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  • What's wrong with the internet? Can somebody fix it?

    What's wrong with the internet? Can somebody fix it?
    2026/02/19

    Everything online feels a little bit off. Whether it’s deepfakes, the great meme-reset, or analogue communities posting about it on Instagram, presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker try to get to the bottom of what’s wrong with the internet.


    Also, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that deepfakes are to be thought of as the same category of crime as terrorism, and we discuss that viral essay comparing COVID-19 to the AI revolution that everybody, maybe literally everybody, has read.



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    47 分
  • The end of doomscrolling? the end of Airbnb? And the end of free WiFi?

    The end of doomscrolling? the end of Airbnb? And the end of free WiFi?
    2026/02/12

    Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker try to work out how addictive social media (and doomscrolling) really is, try to understand how Airbnb bookings keep going up despite governments trying to shut them down, and a couple of exclusives about the BBC and just how bad Chris's WiFi is.

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    54 分
  • The UK’s first AI "Tech Town", Germany's 24 years of censorship, and one million satellites in space?

    The UK’s first AI "Tech Town", Germany's 24 years of censorship, and one million satellites in space?
    2026/02/05

    Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker try to understand why Barnsley has been picked as the UK’s first Tech Town (spoiler: it’s a Reform target seat, so Alex thinks it might have something to do with it). They speak to Barnsley council leader Sir Stephen Houghton.


    Also… campaigner, performer, and all-around titan Paulita Pappel talks about tech innovations, censorship, and the patriarchy’s role in the adult industry.


    Follow Paulita here: https://www.paulitapappel.com/


    Finally, they discuss Elon Musk's plan to get one million satellites in orbit, and start a fight with students about the role of AI in media.


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  • Is AI Kool-Aid and FOMO driving UK tech policy?

    Is AI Kool-Aid and FOMO driving UK tech policy?
    2026/01/29

    Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker interview data politics and social justice academic Dr Elinor Carmi, of City St George’s, about the government wanting 10 million workers to get trained on AI… run by Google, Amazon, and others. Is this a good thing, or, as some critics say, letting economic growth supersede democratic values?


    Follow Dr Carmi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinorcarmi/?originalSubdomain=uk

    Learn more about The Society for Hopeful Technologists: https://societyforhopefultechnologists.org/


    Elsewhere, adult sites start removing themselves from the UK market, a cricket app that’s finally good, VPN regulation, and what a dumb phone can actually be used for.


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    58 分
  • AI could mean "the eyes of the state... on you at all times" according to the home secretary

    AI could mean "the eyes of the state... on you at all times" according to the home secretary
    2026/01/22

    Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss how Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has sparked a media storm over her views on the surveillance state.


    Her view? "To achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times.”


    We also discuss what Trump is doing in Iceland... we mean Greenland, and what, if anything, trust has do with prosperity.



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    53 分
  • AI girlfriends to fix loneliness, AI content to fix journalism, and AI influencers to fix politics

    AI girlfriends to fix loneliness, AI content to fix journalism, and AI influencers to fix politics
    2026/01/15

    Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker investigate how AI is transforming our relationships, from best friends to husbands and wives and even therapists, the death spiral of the global media and whether it’s AI to blame, and how Keir Starmer is attempting to influence the influencers.


    This includes an interview with the author James Muldoon, whose new book Love Machines looks at how AI is changing relationships (you can buy his book here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571399277-love-machines/)


    We also discuss the “death spiral” of journalism and the media industry, which executives still seem to underestimate despite the bleak outlook; Westminster finally catching up with the influence of influencers; and how David Attenborough is the secret victim of a Reddit bug.


    Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social media


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  • Elon Musk plays with fire, politicians play in sandboxes, and nobody's playing at CES

    Elon Musk plays with fire, politicians play in sandboxes, and nobody's playing at CES
    2026/01/08

    Crashed is the tech podcast about everything else,


    Today, hosts Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss whether the controversy around Grok (Groktroversy if you will) and AI-editing images is really the beginning for real regulation, the end of X, or both?


    They also discuss British politicians playing with AI sandboxes, and all the latest updates from CES.


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    Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social media



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    51 分
  • What happens in 2026? From LinkedIn's death to quantum meh and flying cars, we have it all

    What happens in 2026? From LinkedIn's death to quantum meh and flying cars, we have it all
    2026/01/01
    Welcome to Crashed, the podcast about how tech is at the centre of everything, whether that be economics, politics, philosophy, ethics, community, law, religion, education, or literally anything else. Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker take 10 predictions on what’s coming for tech in 2026. From trying to work out if anyone still uses LinkedIn, to whether podcasting might have its cancellation moment, there are a lot of things very likely to happen, and a lot of things not really that likely to.Our contributors: Olly Mann:The Week Unwrapped podcast: https://theweek.com/the-week-unwrapped-podcast Everything else he does: https://www.ollymann.com/ Ellen C. Scott Working on Purpose Substack: https://workingonpurposenewsletter.substack.com And her book Working On Purpose: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/working-on-purpose-ellen-scott/7788609 H Alan Scott: Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halanscott/?hl=en Dr. Carolina Are: Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloggeronpole/ Chris Hamilton: Albie’s website https://www.albie.ai/ Chris’s LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrishams Paulita Pappel: Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulitapappel/?hl=en Hardwerk’s Instagram (discretion advised): https://www.instagram.com/hardwerk_studio/?hl=en Rowan Ferguson: Molly Rose Foundation homepage: https://mollyrosefoundation.org/ And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyrosefoundation/?hl=en Robert Forrest Robert’s LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/rforrest1 Deep Design Systems www.deepdesignsystems.com Jo EckersleyJo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeckersley/ Alex Voica - Synesthesia Alex’s blog: https://www.synthesia.io/blog/authors/alexandru-voica His Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandruvoica/ Follow us:Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social meda To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 時間 5 分