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The Times Tech Podcast
Hosted by The Sunday Times · EN
From Silicon Valley to The City, tech journalists Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott bring you the inside track on the new industrial revolution.
Co-hosted from San Francisco and London, this weekly podcast delivers the latest news and freshest interviews with the people creating the future.
As West Coast Correspondent for The Sunday Times, Danny is on the ground to witness the technological whirlwind that first roared out Silicon Valley. From London, working as The Times' Technology Business Editor, Katie has seen the waves of boom and bust rolling through one of the world's financial capitals. Together they explore this strange new world of high finance and tech giants, explaining how we got here and what is just around the corner.
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SUMMER INTERLUDE!
Aug 19, 2022Tap to summarizeI'm taking a couple weeks off. Will be back with you first thing in September. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Benedict Evans
Dec 17, 2021Tap to summarizeThis week Danny speaks with Benedict Evans, a technologist. In this episode they cover a range of things including web 3.0, cryptocurrency regulating tech and the future of tech as a whole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Thanksgiving!
Nov 26, 2021Tap to summarizeWe take a break this week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Back next week with a new episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →A very quick pause...
Jun 4, 2021Tap to summarizeBut we're back next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Tim O'Reilly: "Silicon Valley: turning idealists into monopolists"
Mar 26, 2021Tap to summarizeThe Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Tim O’Reilly to talk about the end of Silicon Valley as we know it (3:30), how the markets were designed to give us monopolies (6:30), his history in tech (90), incentives (10:30), the coming crash (17:00), the tech industry’s changing culture (23:15), how venture investors now pick the winners (26:15), on whether Silicon Valley can do deep tech (29:15), the antitrust backlash (38:20), how the industry is moving away from its ideals (38:35), how that tax code powers the bubble (40:55), and the next opportunities (45:00).Get The Times and The Sunday Times for a BIG discount by clicking here: times.co.uk/dannyinthevalley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Cover’s Alexis Rivas: “Lego houses”
Jan 29, 2021Tap to summarizeThe Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Alexis Rivas of Cover to talk about rebuilding home-building (3:45), starting small (7:40), using software to automate the process (9:00), the original idea (11:20), getting into Y Combinator (13:45), the Lego method (15:45), the mini-boom in construction tech (18:20), the homelessness problem (21:30), the cost difference (25:05), overhauling the industry (27:45), and his worst day of work (31:45).Get The Times free for a month: https://app.times.radio/dannyinthevalley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →A moment to honor George Floyd
Jun 5, 2020Tap to summarizeA moment to honor George Floyd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →We're back!
Oct 16, 2019Tap to summarizeThe Sunday Times’s tech correspondent Danny Fortson is back with a new season of interviews with the most intriguing personalities in tech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Five questions with... Benedict Evans
Jan 25, 2019Tap to summarizeThe Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz to answer five big tech questions. 1. The smartphone era is over, now what? (1:50), 2. What is the state of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and should we be worried? (5:50), 3: What does good regulation of tech look like? (20:10), 4. What does the Consumer Electronics Show tell us about the next frontier in tech? (29:35), 5. Have driverless cars sputtered? (36:45) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Five Questions with... Jason Calacanis - PART 2
Jul 17, 2018Tap to summarizeThe Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Jason Calacanis, prominent angel investor, for the second part of their interview, in which he answers the final two of five big tech questions, which are 4. What is the next foundational technology or development? (2:10) And 5. Where are we in the cryptocurrency boom-and-bust cycle, and will it yield the next big tech giant? (23.45). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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