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

- Important housekeeping regarding Patreon versus regular versions of the show
- Driverless cars trial set for UK motorways in 2019
- UK ebook sales flounder as interest in print copies rebounds
- Channel 4's online TV ads will call you out by name
- Parents' mobile use harms family life, say secondary pupils

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

- 'Pictionary' comes to phones five years after 'Draw Something'
- Benefits of good microphones
- Nate's reasons for reading medieval murder mystery novels
- Ian's fondness of printed books for children
- '4Head', 'Anusol', and other medical product names we love
- Avocados: like "nature's butter", according to Ian
- The 2007 battle between Sony... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy