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Tech Life

Is the work from home revolution unstoppable?

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3227 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

As new data shows the work from home revolution is accelerating, we ask if technology has forced the world of work to change for ever. Claire McCartney, from the CIPD, shares her expertise and the BBC's New York business correspondent Michelle Fleury gives the picture from the US. Zoe interviews the boss of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, about the company's future. Kyle Glen, co-host of the Osint Bunker podcast, and the BBC's Gordon Corera discuss open source intelligence. And the latest twists and turns in the Elon Musk Twitter takeover saga.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see.

0:04.7

Hello, I'm Brian Cox.

0:05.6

And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage.

0:08.3

In this series, we're going to have a planet off.

0:10.8

I feel like Jupiter wins.

0:12.8

And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit.

0:15.9

We're talking about your bog standard.

0:17.8

Ice, not the fancy one.

0:20.1

Science with funny bits.

0:21.9

The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage.

0:24.1

Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

0:31.1

It's time for Techcent our weekly delve into the top issues in tech.

0:35.4

I'm Zoe Kleinman. I'm the BBC's technology editor.

0:38.1

And this week, we're looking at working from home.

0:40.5

Hmm, did the digital folds of the tech tent counters home?

0:43.5

It's certainly very cozy in here.

0:45.1

Spies using open source intelligence.

0:47.6

Can I suggest that as a title for the next James Bond movie, Uber?

0:51.3

And, of course, our Twitter quiz is back.

0:55.3

I know you've missed it terribly.

1:04.0

But first, the pandemic forced many people to make their homes their office and now many are continuing to do it by choice. This week a survey by King's College London suggested

1:09.2

six in ten Londoners are now hybrid working,

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