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Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly essential guide to all the hottest news and trends in the technology world.

I'm Rory Kathleen Jones, and on this, our first program of 2021, we're looking forward, not back, asking some big questions about where tech is heading.

When we finally emerge from the pandemic, will we find the world of work has changed permanently now that we found that good connections allow many of us to work from home?

Will all the recent advances in artificial intelligence finally deliver real changes in our lives, both in our work and our leisure time?

And a question always on my mind,

what are the hot new gadgets going to be?

Joining me on the show today is BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield.

Hi Jane, you're excited about 2021?

Well, you've got to be careful what you wish for,

but I think maybe going back into the office,

or at least being in the radio studio

recording tech tent with you is an ambition for 2021 that I have. We'll see. And our special guest

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