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Exploring space

We visit two centres developing deep space communications and rocket launches.

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Mobile phones

We look at some of the reasons you choose your mobile phone handset

• 27 mins

Tech Life meets Spot the robot

How a robot named Spot is helping humans in radioactive places

• 26 mins

Charging electric bikes and scooters

What can be done to make charging them safer ?

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Predicting the future of tech

How will the internet, and other tech we use today, evolve in the future ?

• 26 mins

Space junk

What is it, and what risk does it pose to the technologies we rely on in everyday life ?

• 26 mins

Fixing undersea cables

Undersea fibre-optic cables help keep us online - but what happens when they break ?

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Humanoid robots

Are they really that practical and useful ?

• 26 mins

TikTok world

TikTok is a popular video sharing platform, but not so popular with some governments.

• 26 mins

The mammoth ivory problem

Tech can play a role in combating the illegal trade in elephant ivory.

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Help for cancer patients

The machine that allows patients to take their own blood samples for analysis from home.

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Tackling online abuse of athletes

The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes

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Being watched

Words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence.

• 26 mins

Dating a chatbot

What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? The women in China who date chatbots.

• 26 mins

Helping our animal friends

This edition of Tech Life is all about animals and tech.

• 26 mins

Bionic arms and robotic thumbs

This week Tech Life has a special programme about the technology of artificial limbs.

• 26 mins

Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence

The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer.

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If we could talk to the animals

Music legend Peter Gabriel talks about AI technology and communicating with animals.

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Tech that refuses to die

We look at old tech that's been around for decades and is still useful.

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Tech at the Olympics

How do athletes use technology to improve their performance?

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Turning the racetrack electric

We're at the Formula E season finale, exploring how the tech has advanced over 10 years.

• 26 mins

When the power goes

The impact of internet outages in Bangladesh, and power cuts in South Africa and Cuba

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Turning the tables on online romance scammers

We speak to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ journalist who exposed an online con.

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The Olympic esports games and Saudi Arabia

The IOC announced the inaugural games will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. Not all are happy

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Artificial intelligence helps doctors detect lung cancer

AI is acting as a second pair of eyes for radiologists examining X-rays.

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The voice cloning lawsuit

Two voice actors take legal action claiming their voices were stolen and cloned using AI.

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When civil war breaks out

What happens to a country's tech scene when violent conflict erupts ?

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X in Brazil

What do social media users do when their preferred platform is banned ?

• 26 mins

Online maps

How live updating of online maps is helping humanitarian work around the world.

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Will AI replace call centre workers?

We speak to the man who says AI will create call centre jobs – rather than replace them.

• 26 mins