Tech Life

Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world.

World Service,631 episodes

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Online maps
How live updating of online maps is helping humanitarian work around the world.
17 Sep 2024,26 mins
X in Brazil
What do social media users do when their preferred platform is banned ?
10 Sep 2024,26 mins
When civil war breaks out
What happens to a country's tech scene when violent conflict erupts ?
03 Sep 2024,26 mins
The voice cloning lawsuit
Two voice actors take legal action claiming their voices were stolen and cloned using AI.
27 Aug 2024,26 mins
Artificial intelligence helps doctors detect lung cancer
AI is acting as a second pair of eyes for radiologists examining X-rays.
20 Aug 2024,26 mins
The Olympic esports games and Saudi Arabia
The IOC announced the inaugural games will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. Not all are happy
13 Aug 2024,26 mins
Turning the tables on online romance scammers
We speak to the BBC journalist who exposed an online con.
06 Aug 2024,26 mins
When the power goes
The impact of internet outages in Bangladesh, and power cuts in South Africa and Cuba
30 Jul 2024,26 mins
Turning the racetrack electric
We're at the Formula E season finale, exploring how the tech has advanced over 10 years.
23 Jul 2024,26 mins
Tech at the Olympics
How do athletes use technology to improve their performance?
16 Jul 2024,26 mins
Tech that refuses to die
We look at old tech that's been around for decades and is still useful.
09 Jul 2024,26 mins
If we could talk to the animals
Music legend Peter Gabriel talks about AI technology and communicating with animals.
02 Jul 2024,26 mins
Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence
The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer.
25 Jun 2024,26 mins
Bionic arms and robotic thumbs
This week Tech Life has a special programme about the technology of artificial limbs.
18 Jun 2024,26 mins
Helping our animal friends
This edition of Tech Life is all about animals and tech.
11 Jun 2024,26 mins
Dating a chatbot
What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? The women in China who date chatbots.
04 Jun 2024,26 mins
Being watched
Words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence.
28 May 2024,26 mins
Tackling online abuse of athletes
The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes
21 May 2024,26 mins
Help for cancer patients
The machine that allows patients to take their own blood samples for analysis from home.
14 May 2024,26 mins
The mammoth ivory problem
Tech can play a role in combating the illegal trade in elephant ivory.
07 May 2024,26 mins
TikTok world
TikTok is a popular video sharing platform, but not so popular with some governments.
30 Apr 2024,26 mins
Humanoid robots
Are they really that practical and useful ?
23 Apr 2024,26 mins
Fixing undersea cables
Undersea fibre-optic cables help keep us online - but what happens when they break ?
16 Apr 2024,26 mins
Space junk
What is it, and what risk does it pose to the technologies we rely on in everyday life ?
09 Apr 2024,26 mins
Predicting the future of tech
How will the internet, and other tech we use today, evolve in the future ?
02 Apr 2024,26 mins
Charging electric bikes and scooters
What can be done to make charging them safer ?
26 Mar 2024,27 mins
Tech Life meets Spot the robot
How a robot named Spot is helping humans in radioactive places
19 Mar 2024,26 mins
Mobile phones
We look at some of the reasons you choose your mobile phone handset
12 Mar 2024,27 mins
Exploring space
We visit two centres developing deep space communications and rocket launches.
05 Mar 2024,27 mins
Tech Life in Barcelona
We visit a big mobile phone industry event in Spain
27 Feb 2024,27 mins