Tech Life Podcast
Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world.
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.
Episodes to download
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Facebook battles harmful posts
Fri 15 Nov 2019
New figures suggest the tech giant is removing a growing amount of banned content.
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Can Ireland reshape big tech?
Fri 8 Nov 2019
How Ireland鈥檚 Data Protection Commissioner could change the way big tech firms operate.
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The power of online political ads
Fri 1 Nov 2019
Why is Twitter banning political ads when Facebook insists it will keep carrying them?
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Indian call centre scam shut down
Fri 25 Oct 2019
We follow Indian police as they raid a suspected scamming call centre.
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Google Pixel 4 boasts radar
Fri 18 Oct 2019
The latest handset from Google introduces a new way to control a phone.
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US and China battle over tech
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world
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The rise and rise of TikTok
Fri 4 Oct 2019
Why the Chinese video-sharing app seems to have Facebook worried.
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Amazon reveals Alexa glasses
Fri 27 Sep 2019
The tech giant takes its Alexa smart assistant out of the home.
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Has gig-working had its day?
Fri 13 Sep 2019
California drafts a law that would give "gig-economy" workers employment benefits.
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Who cares about facial recognition?
Fri 6 Sep 2019
Two new surveys suggest cautious public attitudes in the US and UK towards the tech.
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Tech's trade war
Fri 30 Aug 2019
How tensions between China and the US are hurting the tech industry in both nations.
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What Facebook knows about you
Fri 23 Aug 2019
The social giant will reveal what it knows about your net activity off of its platform.
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Are you being watched?
Fri 16 Aug 2019
How private facial recognition in public areas threatens privacy, campaigners say.
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8chan searches for new home
Fri 9 Aug 2019
Key service providers kick the controversial message board off the mainstream internet.
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New rules for robots
Fri 2 Aug 2019
How should robots behave around humans? Presented by Jane Wakefield.
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Facebook's five billion dollar bill
Fri 26 Jul 2019
The social network reaches a record settlement with regulators over users' data privacy.
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Alexa dispenses medical advice
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Are fears over Amazon's tie-up with the UK's National Health Service justified?
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Jony Ive quits Apple
Fri 28 Jun 2019
The man behind the design of the iPhone and iMac, Sir Jony Ive, sets up on his own.
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Deepfake or art: who decides?
Fri 14 Jun 2019
Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world
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Twitter Unmasks Troll Farms
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Millions of Tweets allegedly from state-backed Russian and Iranian groups are released.
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