Tech Life Episodes Episode guide
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Tech Trends for 2021
Rory Cellan-Jones and guests on how tech will shape the coming twelve months.
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Tech Quiz of the Year 2020
Test your knowledge of the year’s biggest tech stories with Rory Cellan-Jones and team.
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Hackers breach US government
Key government agencies are among thousands of organisations believed to have been hit.
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Will Facebook be broken up?
US regulators launch lawsuits accusing the giant of buying rivals to stifle competition.
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Life after Covid
Will a digital means of showing you’ve been immunised be required for everyday life?
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Tesla’s $500bn valuation
The electric car pioneer’s stock value exceeds that of the major carmakers combined.
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Electric cars in the fast lane
The UK government says new petrol and diesel-powered cars will be banned by 2030.
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Will Biden go after Facebook?
The social media giant is in the firing line again after Joe Biden's election win
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Social giants label Trump’s posts
Facebook and Twitter warn President Trump’s post-election remarks may be misleading.
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Senators accuse big tech of bias
US politicians clash over the future of social media.
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Election stakes for US tech
What changes will a new Presidential term bring for the tech we use?
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iPhone 12 goes 5G
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
The world’s biggest tech firms are compared to oil barons by US lawmakers.
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A Pixel for the times
Google pushes affordability and 5G for its flagship Pixel 5 mobile handset.
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How misinformation spreads
Rory Cellan-Jones examines how misinformation spreads across online platforms.
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The TikTok saga hots up
After shunning Microsoft, will a deal with Oracle work?
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Berlin’s tech bounceback
Rory Cellan-Jones visits Berlin to see how the tech sector is faring post-lockdown.
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Tech and working life
Rory Cellan-Jones explores how tech firms are influencing the way people work.
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Facebook News gets bigger
Should publishers welcome or fear the tech giant’s plan to expand its news feature?
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Students marked down by algorithm
How students in England took to the streets to challenge their exam grades.
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Legal victory over facial recognition
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
Why the popular video app faces being bought out or banned
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Big tech facing a break-up?
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
GPT-3 is a tool whose predecessor was dubbed “too dangerous to release”.
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The great Twitter hack
Hackers take over accounts belonging to famous names after breaching Twitter’s security.
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TikTok caught in US-China tussle
The hit video sharing platform quits operating in Hong Kong as the US considers a ban.
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Big advertisers boycott Facebook
Marketers express unease about Facebook’s handling of hate speech.
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Apple ditches Intel chips
The tech giant tells developers future Macs will use Apple-designed chips.
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Developers take on Apple over app store rules
Apple comes under fire for what some see as anti-competitive practices
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Facial recognition pulled from police
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft stop providing police forces with facial recognition tools.