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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The fall of a global chip maker
Last Tuesday
Intel was once unrivalled as the world's chip maker. Now it's fallen behind its rivals.
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Do you use artificial intelligence at work ?
Tue 22 Oct 2024
A new survey looks at how AI is being adopted in the workplace.
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The minerals tech can't do without
Tue 15 Oct 2024
A hurricane disrupted mining in a small US town, and the tech world looked on with alarm.
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Big data and femtech
Tue 8 Oct 2024
We're talking about data and artificial intelligence - how it can help women's healthcare
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The big business of online charity donations
Tue 1 Oct 2024
We speak to the CEO of charity fundraising company GoFundMe
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Will AI replace call centre workers?
Tue 24 Sep 2024
We speak to the man who says AI will create call centre jobs – rather than replace them.
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Online maps
Tue 17 Sep 2024
How live updating of online maps is helping humanitarian work around the world.
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When civil war breaks out
Tue 3 Sep 2024
What happens to a country's tech scene when violent conflict erupts ?
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The voice cloning lawsuit
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Two voice actors take legal action claiming their voices were stolen and cloned using AI.
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Artificial intelligence helps doctors detect lung cancer
Tue 20 Aug 2024
AI is acting as a second pair of eyes for radiologists examining X-rays.
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The Olympic esports games and Saudi Arabia
Tue 13 Aug 2024
The IOC announced the inaugural games will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. Not all are happy
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Turning the tables on online romance scammers
Tue 6 Aug 2024
We speak to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist who exposed an online con.
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When the power goes
Tue 30 Jul 2024
The impact of internet outages in Bangladesh, and power cuts in South Africa and Cuba
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Turning the racetrack electric
Tue 23 Jul 2024
We're at the Formula E season finale, exploring how the tech has advanced over 10 years.
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Tech that refuses to die
Tue 9 Jul 2024
We look at old tech that's been around for decades and is still useful.
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If we could talk to the animals
Tue 2 Jul 2024
Music legend Peter Gabriel talks about AI technology and communicating with animals.
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Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence
Tue 25 Jun 2024
The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer.
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Bionic arms and robotic thumbs
Tue 18 Jun 2024
This week Tech Life has a special programme about the technology of artificial limbs.
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Dating a chatbot
Tue 4 Jun 2024
What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? The women in China who date chatbots.
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Being watched
Tue 28 May 2024
Words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence.
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Tackling online abuse of athletes
Tue 21 May 2024
The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes
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Help for cancer patients
Tue 14 May 2024
The machine that allows patients to take their own blood samples for analysis from home.
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The mammoth ivory problem
Tue 7 May 2024
Tech can play a role in combating the illegal trade in elephant ivory.
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TikTok world
Tue 30 Apr 2024
TikTok is a popular video sharing platform, but not so popular with some governments.
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Fixing undersea cables
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Undersea fibre-optic cables help keep us online - but what happens when they break ?
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Space junk
Tue 9 Apr 2024
What is it, and what risk does it pose to the technologies we rely on in everyday life ?
Get in touch with Tech Life
Email us at techlife@bbc.co.uk or contact us via WhatsApp on +443301230320
