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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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    Facebook's metaverse gamble

    Fri 4 Feb 2022

    Facebook is losing users, will it's pivot to the metaverse pay off?

  • Making microchips in the US

    Fri 28 Jan 2022

    Intel and US efforts to make more microchips at home

  • The largest gaming deal in history

    Fri 21 Jan 2022

    Microsoft plans to buy mega games company Activision Blizzard in a deal worth almost $70bn

  • Theranos and Silicon Valley

    Fri 14 Jan 2022

    What does the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes tell us about tech startup culture?

  • The return of CES

    Fri 7 Jan 2022

    The major tech show returns to Las Vegas after going virtual during the pandemic

  • Tech predictions for 2022

    Fri 31 Dec 2021

    The 蜜芽传媒 tech team on what we'll all be talking about over the next 12 months

  • Tech Tent quiz of the year 2021

    Christmas Eve 2021

    What better way to review the big tech stories of 2021 than with a battle of wits?

  • The UK's plan to rein in big tech

    Fri 17 Dec 2021

    New laws are designed to regulate social media and tech giants. Will they work?

  • When crypto met football

    Fri 10 Dec 2021

    How NFTs and fan tokens have found their way into the world of football

  • @jack exits Twitter

    Fri 3 Dec 2021

    What next for the social media platform after Jack Dorsey quits?

  • A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?

    Fri 26 Nov 2021

    El Salvador's president made Bitcoin legal tender, now he wants to build a city

  • The global rise of ransomware

    Fri 19 Nov 2021

    How hackers stole millions, and why they're so difficult to stop

  • Ransomware gangs face a crackdown

    Fri 12 Nov 2021

    Is the tide finally turning in the battle against ransomware attacks?

  • The Squid Game coin scam

    Fri 5 Nov 2021

    How cryptocurrency scams have become an everyday event

  • Whistleblower piles pressure on Facebook

    Fri 29 Oct 2021

    Frances Haugen tells the British parliament that Facebook鈥檚 algorithm puts users at risk

  • Tech for future living

    Fri 22 Oct 2021

    How the metaverse, energy tech, and AI might influence how we live in years to come.

  • Bezos' rocket blasts Star Trek actor into space

    Fri 15 Oct 2021

    William Shatner becomes oldest person to travel to space, aboard the Blue Origin craft.

  • Facebook鈥檚 punishing week

    Fri 8 Oct 2021

    The social giant suffers one of its worst weeks after a tech blunder takes it offline.

  • A 鈥榩ractical鈥� quantum computer

    Fri 1 Oct 2021

    Are quantum computers ready to make the leap from the lab to the business?

  • A turning point for Facebook?

    Fri 24 Sep 2021

    Will US press reports about Facebook bring tighter regulation or a breakup a step closer?

  • Wikipedia鈥檚 editing war

    Fri 17 Sep 2021

    Can the online encyclopaedia be impartial in a world of hotly-contested narratives?

  • El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment

    Fri 10 Sep 2021

    Cryptocurrency fans celebrate, but will Salvadorans benefit?

  • China's video games ban

    Fri 3 Sep 2021

    The government cuts children's gaming time to just three hours a week

  • AI: Reality and hype

    Fri 27 Aug 2021

    Is language-based artificial intelligence as capable as it seems?

  • Fears over Afghan biometric data

    Fri 20 Aug 2021

    Human rights activists say the Taliban could use government databases to target citizens.

  • Removing carbon from the air

    Fri 13 Aug 2021

    Can tech to capture and store carbon prevent a climate catastrophe?

  • China cracks down on online games

    Fri 6 Aug 2021

    A state-run media outlet brands online games 鈥榚lectronic drugs鈥� and calls for more curbs.

  • Intel鈥檚 road ahead

    Fri 30 Jul 2021

    Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of Intel, outlines his plan to regain the lead in silicon chips.

  • Fresh questions over Pegasus spyware

    Fri 23 Jul 2021

    How the Pegasus software from Israel鈥檚 NSO Group has kept ahead of attempts to block it.

  • Football and online hate

    Fri 16 Jul 2021

    Can social platforms stop the racist abuse of black players?

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