9 Dec 2021

Technology commentator Bill Bennett

From Nine To Noon, 11:07 am on 9 December 2021

Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about some of the big trends in tech this year, starting with plugging gaps in broadband coverage and extending the 5G network.

It's also been a year regulators have started talking about - but not exactly moving on -  how to rein in big tech and strengthen privacy provisions.

But will it matter, if a prediction about how countries like China and Russia are keen to crack encryption through quantum computing is realised?

And is firing 900 of your employees over Zoom really the best way to use that technology?

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