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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Will Facebook be broken up?
Fri 11 Dec 2020
US regulators launch lawsuits accusing the giant of buying rivals to stifle competition.
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Life after Covid
Fri 4 Dec 2020
Will a digital means of showing you鈥檝e been immunised be required for everyday life?
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Tesla鈥檚 $500bn valuation
Fri 27 Nov 2020
The electric car pioneer鈥檚 stock value exceeds that of the major carmakers combined.
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Electric cars in the fast lane
Fri 20 Nov 2020
The UK government says new petrol and diesel-powered cars will be banned by 2030.
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Will Biden go after Facebook?
Fri 13 Nov 2020
The social media giant is in the firing line again after Joe Biden's election win
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Social giants label Trump鈥檚 posts
Fri 6 Nov 2020
Facebook and Twitter warn President Trump鈥檚 post-election remarks may be misleading.
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Senators accuse big tech of bias
Fri 30 Oct 2020
US politicians clash over the future of social media.
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Election stakes for US tech
Fri 23 Oct 2020
What changes will a new Presidential term bring for the tech we use?
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iPhone 12 goes 5G
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Apple pushes 5G as a key selling point of its new iPhone 12. But is it useful right now?
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US Congress slams big tech
Fri 9 Oct 2020
The world鈥檚 biggest tech firms are compared to oil barons by US lawmakers.
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A Pixel for the times
Fri 2 Oct 2020
Google pushes affordability and 5G for its flagship Pixel 5 mobile handset.
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How misinformation spreads
Fri 25 Sep 2020
Rory Cellan-Jones examines how misinformation spreads across online platforms.
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Berlin鈥檚 tech bounceback
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Rory Cellan-Jones visits Berlin to see how the tech sector is faring post-lockdown.
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Tech and working life
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Rory Cellan-Jones explores how tech firms are influencing the way people work.
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Facebook News gets bigger
Fri 28 Aug 2020
Should publishers welcome or fear the tech giant鈥檚 plan to expand its news feature?
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Students marked down by algorithm
Fri 21 Aug 2020
How students in England took to the streets to challenge their exam grades.
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Legal victory over facial recognition
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Use of facial recognition by a UK police force was unlawful, says the Court of Appeal.
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The future for TikTok in the United States
Fri 7 Aug 2020
Why the popular video app faces being bought out or banned
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Big tech facing a break-up?
Fri 31 Jul 2020
The biggest tech firms are grilled by US lawmakers over abuse of market power.
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The new AI tool creating a buzz
Fri 24 Jul 2020
GPT-3 is a tool whose predecessor was dubbed 鈥渢oo dangerous to release鈥�.
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The great Twitter hack
Fri 17 Jul 2020
Hackers take over accounts belonging to famous names after breaching Twitter鈥檚 security.
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TikTok caught in US-China tussle
Fri 10 Jul 2020
The hit video sharing platform quits operating in Hong Kong as the US considers a ban.
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Big advertisers boycott Facebook
Fri 3 Jul 2020
Marketers express unease about Facebook鈥檚 handling of hate speech.
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Apple ditches Intel chips
Fri 26 Jun 2020
The tech giant tells developers future Macs will use Apple-designed chips.
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Developers take on Apple over app store rules
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Apple comes under fire for what some see as anti-competitive practices
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Facial recognition pulled from police
Fri 12 Jun 2020
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft stop providing police forces with facial recognition tools.
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Zuckerberg faces staff revolt
Fri 5 Jun 2020
Facebook staff strike out at decision not to moderate Donald Trump鈥檚 postings.
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Twitter tweaks Trump鈥檚 tweets
Fri 29 May 2020
US President signs an order that could strip social media firms of legal protections.
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Facebook鈥檚 remote working shift
Fri 22 May 2020
Will the tech giant鈥檚 new policy change how people at other firms work?
Get in touch with Tech Life
Email us at techlife@bbc.co.uk or contact us via WhatsApp on +443301230320
