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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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    Is Silicon Valley still top for tech?

    Fri 7 Feb 2020

    Rory Cellan-Jones asks whether California is still the best home for tech startups.

  • UK gives Huawei the OK

    Fri 31 Jan 2020

    The Chinese tech giant will be allowed a limited role in Britain's 5G telecoms network.

  • Tech's battle for the classroom

    Fri 24 Jan 2020

    Jane Wakefield checks out the latest educational tech at the Bett 2020 show in London.

  • Microsoft vows to go 'carbon negative'

    Fri 17 Jan 2020

    The tech giant promises to remove all the carbon it has emitted since it was founded.

  • CES 2020

    Fri 10 Jan 2020

    We check out the latest tech that you might soon be buying at the CES event in Las Vegas.

  • Tech to watch in 2020

    Fri 3 Jan 2020

    What will be the top technology trends in 2020?

  • Taking stock of tech

    Fri 27 Dec 2019

    Rory Cellan-Jones and the 蜜芽传媒 Online tech team look at smart cities, AI, gaming and more.

  • Tech quiz of the year 2019

    Fri 20 Dec 2019

    Test your knowledge of tech in our annual quiz of the year.

  • YouTube's plan to stop harassment

    Fri 13 Dec 2019

    The video-sharing giant will block clips that "maliciously insult someone".

  • China pushes facial recognition

    Fri 6 Dec 2019

    Mobile phone buyers made to provide facial recognition data when they get a new plan.

  • TikTok restores teen's viral video

    Fri 29 Nov 2019

    The firm apologises after removing a US teenager's video on China's treatment of Uighurs

  • Ford Mustang goes electric

    Fri 22 Nov 2019

    Does an electric model of the iconic muscle-car signal the future for the motor industry?

  • Facebook battles harmful posts

    Fri 15 Nov 2019

    New figures suggest the tech giant is removing a growing amount of banned content.

  • Can Ireland reshape big tech?

    Fri 8 Nov 2019

    How Ireland鈥檚 Data Protection Commissioner could change the way big tech firms operate.

  • The power of online political ads

    Fri 1 Nov 2019

    Why is Twitter banning political ads when Facebook insists it will keep carrying them?

  • Indian call centre scam shut down

    Fri 25 Oct 2019

    We follow Indian police as they raid a suspected scamming call centre.

  • Google Pixel 4 boasts radar

    Fri 18 Oct 2019

    The latest handset from Google introduces a new way to control a phone.

  • US and China battle over tech

    Fri 11 Oct 2019

    Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world

  • The rise and rise of TikTok

    Fri 4 Oct 2019

    Why the Chinese video-sharing app seems to have Facebook worried.

  • Amazon reveals Alexa glasses

    Fri 27 Sep 2019

    The tech giant takes its Alexa smart assistant out of the home.

  • Has gig-working had its day?

    Fri 13 Sep 2019

    California drafts a law that would give "gig-economy" workers employment benefits.

  • Who cares about facial recognition?

    Fri 6 Sep 2019

    Two new surveys suggest cautious public attitudes in the US and UK towards the tech.

  • Tech's trade war

    Fri 30 Aug 2019

    How tensions between China and the US are hurting the tech industry in both nations.

  • What Facebook knows about you

    Fri 23 Aug 2019

    The social giant will reveal what it knows about your net activity off of its platform.

  • Are you being watched?

    Fri 16 Aug 2019

    How private facial recognition in public areas threatens privacy, campaigners say.

  • 8chan searches for new home

    Fri 9 Aug 2019

    Key service providers kick the controversial message board off the mainstream internet.

  • New rules for robots

    Fri 2 Aug 2019

    How should robots behave around humans? Presented by Jane Wakefield.

  • Facebook's five billion dollar bill

    Fri 26 Jul 2019

    The social network reaches a record settlement with regulators over users' data privacy.

  • Celebrating games

    Fri 19 Jul 2019

    Why Dundee in Scotland is a hub of videogaming creativity.

  • Alexa dispenses medical advice

    Fri 12 Jul 2019

    Are fears over Amazon's tie-up with the UK's National Health Service justified?

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