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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Be My AI: When innovation and privacy clash
Tue 26 Sep 2023
An AI-powered tool for blind people falls foul of concerns about facial recognition
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The world focusses on facial recognition
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Do cameras keep us safe - or keep us under surveillance?
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The health tech changing lives in Africa
Tue 12 Sep 2023
We learn about a new testing kit for life-threatening diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Battery tech goes super miniature - and tear powered
Tue 5 Sep 2023
Scientists design a battery the size of your cornea, which runs off saline
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Charting the true cost of AI
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Academic Kate Crawford details the global environmental toll of the AI revolution.
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Why do smart speakers get facts wrong?
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Smart assistants don't always get things right. We ask why AI could show bias
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Tech taught me
Tue 15 Aug 2023
From life hacks to tech skills, the people learning and teaching online
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Fighting forest fires with technology
Tue 8 Aug 2023
We find out how artificial intelligence can make a difference in predicting wildfires.
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The cost of data
Tue 1 Aug 2023
We look at the environmental impact of storing data and the cost of cloud storage for you
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X marks the spot
Tue 25 Jul 2023
As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter, we explore what being X means for the platform
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The new world AI is making
Tue 18 Jul 2023
One of the founders of DeepMind tells us about opportunities and perils of AI
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The changing social media landscape
Tue 11 Jul 2023
With the arrival of Threads, what does the future hold for social media ?
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Elon Musk's Twitter: More changes and more competition
Tue 4 Jul 2023
Twitter restricts how many tweets can be read each day. Will users try new rivals ?
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Can artificial intelligence be a force for good?
Tue 27 Jun 2023
A global summit explores the positives of AI - we meet one of the expert speakers.
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Have we had enough of podcasts?
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Spotify has ditched high profile broadcasting talent so is the podcast bubble bursting?
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The EU takes action on AI
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Margrethe Vestager tells us how the bloc is leading the world on regulating AI.
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Apple's big bet on virtual reality
Tue 6 Jun 2023
Tech Life goes to California to see Apple's biggest product launch in years
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The drama about AI in Hollywood
Tue 30 May 2023
Why Hollywood is up in arms about AI and a chat with an "accidental" tech billionaire.
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What's the deal with chips?
Tue 23 May 2023
Tech Life unpacks what chips are and the global competition to make them
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Is Elon Musk's Twitter harming global political free speech?
Tue 16 May 2023
Wikipedia's founder criticises Twitter for taking down content about Turkey's election
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A warning about AI from a founding father of the IT age
Tue 9 May 2023
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak worries that AI will supercharge scams
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Is digital life booming in Rio?
Tue 2 May 2023
With Web Summit arriving in Rio we explore how Brazil is embracing digital
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'I sacrificed my soul': A Facebook moderator's story
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Exposed to the worst of the internet and then fired - the moderators taking Meta to court
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Is AI racing ahead too fast?
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Google's boss admits he doesn't fully understand how its AI products work
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Kidfluencers: Do we share too much about kids online?
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Is it right to make money online from children's social media profiles?
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How to make sure the whole world benefits from AI
Tue 4 Apr 2023
Are some countries and languages being cut out of the AI revolution?
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Putting Google's AI chatbot Bard to the test
Fri 24 Mar 2023
The search giant is rolling out its challenger in the artificial intelligence arms race.
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ChatGPT: Where will we use AI chatbots next?
Fri 17 Mar 2023
Tech Tent hears how Microsoft and Duolingo are incorporating AI chat bot GPT4
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WhatsApp: We speak to boss, Will Cathcart
Fri 10 Mar 2023
WhatsApp's boss talks to Tech Tent about the global messaging app
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Why are some governments worried about TikTok?
Fri 3 Mar 2023
Why are some governments worried about TikTok and what's the future of noise
Get in touch with Tech Life
Email us at techlife@bbc.co.uk or contact us via WhatsApp on +443301230320
