Tech Life Episodes Episode guide
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A turning point for Facebook?
Will US press reports about Facebook bring tighter regulation or a breakup a step closer?
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Wikipedia鈥檚 editing war
Can the online encyclopaedia be impartial in a world of hotly-contested narratives?
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El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment
Cryptocurrency fans celebrate, but will Salvadorans benefit?
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China's video games ban
The government cuts children's gaming time to just three hours a week
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AI: Reality and hype
Is language-based artificial intelligence as capable as it seems?
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Fears over Afghan biometric data
Human rights activists say the Taliban could use government databases to target citizens.
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Removing carbon from the air
Can tech to capture and store carbon prevent a climate catastrophe?
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China cracks down on online games
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
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
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
Can social platforms stop the racist abuse of black players?
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Have apps helped tackle the pandemic?
Did exposure and contact tracing apps live up to the hopes for them?
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Should robots look like humans?
SoftBank pauses production of the Pepper robot.
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Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead
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
Sir Tim Berners-Lee chooses the latest tech craze to raise funds for charity.
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Tech victories for law enforcement
The FBI recovers ransomware Bitcoins and gets suspects to use compromised messaging app.
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Huawei pins hopes on HarmonyOS
The Chinese giant launches its own smartphone and connected device operating system
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Can bitcoin mining ever be green?
The cryptocurrency business tries to boost its green credentials
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Estonia鈥檚 digital society and the pandemic
President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid discusses how e-government helped citizens.
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Ransomware hackers disable key oil pipeline
Has the threat to infrastructure from hackers demanding money been underestimated?
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Trump question comes back to Facebook
The Oversight Board says Facebook itself must rule on reinstating or banning Donald Trump
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Is Apple iOS 14.5 hurting advertisers?
Apple鈥檚 long-awaited iPhone software update arrives with new features to block trackers.
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The big noise in social media
Facebook and Reddit follow Clubhouse into social audio.
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The global workforce
Tech founder Phil Libin tells us why he鈥檚 no longer advertising jobs with a location.
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Ad cookies facing the crunch
How Apple and Google鈥檚 privacy clampdown will bring upheaval to online advertising.
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The future of computing
The CEO of ARM on its latest chips, plus two exciting projects in quantum computing.
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Why Intel will make chips for its rivals
The tech giant says it aims to rebalance world chip supply from Asia to the US and Europe
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Uber鈥檚 u-turn on drivers
The ride-hailing giant says it will pay UK drivers a minimum wage and other benefits.
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The $69m digital artwork
How the boom in 'non-fungible tokens' helped one artist become a multimillionaire
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The new 鈥渟pace race鈥 for chips
A look at how the latest chips are made and why they鈥檙e the focus of US-China rivalry.