Tech Life Episodes Episode guide
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Privacy in a pandemic
Should we trade some privacy to end a lock-down earlier with the help of technology?
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Hand over your virus data
How much data are we all prepared to share in the battle to beat the coronavirus?
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Coronavirus: Can the internet cope?
What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on the infrastructure of the internet?
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Apps helping to track coronavirus
How governments are using apps and citizens' phone data to try to contain the pandemic.
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YouTube and conspiracy theories
Users seeing fewer conspiracy theories in their YouTube recommendations, study suggests.
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Conspiracy theories rage online over coronavirus
Is social media likely to help or hinder efforts to contain the outbreak?
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US tells the UK to think again on Huawei 5G
America urges Britain to change its mind and drop Huawei from its 5G networks.
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Coronavirus stops MWC tech show
The mobile industry’s biggest event is called off over fears of spreading the infection.
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Is Silicon Valley still top for tech?
Rory Cellan-Jones asks whether California is still the best home for tech startups.
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UK gives Huawei the OK
The Chinese tech giant will be allowed a limited role in Britain's 5G telecoms network.
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Tech's battle for the classroom
Jane Wakefield checks out the latest educational tech at the Bett 2020 show in London.
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Microsoft vows to go 'carbon negative'
The tech giant promises to remove all the carbon it has emitted since it was founded.
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CES 2020
We check out the latest tech that you might soon be buying at the CES event in Las Vegas.
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Tech to watch in 2020
What will be the top technology trends in 2020?
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Taking stock of tech
Rory Cellan-Jones and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Online tech team look at smart cities, AI, gaming and more.
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Tech quiz of the year 2019
Test your knowledge of tech in our annual quiz of the year.
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YouTube's plan to stop harassment
The video-sharing giant will block clips that "maliciously insult someone".
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China pushes facial recognition
Mobile phone buyers made to provide facial recognition data when they get a new plan.
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TikTok restores teen's viral video
The firm apologises after removing a US teenager's video on China's treatment of Uighurs
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Ford Mustang goes electric
Does an electric model of the iconic muscle-car signal the future for the motor industry?
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Facebook battles harmful posts
New figures suggest the tech giant is removing a growing amount of banned content.
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Can Ireland reshape big tech?
How Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner could change the way big tech firms operate.
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The power of online political ads
Why is Twitter banning political ads when Facebook insists it will keep carrying them?
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Indian call centre scam shut down
We follow Indian police as they raid a suspected scamming call centre.
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Google Pixel 4 boasts radar
The latest handset from Google introduces a new way to control a phone.
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US and China battle over tech
Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world
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The rise and rise of TikTok
Why the Chinese video-sharing app seems to have Facebook worried.
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Amazon reveals Alexa glasses
The tech giant takes its Alexa smart assistant out of the home.
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Huawei - life after Google?
Huawei unveils its new smartphone, without any apps from Google
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Has gig-working had its day?
California drafts a law that would give "gig-economy" workers employment benefits.