The future of social media according to Bluesky's COO & Trump 'saves' TikTok
The Times Tech Podcast
Will Morley
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Danny and Katie are joined by Rose Wang, COO of BlueSky, the decentralised social network born out of Twitter, to discuss how it’s rewriting the rules of social media, why it’s turning down ad money, and whether an open, user-curated model can rival the giants. And they look at OpenAI’s six gigawatt chip deal with AMD, the growing warnings of an AI bubble and Donald Trump’s TikTok return.
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| 0:00.0 | The Times Tech podcast is sponsored by PWC. |
| 0:03.8 | Technology is reshaping industries. |
| 0:06.1 | Business models are evolving rapidly. |
| 0:08.5 | It's a huge opportunity to modernise and unlock exponential growth. |
| 0:12.7 | But making the right technology choices and driving business change can be a real challenge. |
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| 0:50.5 | The Times Tech podcast is sponsored by Deal. |
| 0:53.9 | So Katie, what's worse than HR, IT, and payroll? The Times Tech podcast is sponsored by Deal. |
| 1:00.3 | So, Katie, what's worse than HR, IT, and payroll not talking to each other? |
| 1:03.5 | When they're all talking, but in three different time zones. |
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| 1:34.4 | Guess what she got in the post today, which she's given away to the desk. |
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