Tech Life
Episodes
Putting polluters in court
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is making devastating extreme weather more common. Tech Life's Yasmin Morgan-Griffiths explores the science that could help communities...
Recommending: 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are returning to the Moon - hear all about it on the BBC’s space podcast. 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is following Nasa’s mission to lo...
How will AI help my doctor?
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how AI could help health professionals work better, detect diseases earlier and even change the way people around the world look after them...
Screen time ‘rewiring our brains’
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We dig through the evidence on the effect of screen time on babies and young children, with the help of some parents and experts. And after hearing ou...
I pretend to be OnlyFans models online
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Behind some OnlyFans models making money from chatting to paying subscribers is the unseen human labour people who pretend to be the models and chat o...
Quantum computers are coming - do we need ethical guidelines?
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum computing promises revolutionary new discoveries. But tech revolutions can be messy. Is now the time to start thinking about how we ethically ...
Hearing my voice again totally blew my mind
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI tech is giving people their lost voices back. We chat to Yvonne Johnson, who has motor neuron disease. She's lost much of her ability to speak. But...
Engaging chatbots
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to NVIDIA about AI chat and how to make it sound more human. Explore making and breaking an emotional connection with AI. And new tech is help...
Would you wear smart glasses?
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is this the year when smart glasses become mainstream? Whether you need spectacles for your vision, or wear sunglasses, tech firms are hoping you'll b...
Driverless cars in the fast lane
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Autonomous taxis are already part of everyday life in some cities. What will it be like when self-driving car tech gets up to full speed ? And we find...
China's AI progress
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The launch of China's DeepSeek AI tool a year ago sent shockwaves through US markets and Silicon Valley. But now Chinese AI tech is being used by more...
What's new in health tech ?
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We all want to stay fit and healthy. But how can technology help ? Shiona McCallum discusses new health tech on display at the world's biggest consume...
When will a robot do my laundry?
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How close are we to humanoid robots in the home? A flurry of new robots – designed to look like us – have been revealed recently, with many in Sil...
What to expect from tech in 2026
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode of 2026, Tech Life looks forward to the rest of the year, and beyond. What are the latest consumer gadgets on display at a huge ...
Tech Life's look back at 2025
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A selection of our favourite stories in 2025. From bringing back extinct species to AI at a royal palace. And you tell us about the tech that's made a...
Launching a commercial space station
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A company called Vast hopes to put Haven-1 into orbit in 2026. If successful, it'll be the world's first commercial space station. We speak to the com...
Chatbots changing minds
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A study found AI chatbots can persuade us with fake facts. We explore what this means for politics. Then we speak to author of The Web Beneath the Wav...
The darker side of streaming
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Twitch streamer QTCinderella talks about the unwelcome attention she receives in real life. Shiona McCallum reports on robotics for offshore wind farm...
The secret ways AI is used to write hit songs
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re all about AI today. As AI-generated music tops US charts, a musician explains how he uses AI in the songwriting process. A fashion house expla...
Should we allow AI into the classroom ?
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does AI have a role in education ? Some private schools in the United States are swapping traditional teacher-led classroom lessons for laptops and pe...
Living the digital nomad life
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We look at how tech and visas have freed some employees from their desktops, allowing them to continue their work from other parts of the world. They'...
The King and AI
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seven pioneers of artificial intelligence gathered at St James's Palace to receive the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, presented by King Charle...
Digital parenting
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We look at a particular use of tech in family life - using trackers to know where your children are, or your partner, or other relatives. What are the...
Web-scraping bots
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We look at the impact data-scraping robots from AI firms are having on the online encyclopedia used by hundreds of millions of people. Also in this ed...
Red lines for AI
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than 200 prominent individuals and 70 organisations want international agreement on 'do not cross' red lines for artificial intelligence, to prev...
Drones with Tasers
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to the founder and CEO of Axon Enterprise, maker of the Taser, about the tech's future. And the future includes drones armed with Tasers.Also...
Class action
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A class action lawsuit is underway in Italy against Meta and TikTok. Lawyers say they want to protect younger children from social media harm. We look...
Pinterest boss on online safety
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An exclusive interview with Bill Ready, boss of social media platform Pinterest. Plus – what is actually stolen in a cyber-attack, the end of dial-u...
Can we trust AI in health?
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from experts on the pros and cons of using AI in the healthcare world. Plus ex-Minecraft YouTuber Stampy, AKA Joseph Garrett, on turning to ga...
Keeping connected
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're talking about connectivity. How to keep the internet running when international data cables are damaged by earthquakes or war. And are...
Sailing into stormy seas
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A fleet of small robotic sailboats, packed with sensors, are ready to sail into the path of storms, to gather data on developing hurricanes. We find o...
Talking translation
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We test the AI tech that offers live language translation on the telephone. India bans online money games. And AI in the workplace - a global study lo...
What happens when you lose your social media?
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For months, we have been hearing from people all over the world who say they have been unfairly banned from their Facebook and Instagram accounts. Met...
Tech and performance at the Edinburgh Festivals
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special from Edinburgh, where art and performance meet tech with spectacular results. Including a magician with robot assistants, an AI improv group...
Dealing with cyber attacks
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Singapore is experiencing an increase in cyber threats, and its critical infrastructure was targeted in a cyber attack. We speak to the country's Comm...
What happened to DeepSeek?
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
China’s DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? Plus the AI doomsday scenario capturing the imagination of the tech world. H...
Your AI servant
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world in which AI servants are at your beck and call. They work for you, shop for you, book your travel and help organise your family life. ...
Can sewage make tech cleaner ?
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of tonnes of excess sewage, manure, food waste and paper sludge are being pumped hundreds of meters underground in the USA, where it will st...
Quantum question time
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We step inside a quantum computer lab to answer your questions about technology that promises to revolutionise everything from particle physics to fer...
AIs on the road
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Tech Life, we speak to the company behind an AI safe driving device that's fitted to thousands of delivery vans and fleet vehicles around...
The future of the internet is up for debate
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The way the internet will operate in the future is being discussed at the moment. Will it remain as it is now, or could governments become more involv...
Digital twin cities
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the advantages of creating a digital mirror of a city – or an entire island? We speak to a company making digital twins to create simulatio...
Tackling illegal mining with tech
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Tech Life, we're looking at the problems caused by illegal gold mining in Ghana. We'll hear how drones, AI and GPS trackers are being use...
China's booming EV industry
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from inside China on the remarkably fast electric vehicle transition going on there, as the country moves away from petrol and diesel-powered ...
Data and me
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a company we trust with our most personal data gets into financial trouble ? We hear from a woman who trusted a US company with her ...
The digital afterlife business
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're looking at a growing digital industry which allows people to interact - in a way - with the likeness or the voice of someone they care...
Protecting your invention
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're learning about patents - what they are, and who wants one. And by analysing the global demand for patents, we can see future trends i...
The impact of online abuse
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An international study looks at the online experiences of young people from marginalised groups, including sex workers, gay and transgender people, an...
What you don’t see
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luckily much of what we see on social media is safe. But somewhere, somebody has to watch all the horrific content uploaded online in order to filter ...
Weighing the world's forests
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A groundbreaking space mission will help scientists peer through dense jungle canopy to measure the difference the world's forests are making to clima...
Talking dolphin
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do dolphins have their own language ? And could we 'speak' to them ? An AI large language model from Google, called DolphinGemma, is helping experts s...
AI discrimination
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're looking at artificial intelligence and how it can discriminate against us, affecting our chances of getting work or being approved for...
Beyond the tip of the iceberg
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Life looks at icebergs. Climate change means there are more of them in our oceans, breaking away and slowly melting. Scientists need to study the...
Jamming and spoofing
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Life looks at satellite navigation and the increase in cases of signal interference. How could this affect shipping and aviation safety, and what...
Living life with a mind-reading chip
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is it like to live with a computer chip in your brain ? Noland Arbaugh became the first person to receive a device from Elon Musk's neurotechnolo...
Archiving achievement
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A former US Air Force engineer found articles about her were removed from the internet, on US government instructions. She tells us why she wants to a...
Surviving digital banking outages
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Tech Life, we ask why online banking and payment outages happen, and find out what you can do to protect your data and money.The first Sa...
The doctor will see you now
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live trials are under way in Ghana of holoportation 3D telemedicine tech. It allows a patient in a remote location to connect to a doctor many miles a...
Could AI pick the next James Bond?
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Amazon now in charge of James Bond, how will they use data to shape the franchise. We speak to a company which analyses scripts using AI and sugg...
Human life under the oceans
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Planet Earth's oceans remain relatively unexplored. Now one company has a bold plan to build habitats for humans to live and work underwater for long ...
Decoding the brain
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence can pick out the words we're typing from analysis of our brainwaves. Could it give a voice to those who can't speak because of...
China's AI world
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As DeepSeek shocked the world, we speak to an AI expert who worked at a Chinese AI firm. We hear about a new battery exchange system for EVs in Addis ...
Not as dead as a dodo?
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It sounds like a Hollywood movie - bringing extinct animals like the dodo back to life - but a company has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars o...
VPNs and India
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition we're trying to find out why some popular security and privacy services - known as VPNs - are disappearing from app stores in India.Al...
Trust and verify
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition we discuss ways of checking facts on social media. This is after Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook and Instagram will chang...
A glimpse into the future of tech
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Life is at CES in Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest consumer tech shows. We hunt for some of the event’s weirdest tech, and speak to the ...
Tech Life looks forward to 2025
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know what’s in store for the tech world in 2025? Tech Life has got you covered. From AI to cybersecurity, gaming and crypto and beyond, we b...
Tech Life's look back at the year
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the innovations that flourished to those that flopped, from providing virtual boyfriends to taking very real jobs, we look back an another fascin...
Does the robotaxi have a future?
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world’s biggest car manufacturers pulled the plug on its robotaxi project. So what next? We also ask the experts how AI will impact your ...
Cyber warfare
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to cyber security experts about how cyber warfare works – and how it stays out of the headlines. Then we hear about the aerodynamics tech m...
How green is AI?
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Computer scientist Sasha Luccioni is a pioneering voice in AI, especially when it comes to its environmental impact. We speak to her as she is announc...
Tiger trackers used to spy on women
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Women in a forest in India found they were being followed and recorded by cameras which were meant to be for monitoring tigers and other wildlife. We ...
Donald Trump’s robodogs
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robot security dogs have been spotted at Mar-A-Lago, the Florida home of US president-elect Donald Trump. Who are behind them, and what security servi...
The dangerous job of online moderating
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from a former moderator in Kenya who was left traumatised by his previous job. And we ask what video games could do to be more accessible to b...
Is this show fake?
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Life created a fake podcast using a new AI tool from Google Labs, and we spoke to the head of the tool, Steven Johnson. Don’t worry – this pr...
The fall of a global chip maker
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Intel was once unrivalled as the world's chip maker. Now it has fallen behind its rivals. We hear why the company is struggling ahead of its latest ea...
Do you use artificial intelligence at work ?
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're looking at artificial intelligence in the workplace - how are employers and employees using it ? An international survey provides some...
The minerals tech can't do without
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does the tech you use depend too much on a few critical minerals ? When a hurricane temporarily disrupted mining in the small town of Spruce Pine, th...
Big data and femtech
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Life is looking at big data - and how important it is to healthcare. Specifically, how it can help women's health. A femtech company in the Unite...
The big business of online charity donations
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does a company make profit in the charity fundraising space? We speak to Tim Cadogan, CEO of online fundraising platform GoFundMe. We hear about t...
Will AI replace call centre workers?
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the ongoing question about AI – will it replace jobs or create new ones? We look at the argument from the point of view of call centre worker...
Online maps
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Online mapping - we find out how it can help humanitarian work around the world. Alasdair Keane tries on virtual reality goggles that are teaching stu...
X in Brazil
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Life speaks to some keen users of X in Brazil. What do they think of the ban imposed on the platform that was previously known as Twitter ? Have ...
When civil war breaks out
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We get a first-hand insight into how the war in Sudan has affected tech workers and companies there. Also on Tech Life:Old unwanted fishing nets are a...
The voice cloning lawsuit
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from two voice over artists, based in New York City, who have filed a lawsuit against an AI company they claim stole their voices.Also on Tech...
Artificial intelligence helps doctors detect lung cancer
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An artificial intelligence tool is helping to detect chest issues, which could indicate lung cancer, in a matter of seconds. It's now in use in forty ...
The Olympic esports games and Saudi Arabia
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at a recent announcement from the International Olympic Committee that the inaugural Olympic esports games will be hosted in Saudi Arab...
Turning the tables on online romance scammers
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's called Pig Butchering - a cruel romance scam which has victims around the world. The BBC's Cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy, was targeted online. He...
When the power goes
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do we cope when the tech we rely on stops working? This week we look at different types of blackouts . We explore the Bangladesh internet shutdown...
Turning the racetrack electric
23 Jul 2024
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Alasdair Keane is at the season finale of the Formula E, taking a look at how the tech has advanced over 10 years. We hear from the co-founder of the ...
Tech at the Olympics
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the Olympics in Paris, we look at tech in sport. How is it used by athletes to improve their performance? And how is it used to deliver the s...
Tech that refuses to die
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Japan axes the use of floppy discs for official government business, presenter Chris Vallance looks at other old tech that's still in use. From mag...
If we could talk to the animals
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from Peter Gabriel, who is endorsing a competition to find a way of decoding animal communications using AI and then talk back to them. We get...
Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Experts develop a new blood test that could change the way suspected cases of bowel cancer are managed. At the heart of it is A.I. analysis to calcula...
Bionic arms and robotic thumbs
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Presenter Shiona McCallum is joined by technology reporter Paul Carter to look at some of the latest developments in artificial limb tech. Paul talks ...
Helping our animal friends
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lab testing of animals is often used to study diseases, or assess the safety of new drugs or substances before they are trialled on humans. Could A.I....
Dating a chatbot
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? We hear about women in China who prefer to date a chatbot over a real person. How can tech be used to unlock ...
Being watched
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence - technologies increasingly being adopted by law enforceme...
Tackling online abuse of athletes
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the Paris Olympics, Alasdair Keane hears how the organisation behind the event is enlisting an AI platform to tackle online abuse aimed at at...
Help for cancer patients
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Blood tests are part of the process of receiving cancer treatment. But they can be time-consuming and require visits to hospital. A new blood test mac...