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The PC Pro Podcast
Every week the team behind the UK's biggest technology monthly discusses the latest news and issues in computing and mobile tech. Subscribe to the magazine at https://subscribe.pcpro.co.uk (https://subscribe.pcpro.co.uk)
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Episode 779: PodcastPlayer.exe wants to access your podcast feed
The team discusses the growing impact of worldwide shortages of RAM and storage, new security alerts in Windows and a prediction that white-collar job...
Episode 778: Could too many Jaffa Cakes lead to a call from the GP?
The team discusses new research that analyses your personal shopping history for potential health issues; explores Moltbook, the new social media plat...
Episode 777: Ejecting the Copilot?
Barry, Olivia, Jon and Lee discuss whether Microsoft has finally realized that users don't want Copilot forced into every corner of Windows. The Data...
Episode 776: Will Apple pay over Apple Pay?
The team discusses a class action lawsuit alleging that Apple Pay has pushed up banking prices for everyone, asks whether Microsoft was right to hand...
Episode 775: The return of the 4GB laptop?
The team discusses the ballooning cost of RAM, and a steep and sudden price hike for Rackspace email customers. We issue a cautious welcome to the new...
Episode 774: Grok, remove the new clothes from this emperor
The team discusses reports of Elon Musk’s Grok platform creating non-consensual smut; Apple’s big AI partnership with Google; and dissatisfaction over...
Episode 773: Live (almost) from CES in Las Vegas
In our annual dispatch from the world’s biggest consumer technology showcase, Tim Danton and Jon Honeyball battle jetlag to discuss the top technologi...
Episode 772: Our 2025 Tech Quiz Extravaganza
It's time for the annual PC Pro Podcast's festive quiz extravaganza!
Dust off your Santa hats and grab a glass of eggnog! Darien Graham-Smith re...
Episode 771: Is the kids’ social media ban fair dinkum?
The team debates Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s, the return of smart glasses and a US proposal to require tourists to hand over a trove...
Episode 770: ✅ If you like, I can generate hot singles in your area
Joined by special guest Geoff Campbell, the team discusses the arrival of advertising in ChatGPT, Apple’s apparent defiance of the Indian government a...
Budget 2025 for tech: the good, the bad and the missing
After a six-month absence, we welcome back Rois Ni Thuama to the PC Pro podcast. What's she been up to? Well, it all started when she helped a woman w...
Episode 768: You’ll have to talk to my agent
The team discusses new “agentic” features being added to Windows, debates the merits of AI-generated podcasts and asks how angry we should be with Clo...
Episode 767: Steam Machine, ClickFix and Norfolk
This week the team discuss the state of computing within the UK education sector, the forthcoming trio of gaming goodies from Valve: the Steam Control...
Episode 766: A small church, two pubs and a data centre
The team discusses the pleasant surprise of Affinity making its creative software suite completely free, an unfortunate bug in Windows 10 and the smal...
Episode 765: Grokipedia's a Wikipedia copy, right?
There's no getting away from the march of AI this week, whether it's Elon Musk's AI-generated Grokipedia, how OpenAI is dealing with searches related...
Episode 764: Sorry, I can’t because of the Amazon outage
The team discusses the massive AWS failure that took down some of the internet’s biggest sites and services, and look forward to the AI-powered future...
Episode 763: Microsoft's potty training
This week the team discuss Windows 10's role in the battle against software obsolescence, Clearview's slap down by the Information Commissioner’s Offi...
Episode 762: Don’t blame me, the AI was controlling my browser
The team discusses Qualcomm’s acquisition of Arduino, and AMD’s new partnership with OpenAI. We also look at the rise of AI-powered web browsing, plus...
Episode 761: Hey Google, are you actually going to be intelligent now?
The team discusses new smart home devices from both Amazon and Google, Spotify’s crackdown on AI-generated content, an experimental digital DJ for You...
Episode 760: Not content with taking our jobs, AI is now taking our CVs too
The team discusses LinkedIn’s bid to use your professional data for AI training, Nvidia’s big partnership with Intel and Mark Zuckerberg’s latest atte...
Episode 759: The dirty future of AI comes to Essex
The team discusses Google’s big investment in a new UK data centre – and the concomitant environmental cost. We also share frank opinions of Apple’s l...
Episode 758: For everyone who’s ever looked at an iPhone and thought “if only it were thinner”
The team discusses the latest product unveilings at Apple’s annual iPhone event, plus Tim’s pick of the announcements at IFA. We also discuss two new...
Episode 757: In which Google doesn’t have to sell Chrome after all
The team discusses a court victory for Google and the company’s proposal to restrict sideloading of unverified apps onto mobile devices. We also look...
Episode 756: Life looks good at 100x zoom
The team discusses the UK government’s apparent climbdown over its previous demands for a back door into Apple users’ encrypted communications, and ca...
Episode 755: Just when you’re getting to know an AI…
The team discusses how OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model has proved disruptive in the worst possible sense, and how Starbucks in South Korea is fighting back a...
Episode 754: What might Windows look like in 2030? (And will it be running on Intel?)
The team discusses Microsoft’s vision for the future of Windows, bad news for Intel’s hopes of reclaiming the CPU crown, and a suggestion that Amazon...
Episode 753: We’re over 18 and we can prove it
Sorry, can we see your ID? Alright, you can listen as the team discusses the success - or otherwise - of the age-admission tests introduced by various...
Episode 752: Anker’s million product problem
This week the team discuss Google’s latest move to resolve the Pixel4a battery saga and Anker’s recall of over a million products. There’s the latest...
Episode 751: All your files are belong to WeTransfer – plus, we scratch any screen
The team discusses WeTransfer’s apparent grab for users’ data, a mooted merger of Android and Chrome OS and the industry fallout after a virtual band...
Episode 750: Now no one can say we’ve lost the plot
The team discusses a new security threat to the Chrome and Edge browsers, some mischievous uses of AI, the latest developments in the Getty Images cop...
Episode 749: Thanks for the (biodegradable) memory
The team discusses Microsoft’s latest attempt to get people to ditch passwords, a new memory technology that dissolves on contact with water and an in...
Episode 748: I did pirate it, your honour, but he pirated it first
The team discusses a new extended lifeline for Windows 10, a controversial court ruling concerning an AI firm’s use of copyright material and a novel...
Episode 747: Don’t sleep on this AI mattress
The team laments the tale of a malfunctioning smart mattress that condemned its owner to a night of shivering misery. We also discuss Donald Trump’s s...
Episode 746: Don’t step in the liquid glass – plus, Stability vs Getty
The team discusses the latest announcements from Apple’s annual developer conference, bids an uncertain welcome to Android 16, and debates a major law...
Episode 745: IMEI blocking, CityFibre's 5.5 Gigabit and an £87 bet to fix USB-C
The team dives into the spat between Apple, Google and the Met Police regarding phone theft in London, and debates whether IMEI blocking is the answer...
Episode 744: Not everyone’s getting rich off the AI gold rush
The team discusses how AI is diminishing the role of human software developers, and asks whether Nick Clegg is justified in his comments on copyright...
Episode 743: Google gets smarter – and more intrusive
The team discusses the latest announcements and innovations from the Google I/O conference, an unexpected acquisition for OpenAI and some new ideas fo...
Episode 742: Just hangin’ with my bots
The team discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s prediction that AI bots will soon become your friends, and ask whether students’ use of services like ChatGPT is...
Episode 741: Apple’s Airplay Worm, Chinese EVs and Google's AI Ad Push
This week the team discusses the Apple AirPlay flaw, the latest releases in Microsoft’s Surface range and why military staff are parking their Chinese...
Episode 740: Is your phone more energy-efficient than a fridge?
The team discusses a major legal smackdown for Apple; new plans to label smartphones with battery life and repairability scores; and the mysterious on...