Tech Life

By BBC World Service

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Episodes: 248

Hendrik
 Feb 13, 2021

Dave
 Apr 12, 2020
Has a built in political bias. Everything that they disagree with is labelled 'fake news'. They constantly back China and back censorship. scary elitist views and open hatred of the UK a it's working class people.

Rob
 Oct 29, 2019
Keeps you up to date and doesn't take long to listen to.

Hendry
 Oct 1, 2019
My weekly tech update. BBC quality. Concise and I love it.

Description

Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.


Episode Date
Humanoid robots
Apr 23, 2024
Fixing undersea cables
Apr 16, 2024
Space junk
Apr 09, 2024
Predicting the future of tech
Apr 02, 2024
Charging electric bikes and scooters
Mar 26, 2024
Tech Life meets Spot the robot
Mar 19, 2024
Mobile phones
Mar 12, 2024
Exploring space
Mar 05, 2024
Tech Life in Barcelona
Feb 27, 2024
Detecting audio deepfakes
Feb 20, 2024
Tracking giraffes
Feb 13, 2024
Health Tech
Feb 06, 2024
Rescue Tech
Jan 30, 2024
The world of VPNs
Jan 23, 2024
Technology and mental health
Jan 16, 2024
Tech Life in Las Vegas
Jan 09, 2024
Tech predictions for 2024
Jan 02, 2024
The year that was in tech
Dec 29, 2023
Our surfing habits
Dec 19, 2023
Connecting people
Dec 12, 2023
From farm to fork with tech
Dec 05, 2023
Tackling e-waste around the world
Nov 28, 2023
Searching for the Tech Factor
Nov 21, 2023
Tech Life goes to Nairobi
Nov 14, 2023
Speaking out against teen sexual harassment on Instagram
Nov 07, 2023
Artificial intelligence in the classroom
Oct 31, 2023
This episode could have been an email
Oct 24, 2023
Spotting fake news online
Oct 17, 2023
The carbon footprint of AI
Oct 10, 2023
Where are we on the road to EV?
Oct 03, 2023
Be My AI: When innovation and privacy clash
Sep 26, 2023
The world focusses on facial recognition
Sep 19, 2023
The health tech changing lives in Africa
Sep 12, 2023
Battery tech goes super miniature - and tear powered
Sep 05, 2023
Charting the true cost of AI
Aug 29, 2023
Why do smart speakers get facts wrong?
Aug 22, 2023
Tech taught me
Aug 15, 2023
Fighting forest fires with technology
Aug 08, 2023
The cost of data
Aug 01, 2023
X marks the spot
Jul 25, 2023
The new world AI is making
Jul 18, 2023
The changing social media landscape
Jul 11, 2023
Elon Musk's Twitter: More changes and more competition
Jul 04, 2023
Can artificial intelligence be a force for good?
Jun 27, 2023
Have we had enough of podcasts?
Jun 20, 2023
The EU takes action on AI
Jun 13, 2023
Apple's big bet on virtual reality
Jun 06, 2023
The drama about AI in Hollywood
May 30, 2023
What's the deal with chips?
May 23, 2023
Is Elon Musk's Twitter harming global political free speech?
May 16, 2023
A warning about AI from a founding father of the IT age
May 09, 2023
Is digital life booming in Rio?
May 02, 2023
'I sacrificed my soul': A Facebook moderator's story
Apr 25, 2023
Is AI racing ahead too fast?
Apr 18, 2023
Kidfluencers: Do we share too much about kids online?
Apr 11, 2023
How to make sure the whole world benefits from AI
Apr 04, 2023
Putting Google's AI chatbot Bard to the test
Mar 24, 2023
ChatGPT: Where will we use AI chatbots next?
Mar 17, 2023
WhatsApp: We speak to boss, Will Cathcart
Mar 10, 2023
Why are some governments worried about TikTok?
Mar 03, 2023
Big Tech's big legal headache
Feb 24, 2023
Apple workers accuse firm of 'union busting'
Feb 17, 2023
The AI search race is on
Feb 10, 2023
Sacked Twitter staff take on Elon Musk
Feb 03, 2023
Can Ticketmaster 'shake off' the bots?
Jan 27, 2023
MRNA: The tech that transforms cancer treatment?
Jan 13, 2023
Tech Tent goes to CES
Jan 06, 2023
Tech predictions for 2023
Dec 30, 2022
The Tech Tent Christmas quiz
Dec 22, 2022
The law catches up with Sam Bankman-Fried
Dec 16, 2022
ChatGPT: The AI chatbot everyone is talking to
Dec 09, 2022
China's Great Firewall fails
Dec 02, 2022
Is there a future for smart speakers?
Nov 25, 2022
FTX: A crypto crisis
Nov 18, 2022
Big Tech's big job losses
Nov 11, 2022
Twitter's tumultuous first week under Elon Musk
Nov 04, 2022
'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech
Oct 27, 2022
This number has been disconnected
Oct 21, 2022
How TikTok syphons off money from some of those most in need
Oct 14, 2022
Elon Musk's Twitter take over rises from the ashes
Oct 07, 2022
Why are there still so few women in tech?
Sep 30, 2022
The protests sending Iran offline
Sep 23, 2022
The Merge: A cryptocurrency revolution
Sep 16, 2022
Apple tries to build back the buzz
Sep 11, 2022
India's high speed broadband revolution
Sep 02, 2022
More trouble at Twitter
Aug 26, 2022
Can TikTok stars make it on the real stage?
Aug 19, 2022
Esports at the Commonwealth Games
Aug 12, 2022
The future of medical virtual reality
Aug 05, 2022
The battle over encrypted messaging
Jul 29, 2022
Is Tesla in trouble?
Jul 22, 2022
Twitter and Elon Musk: The deal goes sour
Jul 15, 2022
How Wimbledon has gone high tech
Jul 08, 2022
The profound tech consequences of Roe v Wade
Jul 01, 2022
The graphic content missed by Meta's moderators
Jun 24, 2022
Is El Salvador's bitcoin revolution failing?
Jun 17, 2022
Is the work from home revolution unstoppable?
Jun 10, 2022
Why is the internet still a hostile place for women?
Jun 03, 2022
Another setback for facial recognition technology
May 27, 2022
Is the cryptocurrency bubble bursting?
May 20, 2022
Learning the lessons of Wannacry, five years on
May 13, 2022
Are we on the cusp of a VR revolution?
May 06, 2022
Twitter: The Elon Musk takeover
Apr 29, 2022
A setback for Netflix
Apr 22, 2022
Facial recognition technology and the war in Ukraine
Apr 15, 2022
What next for Twitter now Elon Musk is on board?
Apr 08, 2022
A huge, new crypto heist
Apr 01, 2022
The tech of war crime investigation
Mar 25, 2022
Tech goes to the aid of Ukrainian refugees
Mar 19, 2022
The cyber conflict in Ukraine
Mar 05, 2022
The return of Trump?
Feb 18, 2022
A major chip deal collapses
Feb 11, 2022
Facebook's metaverse gamble
Feb 04, 2022
Making microchips in the US
Jan 28, 2022
The largest gaming deal in history
Jan 21, 2022
Theranos and Silicon Valley
Jan 14, 2022
The return of CES
Jan 07, 2022
Tech predictions for 2022
Dec 31, 2021
Tech Tent quiz of the year 2021
Dec 24, 2021
The UK's plan to rein in big tech
Dec 17, 2021
When crypto met football
Dec 10, 2021
@jack exits Twitter
Dec 03, 2021
A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?
Nov 26, 2021
The global rise of ransomware
Nov 19, 2021
Ransomware gangs face a crackdown
Nov 12, 2021
The Squid Game coin scam
Nov 05, 2021
Whistleblower piles pressure on Facebook
Oct 29, 2021
Tech for future living
Oct 22, 2021
Bezos' rocket blasts Star Trek actor into space
Oct 15, 2021
Facebook’s punishing week
Oct 08, 2021
A ‘practical’ quantum computer
Oct 01, 2021
A turning point for Facebook?
Sep 24, 2021
Wikipedia’s editing war
Sep 17, 2021
El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment
Sep 10, 2021
China's video games ban
Sep 03, 2021
AI: Reality and hype
Aug 27, 2021
Fears over Afghan biometric data
Aug 20, 2021
Removing carbon from the air
Aug 13, 2021
China cracks down on online games
Aug 06, 2021
Intel’s road ahead
Jul 30, 2021
Fresh questions over Pegasus spyware
Jul 23, 2021
Football and online hate
Jul 16, 2021
Have apps helped tackle the pandemic?
Jul 09, 2021
Should robots look like humans?
Jul 02, 2021
Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead
Jun 25, 2021
Web creator to sell source code as an NFT
Jun 18, 2021
Tech victories for law enforcement
Jun 11, 2021
Huawei pins hopes on HarmonyOS
Jun 06, 2021
Can bitcoin mining ever be green?
May 28, 2021
Estonia’s digital society and the pandemic
May 21, 2021
Ransomware hackers disable key oil pipeline
May 14, 2021
Trump question comes back to Facebook
May 07, 2021
Is Apple iOS 14.5 hurting advertisers?
Apr 30, 2021
The big noise in social media
Apr 23, 2021
The global workforce
Apr 16, 2021
Ad cookies facing the crunch
Apr 09, 2021
The future of computing
Apr 02, 2021
Why Intel will make chips for its rivals
Mar 26, 2021
Uber’s u-turn on drivers
Mar 19, 2021
The $69m digital artwork
Mar 12, 2021
The new “space race” for chips
Mar 05, 2021
Who blinked - Facebook or Australia?
Feb 26, 2021
Facebook blocks Australia’s news
Feb 19, 2021
Bitcoin’s energy cost
Feb 12, 2021
A tale of two ecommerce giants
Feb 05, 2021
Robert Downey Jr. on backing green tech
Jan 29, 2021
Biden’s plan for big tech
Jan 22, 2021
Amazon gives Parler the boot
Jan 15, 2021
Facebook and Twitter block Trump
Jan 08, 2021
Tech Trends for 2021
Jan 01, 2021
Tech Quiz of the Year 2020
Dec 25, 2020
Hackers breach US government
Dec 18, 2020
Will Facebook be broken up?
Dec 11, 2020
Life after Covid
Dec 04, 2020
Tesla’s $500bn valuation
Nov 27, 2020
Electric cars in the fast lane
Nov 20, 2020
Will Biden go after Facebook?
Nov 13, 2020
Social giants label Trump’s posts
Nov 06, 2020
Senators accuse big tech of bias
Oct 30, 2020
Election stakes for US tech
Oct 23, 2020
iPhone 12 goes 5G
Oct 16, 2020
US Congress slams big tech
Oct 09, 2020
A Pixel for the times
Oct 02, 2020
How misinformation spreads
Sep 25, 2020
The TikTok saga hots up
Sep 18, 2020
Berlin’s tech bounceback
Sep 11, 2020
Tech and working life
Sep 07, 2020
Facebook News gets bigger
Aug 28, 2020
Students marked down by algorithm
Aug 21, 2020
Legal victory over facial recognition
Aug 14, 2020
The future for TikTok in the United States
Aug 07, 2020
Big tech facing a break-up?
Jul 31, 2020
The new AI tool creating a buzz
Jul 24, 2020
The great Twitter hack
Jul 17, 2020
TikTok caught in US-China tussle
Jul 10, 2020
Big advertisers boycott Facebook
Jul 03, 2020
Apple ditches Intel chips
Jun 26, 2020
Developers take on Apple over app store rules
Jun 19, 2020
Facial recognition pulled from police
Jun 12, 2020
Zuckerberg faces staff revolt
Jun 05, 2020
Twitter tweaks Trump’s tweets
May 29, 2020
Facebook’s remote working shift
May 22, 2020
Fighting Covid-19 with data
May 15, 2020
Smarter workplaces after lockdown ends
May 08, 2020
Tech firms boosted by Covid-19
May 01, 2020
Influencers feel the pinch
Apr 24, 2020
Tech skills for the lockdown
Apr 17, 2020
WhatsApp and YouTube act on Covid conspiracies
Apr 10, 2020
Privacy in a pandemic
Apr 03, 2020
Hand over your virus data
Mar 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Can the internet cope?
Mar 20, 2020
Apps helping to track coronavirus
Mar 13, 2020
YouTube and conspiracy theories
Mar 06, 2020
Conspiracy theories rage online over coronavirus
Feb 28, 2020
US tells the UK to think again on Huawei 5G
Feb 24, 2020
Coronavirus stops MWC tech show
Feb 14, 2020
Is Silicon Valley still top for tech?
Feb 07, 2020
UK gives Huawei the OK
Jan 31, 2020
Tech's battle for the classroom
Jan 24, 2020
Microsoft vows to go 'carbon negative'
Jan 17, 2020
CES 2020
Jan 10, 2020
Tech to watch in 2020
Jan 03, 2020
Taking stock of tech
Dec 27, 2019
Tech quiz of the year 2019
Dec 20, 2019
YouTube's plan to stop harassment
Dec 13, 2019
China pushes facial recognition
Dec 06, 2019
TikTok restores teen's viral video
Nov 29, 2019
Ford Mustang goes electric
Nov 22, 2019
Facebook battles harmful posts
Nov 15, 2019
Can Ireland reshape big tech?
Nov 08, 2019
The power of online political ads
Nov 01, 2019
Indian call centre scam shut down
Oct 25, 2019
Google Pixel 4 boasts radar
Oct 18, 2019
US and China battle over tech
Oct 11, 2019
The rise and rise of TikTok
Oct 04, 2019
Amazon reveals Alexa glasses
Sep 27, 2019
Has gig-working had its day?
Sep 13, 2019
Who cares about facial recognition?
Sep 06, 2019
Tech's trade war
Aug 30, 2019
What Facebook knows about you
Aug 23, 2019
Are you being watched?
Aug 16, 2019
8chan searches for new home
Aug 09, 2019
New rules for robots
Aug 02, 2019
Facebook's five billion dollar bill
Jul 26, 2019
Celebrating games
Jul 19, 2019
Alexa dispenses medical advice
Jul 12, 2019
Jony Ive quits Apple
Jun 28, 2019
Deepfake or art: who decides?
Jun 14, 2019