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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Health Tech
Tue 6 Feb 2024
We look at two different areas of health tech, improving lives for women and children.
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The world of VPNs
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Who is downloading the cyber-security tool that can disguise where you are in the world ?
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Technology and mental health
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Can tech help our mental health ? We explore the issues.
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Tech Life in Las Vegas
Tue 9 Jan 2024
The latest innovations and devices at CES - one of the biggest consumer tech trade shows
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Tech predictions for 2024
Tue 2 Jan 2024
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporters around the world predict the top tech trends for the year ahead.
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Tackling e-waste around the world
Tue 28 Nov 2023
We explore ways e-waste is being tackled in Kenya and Norway
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Searching for the Tech Factor
Tue 21 Nov 2023
We meet innovators from around the world hoping to bring you new technologies.
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Tech Life goes to Nairobi
Tue 14 Nov 2023
We meet the people and see the tech changing lives across Kenya and Africa
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Speaking out against teen sexual harassment on Instagram
Tue 7 Nov 2023
A former Meta security expert speaks out about teenagers and harassment on Instagram.
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Artificial intelligence in the classroom
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Should schools be teaching pupils about AI ? We take a look at the global picture.
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This episode could have been an email
Tue 24 Oct 2023
Tech Life previews Microsoft copilot, the AI capabilities coming to Office apps
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Spotting fake news online
Tue 17 Oct 2023
We look at disinformation online during times of conflict, and how you can spot it
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The carbon footprint of AI
Tue 10 Oct 2023
How much energy could the tech behind artificial intelligence use in the future?
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Where are we on the road to EV?
Tue 3 Oct 2023
Tech Life explores electric vehicles and where we are on the road to adoption
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Be My AI: When innovation and privacy clash
Tue 26 Sep 2023
An AI-powered tool for blind people falls foul of concerns about facial recognition
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The world focusses on facial recognition
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Do cameras keep us safe - or keep us under surveillance?
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The health tech changing lives in Africa
Tue 12 Sep 2023
We learn about a new testing kit for life-threatening diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Battery tech goes super miniature - and tear powered
Tue 5 Sep 2023
Scientists design a battery the size of your cornea, which runs off saline
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Charting the true cost of AI
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Academic Kate Crawford details the global environmental toll of the AI revolution.
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Why do smart speakers get facts wrong?
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Smart assistants don't always get things right. We ask why AI could show bias
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Tech taught me
Tue 15 Aug 2023
From life hacks to tech skills, the people learning and teaching online
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Fighting forest fires with technology
Tue 8 Aug 2023
We find out how artificial intelligence can make a difference in predicting wildfires.
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The cost of data
Tue 1 Aug 2023
We look at the environmental impact of storing data and the cost of cloud storage for you
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X marks the spot
Tue 25 Jul 2023
As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter, we explore what being X means for the platform
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The new world AI is making
Tue 18 Jul 2023
One of the founders of DeepMind tells us about opportunities and perils of AI