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This week on the regular version of TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss:

- Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs
- Mobile payments struggle to make impact on contactless card use
- Vodafone scraps roaming fees in much of Europe
- Virgin Media uses home routers to boost its public WiFi network
- 'Planet Earth II' on 4K Blu-ray will make you want a new TV

Patreon supporters have access to our ten-minute longer version of the show, which includes the above as well as additional discussions about:

- Tamagotchi: Iconic 90s playground toy set for a comeback
- Nintendo may discontinues the NES Classic
- Retro tech debate (Nate, in favour; Ian, vehemently against)
- The trouble with paying with an Apple Watch
- Nate's views on embedding RFID chips under the skin
- Outtakes

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