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The top internet trends for 2023.
The year that was in tech
Tech Life reviews a rollercoaster year in global tech
Tech predictions for 2024
大象传媒 reporters around the world predict the top tech trends for the year ahead.
Tech Life in Las Vegas
The latest innovations and devices at CES - one of the biggest consumer tech trade shows
Technology and mental health
Can tech help our mental health ? We explore the issues.
The world of VPNs
Who is downloading the cyber-security tool that can disguise where you are in the world ?
Rescue Tech
The device that can save lives in water and bring comfort to relatives.
Health Tech
We look at two different areas of health tech, improving lives for women and children.
Tracking giraffes
What connects the Chinese government, giraffes in Namibia, and tech?
Detecting audio deepfakes
We look at tech to fight deepfake AI-powered audio impersonators.
Tech Life in Barcelona
We visit a big mobile phone industry event in Spain
Exploring space
We visit two centres developing deep space communications and rocket launches.
Mobile phones
We look at some of the reasons you choose your mobile phone handset
Tech Life meets Spot the robot
How a robot named Spot is helping humans in radioactive places
Charging electric bikes and scooters
What can be done to make charging them safer ?
Predicting the future of tech
How will the internet, and other tech we use today, evolve in the future ?
Space junk
What is it, and what risk does it pose to the technologies we rely on in everyday life ?
Fixing undersea cables
Undersea fibre-optic cables help keep us online - but what happens when they break ?
Humanoid robots
Are they really that practical and useful ?
TikTok world
TikTok is a popular video sharing platform, but not so popular with some governments.
The mammoth ivory problem
Tech can play a role in combating the illegal trade in elephant ivory.
Help for cancer patients
The machine that allows patients to take their own blood samples for analysis from home.
Tackling online abuse of athletes
The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes
Being watched
Words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence.
Dating a chatbot
What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? The women in China who date chatbots.
Helping our animal friends
This edition of Tech Life is all about animals and tech.
Bionic arms and robotic thumbs
This week Tech Life has a special programme about the technology of artificial limbs.
Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence
The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer.
If we could talk to the animals
Music legend Peter Gabriel talks about AI technology and communicating with animals.
Tech that refuses to die
We look at old tech that's been around for decades and is still useful.
Tech at the Olympics
How do athletes use technology to improve their performance?