Last month, Chinese billionaire tech banker Bao Fan was reported missing after his company Chinese Renaissance, said they were unable to contact him. His disappearance is not the first time this has happened. Back in November 2020, Jack Ma, founder of the online retail giant Alibaba vanished for months. Why are these powerful figures in China’s tech industry disappearing? Adrian Weckler is joined by journalist Clifford Coonan.  

Irish Independent Tech Editor Adrian Weckler hosts this award-winning business podcast which dives deep into the biggest industry advances and tracks the key movers and shakers behind the innovation. From interviewing Big Tech CEOs to investigations into how tech affects our working lives, the show has become Ireland’s most listened-to technology podcast.

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From Bao Fan to Jack Ma: Why are Chinese tech billionaires going missing? 

How common is romance fraud? Are the victims likely to report? And how can you spot the scammers?
On The Big Tech Show podcast this week, Adrian spoke to cyber security expert, Dr Jessica Barker MBE.

Love-bombing, pet names and excuses: the signs of romance fraud

Apple’s latest launch event took place in London yesterday, with four new iPads and a new Apple Pencil Pro among the latest innovations unveiled to journalists. It was once largely accepted that iPads were for leisure use and that most users (and indeed companies) would always favour laptops for business tasks but could this new generation of tablets from the tech behemoth mark a sea change in how tablets are used? 
On The Big Tech Show this week Adrian speaks to producer Dee Reddy on the latest from Apple’s Let Loose event. He breaks down; the new products on offer, how the technology has expanded and why the newest tablets come with a hefty price tag.
He also catches up with Jeff Blaber and Stuart Mills at the event, to find out if he’s the only one who prefers his iPad to his laptop for work?
You can listen to the full episode here on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Hands on with Apple's new iPads: the good, the bad and the pricing

What's going on with self-driving cars? What is the current status of the technology behind it? And can it be used in other ways?
 
On The Big Tech Show this week, Adrian is joined by Barry Lunn, the founder and CEO of Provizio, which is a Limerick based company best known for its technology around autonomous driving.
 

From Bao Fan to Jack Ma: Why are Chinese tech billionaires going missing?

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