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Ford Mustang goes electric

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4221 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Does an electric model of the iconic muscle-car signal the future for the motor industry? Plus, the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales tells us why he thinks his new social network can lure people away from Facebook and Twitter. And the head of Google Cloud AI talks to us about solving the "black box" problem. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Chris Fox, and special guest Kate Bevan, the editor of Which? Computing.

(Image: The unveiling of the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Credit: EPA/ RINGO CHIU).

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BBCworldservice.com slash TechTent. Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to all

0:51.9

the hottest news and trends in the technology world.

0:55.2

I'm Rory Kathlton Jones, and this week we ask, do we really need yet another social network?

1:01.1

Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales tells us why we should be interested in his new ad-free network,

1:06.8

which promises no fake news and no cyberbullying. It's been a big week for electric cars.

1:12.8

We'll ask whether the electric Ford Mustang is a game changer.

1:17.1

And does it matter that we don't understand what's going on inside AI systems?

1:21.7

A Google artificial intelligence guru says we must be able to look inside the black box.

1:27.3

Joining me this week is BBC Technology Reporter Chris Fox.

1:30.3

How's your week been, Chris?

1:31.3

Yeah, great, thanks.

1:32.0

I've been testing that folding Motorola phone, which is all right.

1:36.2

All right.

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