Tech firms boosted by Covid-19
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In contrast to many businesses, will the tech giants emerge stronger from the crisis? Plus, the Eurovision song contest is off this year but we find out about a music competition to create a Eurovision-style hit using artificial intelligence. And in another of our series on using tech during the lockdown for new skills and hobbies, we look at podcasting. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporters David Molloy and Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: A customer wearing a face mask tries out the latest iPhone SE at an Apple store in Hangzhou, China. Credit: Getty Images).
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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. |
| 0:28.3 | Thanks for downloading TechTent from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:31.5 | Find out more about us at BBCworldservice.com slash TechTent. |
| 0:39.1 | Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to all the hottest news and trends from |
| 0:43.5 | the technology business. I'm Rory Ketland-Jones. And this week, with the likes of Google, Amazon and |
| 0:48.6 | Facebook unveiling some pretty healthy results, we'll ask whether the tech giants will |
| 0:53.5 | emerge from the current health |
| 0:54.9 | crisis even stronger. Also, can artificial intelligence make a Eurovision hit? We'll find out. |
| 1:02.1 | And if you want to start making a podcast from home during a lockdown, we've got some tech |
| 1:07.3 | tips. Joining me this week and not one but two top BBC technology reporters. Jane |
| 1:12.6 | Wakefield is in her kitchen again. Hi |
| 1:14.7 | Jane. Hello, Rory. I feel I should move |
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