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...
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 traditiona...
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 contin...
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 Elizabe...
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,...
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 ...
Red lines for AI
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than 200 prominent individuals and 70 organisations want international agreement on 'do not cro...
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...
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 protec...
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 ac...
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 You...
Keeping connected
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're talking about connectivity. How to keep the internet running when international data...
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, ...
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 ...
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 bann...
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 ...
Dealing with cyber attacks
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Singapore is experiencing an increase in cyber threats, and its critical infrastructure was targeted...
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 scena...
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, boo...
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 ...
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 rev...
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 th...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 he...
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 - w...
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 glo...
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, inc...
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 ho...
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 ...
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...
AI discrimination
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're looking at artificial intelligence and how it can discriminate against us, affecting...
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 awa...
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 ...
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 ...
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 govern...
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 ...
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 r...
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 ...
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 habitat...
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 i...
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 abo...
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 compa...
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 V...
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 Zuck...
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...
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...
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 tak...
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...
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 hea...
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 envir...
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 t...
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 T...
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 wh...
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 t...
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 wh...
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 employee...
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 dis...
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 h...
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 onl...
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 arg...
Online maps
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Online mapping - we find out how it can help humanitarian work around the world. Alasdair Keane trie...
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 pla...
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....
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 ...
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,...
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 ...
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 Cybe...
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 black...
Turning the racetrack electric
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alasdair Keane is at the season finale of the Formula E, taking a look at how the tech has advanced ...
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 thei...
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 loo...
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 communic...
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 manag...
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...
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 substan...
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 o...
Being watched
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence - techno...
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...
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 an...
The mammoth ivory problem
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Customs officers looking for illegally traded elephant ivory face a challenge, because ivory taken f...
TikTok world
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're taking a global look at TikTok, and some of the problems the video sharing platform ...
Humanoid robots
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're looking at humanoid robots - the ones that look like us. They have arms and legs. But are they...
Fixing undersea cables
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We dive the ocean depths to find out how you fix undersea cables that keep us online. Also this week...
Space junk
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Tech Life we are looking at the problem of space junk, the man-made debris hurtling aro...
Predicting the future of tech
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The internet plays an important role in most of our lives today. What will it, and other tech, look ...
Charging electric bikes and scooters
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Electric bikes and scooters are popular. But charging them can be inconvenient, and occasionally ris...
Tech Life meets Spot the robot
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are hundreds of former nuclear reactors around the world, which are harmful for those trying t...
Mobile phones
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you look for when buying a mobile phone? And what do you do with your old phone? Have you th...
Exploring space
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Kleinman visits a satellite earth station from the era of the first moon landings, and a spacepo...
Tech Life in Barcelona
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MWC in Barcelona is a big global mobile phone industry event. Shiona McCallum is there for Tech Life...
Detecting audio deepfakes
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Voice cloning is becoming so sophisticated that even live phone calls can be generated by machine. I...
Tracking giraffes
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What connects the Chinese government, giraffes in Namibia, and tech ? We bring you the strange tale ...
Health Tech
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're looking at health tech. Our reporter gets hands-on with a new ultrasound system in Kenya helpi...
Rescue Tech
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sonar and AI have been brought together in a hand-held device that can find humans underwater. We sp...
The world of VPNs
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Life does a deep dive into Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs. We find out the countries where t...
Technology and mental health
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Technology can pose dangers to our mental health - cyberbullying, social media addiction and disinfo...
Tech Life in Las Vegas
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Las Vegas plays host to CES - one of the biggest consumer tech trade shows in the world. Alasdair Ke...