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4.3 • 227 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Tech founder Phil Libin tells us why he’s doing away with offices for good and no longer advertising jobs with a location. Plus, is China reigning in its tech giants after Alibaba is given a $2bn fine for market abuse. And the AI tech that helps people with impaired speech interact with voice-activated devices. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with senior BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.

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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	From the BBC World Service.
0:31.0	These attackers have no fear.
0:32.6	They would have killed me had they found out.
0:34.5	It was really intense.
0:36.5	I just saw the entire financial markets grinding to a halt.
0:40.6	This is what they've stolen.
0:42.1	So many millions of dollars.
0:43.3	Oh, it's got to be North Korea.
0:44.4	There was chaos.
0:45.3	What do you mean they've disappeared?
0:46.4	It was almost like a perfect crime.
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