The technology sector has a long history of designing devices to lock in customers and accelerate consumption. But “planned obsolescence” as it’s called is facing a push-back.

We also speak with Margaret Mitchell, who helped set up the AI ethics group at Google, only to find she was shown the door when the company’s bosses didn’t like what she had to tell them.

Guests

Sonya Gospodinova – Spokesperson, European Commission

Dr Margaret Mitchell – Computer Scientist, Hugging Face. Ex-Google Ethics advisor

Kyle Wiens – CEO, iFixit

Jon Porter – Technology journalist, The Verge