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World Service,30 Dec 2016,23 mins

New Year Tech 2017

Tech Life

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Rory Cellan-Jones and guests examine how artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and "ransomware" made the news in the past year, and discuss the technologies to watch in 2017. Featuring Mike Fey of Symantec, Danae Ringelmann of Indiegogo, and Chris Sacca from Lowercase Capital. With special guests the tech writer and broadcaster Kate Bevan, and Stuart Miles from the gadget website Pocket-lint. (Image: Young girl in Santa hat using tablet computer, Credit: Thinkstock).

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