.com.
0:52.0	com.uk slash try.
0:53.4	Go to Shopify.com.uk. Shopify.com.ukuk slash try. Go to Shopify.com.ukuk slash try. Shopify.
0:56.7	Shopify.com.U.K. slash try. How much would you pay the government to bring in high-skilled tech workers from overseas?
1:06.4	From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Nova Saffo.
1:23.5	Welcome to Marketplace Techbytes we can review this week.
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