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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.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: 30 days

Episodes to download

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    Class action

    Tuesday

    Two big social media companies face a class action lawsuit in Italy.

  • Pinterest boss on online safety

    Tue 30 Sep 2025

    An exclusive interview with Bill Ready, boss of social media platform Pinterest.

  • Can we trust AI in health?

    Tue 23 Sep 2025

    We hear from experts on the pros and cons of using AI in the healthcare world.

  • Keeping connected

    Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Find out about the networks of cables that keep the internet fast and functioning.

  • Sailing into stormy seas

    Tue 9 Sep 2025

    Robot sailboats are helping forecasters predict where hurricanes will hit land.

  • Talking translation

    Tue 2 Sep 2025

    Find out how AI is making phone calls possible between people who don鈥檛 share a language.

  • What happens when you lose your social media?

    Tue 26 Aug 2025

    We hear from people who say they have been unfairly banned from Facebook and Instagram.

  • Tech and performance at the Edinburgh Festivals

    Tue 19 Aug 2025

    A special from Edinburgh, where art and performance meet tech with spectacular results.

  • Dealing with cyber attacks

    Tue 12 Aug 2025

    Find out how Singapore is now dealing with cyber threats from other states and criminals.

  • What happened to DeepSeek?

    Tue 5 Aug 2025

    China鈥檚 DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? And: AI doomsday?

  • Your AI servant

    Tue 29 Jul 2025

    What will the era of Agentic AI offer us ?

  • Can sewage make tech cleaner ?

    Tue 22 Jul 2025

    An American waste management company is storing organic waste deep underground.

  • Quantum question time

    Tue 15 Jul 2025

    We take a deep dive into quantum computers, with experts answering listeners' questions.

  • AIs on the road

    Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Find out about the AI safe driving system that's watching the road ahead, and the driver.

  • The future of the internet is up for debate

    Tue 1 Jul 2025

    Key decisions will be made this year about how the internet will operate in the future.

  • Digital twin cities

    Tue 24 Jun 2025

    What are the advantages of creating a digital mirror of a city 鈥� or an entire island?

  • Tackling illegal mining with tech

    Tue 17 Jun 2025

    Illegal mining is a big problem in Ghana. Now tech is being used to combat it.

  • China's booming EV industry

    Tue 10 Jun 2025

    In China, electric cars accounted for almost half of all car sales last year.

  • Data and me

    Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Protecting your personal data when a company gets into financial difficulty.

  • The digital afterlife business

    Tue 27 May 2025

    Using AI chatbots to recreate the voice or likeness of a loved one who has passed away.

  • Protecting your invention

    Tue 20 May 2025

    You've had a 'lightbulb moment' and invented something amazing. Now you need a patent.

  • The impact of online abuse

    Tue 13 May 2025

    Young people from marginalised groups tell of the online abuse they receive.

  • What you don鈥檛 see

    Tue 6 May 2025

    One man describes his job as a moderator in Ghana. And we say goodbye to Skype.

  • Weighing the world's forests

    Tue 29 Apr 2025

    The space mission to better understand how forests affect climate change on Earth.

  • Talking dolphin

    Tue 22 Apr 2025

    Artificial intelligence is being used to unlock the mysteries of dolphin communication.

  • AI discrimination

    Tue 15 Apr 2025

    What is AI discrimination, and can it be fixed ?

  • Beyond the tip of the iceberg

    Tue 8 Apr 2025

    How do you get close enough to study a gigantic mass of ice floating in cold waters ?

  • Jamming and spoofing

    Tue 1 Apr 2025

    UN agencies are worried about rising cases of satellite navigation signal interference.

  • Living life with a mind-reading chip

    Tue 25 Mar 2025

    Noland Arbaugh has a chip in his brain to translate his thoughts into computer commands.

  • Archiving achievement

    Tue 18 Mar 2025

    How the US government鈥檚 crackdown on diversity deleted women鈥檚 military contributions.

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