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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When crypto met football
Fri 10 Dec 2021
How NFTs and fan tokens have found their way into the world of football
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A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?
Fri 26 Nov 2021
El Salvador's president made Bitcoin legal tender, now he wants to build a city
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The global rise of ransomware
Fri 19 Nov 2021
How hackers stole millions, and why they're so difficult to stop
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Ransomware gangs face a crackdown
Fri 12 Nov 2021
Is the tide finally turning in the battle against ransomware attacks?
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Whistleblower piles pressure on Facebook
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Frances Haugen tells the British parliament that Facebook鈥檚 algorithm puts users at risk
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Tech for future living
Fri 22 Oct 2021
How the metaverse, energy tech, and AI might influence how we live in years to come.
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Bezos' rocket blasts Star Trek actor into space
Fri 15 Oct 2021
William Shatner becomes oldest person to travel to space, aboard the Blue Origin craft.
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Facebook鈥檚 punishing week
Fri 8 Oct 2021
The social giant suffers one of its worst weeks after a tech blunder takes it offline.
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A 鈥榩ractical鈥� quantum computer
Fri 1 Oct 2021
Are quantum computers ready to make the leap from the lab to the business?
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A turning point for Facebook?
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Will US press reports about Facebook bring tighter regulation or a breakup a step closer?
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Wikipedia鈥檚 editing war
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Can the online encyclopaedia be impartial in a world of hotly-contested narratives?
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El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Cryptocurrency fans celebrate, but will Salvadorans benefit?
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China's video games ban
Fri 3 Sep 2021
The government cuts children's gaming time to just three hours a week
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AI: Reality and hype
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Is language-based artificial intelligence as capable as it seems?
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Fears over Afghan biometric data
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Human rights activists say the Taliban could use government databases to target citizens.
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Removing carbon from the air
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Can tech to capture and store carbon prevent a climate catastrophe?
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China cracks down on online games
Fri 6 Aug 2021
A state-run media outlet brands online games 鈥榚lectronic drugs鈥� and calls for more curbs.
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Intel鈥檚 road ahead
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of Intel, outlines his plan to regain the lead in silicon chips.
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Fresh questions over Pegasus spyware
Fri 23 Jul 2021
How the Pegasus software from Israel鈥檚 NSO Group has kept ahead of attempts to block it.
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Football and online hate
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Can social platforms stop the racist abuse of black players?
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Have apps helped tackle the pandemic?
Fri 9 Jul 2021
Did exposure and contact tracing apps live up to the hopes for them?
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Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead
Fri 25 Jun 2021
The controversial entrepreneur created an industry but was facing tax charges in the US.
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Web creator to sell source code as an NFT
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Sir Tim Berners-Lee chooses the latest tech craze to raise funds for charity.
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Tech victories for law enforcement
Fri 11 Jun 2021
The FBI recovers ransomware Bitcoins and gets suspects to use compromised messaging app.
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Huawei pins hopes on HarmonyOS
Fri 4 Jun 2021
The Chinese giant launches its own smartphone and connected device operating system
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Can bitcoin mining ever be green?
Fri 28 May 2021
The cryptocurrency business tries to boost its green credentials
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Estonia鈥檚 digital society and the pandemic
Fri 21 May 2021
President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid discusses how e-government helped citizens.
Get in touch with Tech Life
Email us at techlife@bbc.co.uk or contact us via WhatsApp on +443301230320
