Tech Life in Las Vegas
09 Jan 2024
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Las Vegas plays host to CES - one of the biggest consumer tech trade shows in the world. Alasdair Ke...
Tech predictions for 2024
02 Jan 2024
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Shiona McCallum and Alasdair Keane present a special edition of Tech Life. They invite BBC reporters...
The year that was in tech
29 Dec 2023
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Tech Life looks back at another rollercoaster twelve months. From warnings AI might kill us all, to ...
Our surfing habits
19 Dec 2023
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Internet usage is booming. We're using online services more than ever before. So which ones are popu...
Connecting people
12 Dec 2023
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Tech Life looks at ways to connect people. We examine the mobile phone usage gap. What is it and can...
From farm to fork with tech
05 Dec 2023
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Alasdair Keane is on a farm with a difference exploring the tech helping farmers adapt to changing c...
Tackling e-waste around the world
28 Nov 2023
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Shiona McCallum reports from Kenya on ways people there are tackling e-waste and helping to recycle ...
Searching for the Tech Factor
21 Nov 2023
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We join the search for tomorrow's innovators at a global competition in Portugal. Who will win ? Lis...
Tech Life goes to Nairobi
14 Nov 2023
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This special edition of Tech Life comes from Nairobi, in Kenya. We visit an agri-tech hackathon, whe...
Speaking out against teen sexual harassment on Instagram
07 Nov 2023
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Arturo Béjar is a former director of engineering at Facebook and was responsible for its protect an...
Artificial intelligence in the classroom
31 Oct 2023
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A professional body for computing in the United Kingdom says schools should teach children how to us...
This episode could have been an email
24 Oct 2023
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From summarising video calls to making presentations in minutes, Microsoft is launching an AI copilo...
Spotting fake news online
17 Oct 2023
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BBC disinformation reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh talks to Tech Life about the spread of false informa...
The carbon footprint of AI
10 Oct 2023
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Researchers estimate that the AI industry could consume as much energy annually as a country the siz...
Where are we on the road to EV?
03 Oct 2023
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Shiona McCallum takes Tech Life on the road to find out more about electric vehicles and the challen...
Be My AI: When innovation and privacy clash
26 Sep 2023
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An AI-powered tool helped blind people make sense of the world - then ran into privacy concerns. Be ...
The world focusses on facial recognition
19 Sep 2023
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Simon Gordon, founder of Facewatch, a British facial recognition company and Fraser Sampson, the UK...
The health tech changing lives in Africa
12 Sep 2023
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There's a new testing kit for life-threatening diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. We hear about the tec...
Battery tech goes super miniature - and tear powered
05 Sep 2023
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Associate Professor Lee Seok Woo, from NTU, in Singapore, tells us how a Tom Cruise film inspired hi...
Charting the true cost of AI
29 Aug 2023
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This week, the academic Kate Crawford tells us how she travelled the world to find the true cost of ...
Why do smart speakers get facts wrong?
22 Aug 2023
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Have you ever turned to a smart assistant on your phone or a speaker to catch up on the progress of ...
Tech taught me
15 Aug 2023
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The internet is full of ways to learn, from quick life hacks to new skills. On Tech Life we meet the...
Fighting forest fires with technology
08 Aug 2023
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Juan Lavista Ferres, chief data scientist at Microsoft's AI For Good Lab, tells Tech Life how artifi...
The cost of data
01 Aug 2023
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Have you thought about the cost of storing data from your phone or tablet ? We examine what cloud st...
X marks the spot
25 Jul 2023
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Zoe Kleinman and Shiona McCallum talk about X, the new name for Twitter, as Elon Musk continues maki...
The new world AI is making
18 Jul 2023
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DeepMind founder Mustafa Suleyman reflects on the AI revolution - and tells us he left the UK for Si...
The changing social media landscape
11 Jul 2023
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Meta - the owner of Facebook - has launched Threads, a text-based social media app. Tech Life's corr...
Elon Musk's Twitter: More changes and more competition
04 Jul 2023
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Bruce Daisley, a former European vice president of Twitter, talks to Tech Life. We report on scammer...
Can artificial intelligence be a force for good?
27 Jun 2023
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Scientist, best-selling author and entrepreneur, Gary Marcus talks to Tech Life about the forthcomin...
Have we had enough of podcasts?
20 Jun 2023
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Technology consultant Ann Charles on the future of podcasting after Spotify ditches some of its high...
The EU takes action on AI
13 Jun 2023
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This week Zoe Kleinman travels to Strasbourg, France to meet Margrethe Vestager, the woman leading t...
Apple's big bet on virtual reality
06 Jun 2023
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Tech Life goes to Apple Park at Cupertino, California, for the launch of the Vision Pro Mixed Realit...
The drama about AI in Hollywood
30 May 2023
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Film-maker Justine Bateman on why she and her Hollywood colleagues fear AI will take their jobs. Dru...
What's the deal with chips?
23 May 2023
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Tech Life explores the chips found in everyday tech, and why governments are competing to make them....
Is Elon Musk's Twitter harming global political free speech?
16 May 2023
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The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, tells us Elon Musk’s Twitter is making it harder for the in...
A warning about AI from a founding father of the IT age
09 May 2023
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The inventor of the first Apple computer Steve "Woz" Wozniak tells us of his fears that AI will supe...
Is digital life booming in Rio?
02 May 2023
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With the first Web Summit taking place in Brazil, Tech Life explores digital transformation in South...
'I sacrificed my soul': A Facebook moderator's story
25 Apr 2023
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This week, an update on the legal battle between Meta and former Facebook moderators in Kenya. One o...
Is AI racing ahead too fast?
18 Apr 2023
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As Google's boss, Sunder Pichai, says he doesn't fully understand its AI products, tech investor Ian...
Kidfluencers: Do we share too much about kids online?
11 Apr 2023
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Tech Life looks into the world of Kidfluencers, and asks if too much of children's lives are shared ...
How to make sure the whole world benefits from AI
04 Apr 2023
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Martha Lane Fox reflects on her 30 years in tech, including her front row seat in Elon Musk's takeov...
Putting Google's AI chatbot Bard to the test
24 Mar 2023
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The search giant is rolling out its challenger in the artificial intelligence arms race, competing a...
ChatGPT: Where will we use AI chatbots next?
17 Mar 2023
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With more announcements about AI chatbot GPT4, we hear how it will be further integrated into Micros...
WhatsApp: We speak to boss, Will Cathcart
10 Mar 2023
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Shiona McCallum is at Meta's London HQ to chat to WhatsApp boss, Will Cathcart. We explore their res...
Why are some governments worried about TikTok?
03 Mar 2023
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We look at why some governments are worried about TikTok. We hear about pregnancy discrimination in ...
Big Tech's big legal headache
24 Feb 2023
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The US Supreme Court is hearing claims that big tech firms such as Google and Twitter should be cons...
Apple workers accuse firm of 'union busting'
17 Feb 2023
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One employee tells the BBC the tech giant has been attempting to 'scare' staff. The firm says it con...
The AI search race is on
10 Feb 2023
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Three big players in internet search have announced plans to integrate AI but can Google and Baidu r...
Sacked Twitter staff take on Elon Musk
03 Feb 2023
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Several workers are launching legal action against Twitter. It follows a round of mass lay-offs at t...
Can Ticketmaster 'shake off' the bots?
27 Jan 2023
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Shiona McCallum explores what can be done about online bots targeting ticket sales. It’s after Tic...
MRNA: The tech that transforms cancer treatment?
13 Jan 2023
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The boss of Moderna, Stephane Bancel, tells us about how MRNA technology could transform the treatme...
Tech Tent goes to CES
06 Jan 2023
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Tech Tent is in Las Vegas, in the US, for CES, one of the world' s biggest and most important tech s...
Tech predictions for 2023
30 Dec 2022
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Shiona McCallum and Joe Tidy invite the BBC's tech experts in Africa, Asia, America and Europe to ma...
The Tech Tent Christmas quiz
22 Dec 2022
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The technology news team review the year in the form of a quiz. Paul Carter and Liv McMahon take on ...
The law catches up with Sam Bankman-Fried
16 Dec 2022
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Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested and charged days after telling our reporter Joe Tidy he was confident ...
ChatGPT: The AI chatbot everyone is talking to
09 Dec 2022
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How do you feel about talking to a computer? New AI chatbot, ChatGPT, passed one million users in ju...
China's Great Firewall fails
02 Dec 2022
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This week journalist and author James Griffiths explains how the Great Firewall of China works - and...
Is there a future for smart speakers?
25 Nov 2022
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Smart Speakers have become part of the furniture of many people's homes, but they don't seem to have...
FTX: A crypto crisis
18 Nov 2022
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The collapse of the FTX currency exchange, and the downfall of its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried has be...
Big Tech's big job losses
11 Nov 2022
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This week Facebook owner Meta becomes the latest tech giant to axe thousands of jobs. We ask veteran...
Twitter's tumultuous first week under Elon Musk
04 Nov 2022
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Tech Tent analyses Elon Musk's first few days in charge of Twitter. Cyber reporter Joe Tidy meets th...
'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech
27 Oct 2022
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The UK's deputy information commissioner tells Tech Tent why some new biometric technologies are "th...
This number has been disconnected
21 Oct 2022
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Tech Tent explores why millions of SIM cards face being disconnected in Kenya and Ghana as authoriti...
How TikTok syphons off money from some of those most in need
14 Oct 2022
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Tech Tent finds out about the BBC investigation into how much money donated through Tik Tok live act...
Elon Musk's Twitter take over rises from the ashes
07 Oct 2022
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Elon Musk wanted Twitter, then he didn't - and now he does again. Why has he changed his mind and wh...
Why are there still so few women in tech?
30 Sep 2022
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The boss of Apple, Tim Cook, tells the BBC there are no good excuses for the persistent gender imbal...
The protests sending Iran offline
23 Sep 2022
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This week: Iran suffers internet blackouts and mobile phone outages as protestors mount angry protes...
The Merge: A cryptocurrency revolution
16 Sep 2022
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This week on Tech Tent: the Merge - Ethereum, the world's second biggest cryptocurrency, attempts th...
Apple tries to build back the buzz
11 Sep 2022
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On Tech Tent this week Silicon Valley reporter James Clayton joins us from Apple's new product launc...
India's high speed broadband revolution
02 Sep 2022
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On Tech Tent this week, we hear about India's ambitions to build the world's fastest 5G network - an...
More trouble at Twitter
26 Aug 2022
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On Tech Tent this week, reporter Chris Vallance runs us through the serious allegations about lax se...
Can TikTok stars make it on the real stage?
19 Aug 2022
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This week Tech Tent speaks to TikTok stars Chloe and Tabby Tingey - aka the Sugarcoated Sisters - ab...
Esports at the Commonwealth Games
12 Aug 2022
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We meet the gamers vying for unofficial medals that the Commonwealth GamesAmazon warehouse workers i...
The future of medical virtual reality
05 Aug 2022
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We take a look at virtual reality as it helps surgeons in Brazil work with colleagues in Britain on ...
The battle over encrypted messaging
29 Jul 2022
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The head of WhatsApp signals the firm will resist efforts to weaken its encryption, as the UK and EU...
Is Tesla in trouble?
22 Jul 2022
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On Tech Tent this week, tech journalist Charles Arthur on the troubles at Tesla. The boss of Tinder ...
Twitter and Elon Musk: The deal goes sour
15 Jul 2022
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As Twitter launches legal action to compel Elon Musk to complete a takeover he says he now wants to ...
How Wimbledon has gone high tech
08 Jul 2022
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This week Tech Tent comes from the Wimbledon tennis championships, in London, and finds out about th...
The profound tech consequences of Roe v Wade
01 Jul 2022
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Professor Gina Neff and Eva Blum-Dumontet investigate how individuals and tech companies should reac...
The graphic content missed by Meta's moderators
24 Jun 2022
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On Tech Tent this week, a BBC investigation into so-called "up-skirting" on Facebook - and Thomas Hu...
Is El Salvador's bitcoin revolution failing?
17 Jun 2022
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This week Tech Tent is presented by Joe Tidy, who's been to El Salvador - which has bought thousands...
Is the work from home revolution unstoppable?
10 Jun 2022
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As new data shows the work from home revolution is accelerating, we ask if technology has forced the...
Why is the internet still a hostile place for women?
03 Jun 2022
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This week, Dianne Olivan, Gender Engagement and Policy Officer, World Wide Web Foundation, and coord...
Another setback for facial recognition technology
27 May 2022
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This week Dr Stephanie Hare, author of Technology is Not Neutral, and Dr Rick Muir, of the Police Fo...
Is the cryptocurrency bubble bursting?
20 May 2022
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This week Tech Tent takes the temperature of the crypto market with the BBC's cyber reporter Joe Tid...
Learning the lessons of Wannacry, five years on
13 May 2022
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Tech Tent speaks to Marcus Hutchins, the British cyber security expert who singlehandedly stopped th...
Are we on the cusp of a VR revolution?
06 May 2022
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Meta announcing plans for a Metaverse has intensified interest in virtual and augmented reality. But...
Twitter: The Elon Musk takeover
29 Apr 2022
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On the programme this week, Brooke Erin Duffy of Cornell University returns to give her assessment o...
A setback for Netflix
22 Apr 2022
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Tech Tent speaks to Julian Aquilina, from Enders analysis, on how serious a blow Netflix's loss of s...
Facial recognition technology and the war in Ukraine
15 Apr 2022
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A controversial facial recognition company helps identify the dead in Ukraine. And a look at whether...
What next for Twitter now Elon Musk is on board?
08 Apr 2022
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This week, Tech Tent speaks to Professor Brooke Erin Duffy about what Elon Musk investing in Twitter...
A huge, new crypto heist
01 Apr 2022
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We report on the latest high-profile, high value theft of cryptocurrency. David Canellis, from the w...
The tech of war crime investigation
25 Mar 2022
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This week's episode features an interview with Wendy Betts, who is involved with an app developed fo...
Tech goes to the aid of Ukrainian refugees
19 Mar 2022
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This week's guests include Ina Burgstaller, who set up an online service for victims of the war need...
The cyber conflict in Ukraine
05 Mar 2022
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Alongside the physical conflict in Ukraine, battles are also being fought online. What do they tell ...
The return of Trump?
18 Feb 2022
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Donald Trump is banned on Twitter and Facebook. Can he make a social media comeback? James Clayton a...
A major chip deal collapses
11 Feb 2022
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Chip maker Arm won't be bought by Nvidia after all. Jane Wakefield speaks to the new Arm CEO Rene Ha...
Facebook's metaverse gamble
04 Feb 2022
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Facebook is losing users, will it's pivot to the metaverse pay off? Chris Fox speaks to Parmy Olson,...
Making microchips in the US
28 Jan 2022
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Chris Fox and Jane Wakefield discuss Intel and US efforts to make more microchips at home amid the c...
The largest gaming deal in history
21 Jan 2022
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Microsoft said it plans to buy mega games company Activision Blizzard in deal worth almost $70bn. Ho...