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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China's video games ban
Fri 3 Sep 2021
The government cuts children's gaming time to just three hours a week
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AI: Reality and hype
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Is language-based artificial intelligence as capable as it seems?
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Fears over Afghan biometric data
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Human rights activists say the Taliban could use government databases to target citizens.
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Removing carbon from the air
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Can tech to capture and store carbon prevent a climate catastrophe?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Football and online hate
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Can social platforms stop the racist abuse of black players?
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Have apps helped tackle the pandemic?
Fri 9 Jul 2021
Did exposure and contact tracing apps live up to the hopes for them?
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Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead
Fri 25 Jun 2021
The controversial entrepreneur created an industry but was facing tax charges in the US.
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Web creator to sell source code as an NFT
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Sir Tim Berners-Lee chooses the latest tech craze to raise funds for charity.
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Tech victories for law enforcement
Fri 11 Jun 2021
The FBI recovers ransomware Bitcoins and gets suspects to use compromised messaging app.
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Huawei pins hopes on HarmonyOS
Fri 4 Jun 2021
The Chinese giant launches its own smartphone and connected device operating system
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Can bitcoin mining ever be green?
Fri 28 May 2021
The cryptocurrency business tries to boost its green credentials
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Estonia鈥檚 digital society and the pandemic
Fri 21 May 2021
President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid discusses how e-government helped citizens.
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Ransomware hackers disable key oil pipeline
Fri 14 May 2021
Has the threat to infrastructure from hackers demanding money been underestimated?
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Trump question comes back to Facebook
Fri 7 May 2021
The Oversight Board says Facebook itself must rule on reinstating or banning Donald Trump
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Is Apple iOS 14.5 hurting advertisers?
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Apple鈥檚 long-awaited iPhone software update arrives with new features to block trackers.
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The big noise in social media
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Facebook and Reddit follow Clubhouse into social audio.
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The global workforce
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Tech founder Phil Libin tells us why he鈥檚 no longer advertising jobs with a location.
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Ad cookies facing the crunch
Fri 9 Apr 2021
How Apple and Google鈥檚 privacy clampdown will bring upheaval to online advertising.
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The future of computing
Fri 2 Apr 2021
The CEO of ARM on its latest chips, plus two exciting projects in quantum computing.
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Why Intel will make chips for its rivals
Fri 26 Mar 2021
The tech giant says it aims to rebalance world chip supply from Asia to the US and Europe
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Uber鈥檚 u-turn on drivers
Fri 19 Mar 2021
The ride-hailing giant says it will pay UK drivers a minimum wage and other benefits.
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The $69m digital artwork
Fri 12 Mar 2021
How the boom in 'non-fungible tokens' helped one artist become a multimillionaire
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The new 鈥渟pace race鈥� for chips
Fri 5 Mar 2021
A look at how the latest chips are made and why they鈥檙e the focus of US-China rivalry.
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Who blinked - Facebook or Australia?
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Facebook and the Australian government reach a compromise over payment for news content
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Facebook blocks Australia鈥檚 news
Fri 19 Feb 2021
The social giant pulls news content ahead of a new law that would force it to pay media.
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Bitcoin鈥檚 energy cost
Fri 12 Feb 2021
The buzz around the cryptocurrency grows, but what鈥檚 its impact on global energy use?
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