Tech Life Podcast
Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world.
Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.
Episodes to download
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What's the deal with chips?
Tue 23 May 2023
Tech Life unpacks what chips are and the global competition to make them
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Is Elon Musk's Twitter harming global political free speech?
Tue 16 May 2023
Wikipedia's founder criticises Twitter for taking down content about Turkey's election
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A warning about AI from a founding father of the IT age
Tue 9 May 2023
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak worries that AI will supercharge scams
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Is digital life booming in Rio?
Tue 2 May 2023
With Web Summit arriving in Rio we explore how Brazil is embracing digital
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'I sacrificed my soul': A Facebook moderator's story
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Exposed to the worst of the internet and then fired - the moderators taking Meta to court
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Is AI racing ahead too fast?
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Google's boss admits he doesn't fully understand how its AI products work
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Kidfluencers: Do we share too much about kids online?
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Is it right to make money online from children's social media profiles?
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How to make sure the whole world benefits from AI
Tue 4 Apr 2023
Are some countries and languages being cut out of the AI revolution?
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Putting Google's AI chatbot Bard to the test
Fri 24 Mar 2023
The search giant is rolling out its challenger in the artificial intelligence arms race.
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ChatGPT: Where will we use AI chatbots next?
Fri 17 Mar 2023
Tech Tent hears how Microsoft and Duolingo are incorporating AI chat bot GPT4
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WhatsApp: We speak to boss, Will Cathcart
Fri 10 Mar 2023
WhatsApp's boss talks to Tech Tent about the global messaging app
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Why are some governments worried about TikTok?
Fri 3 Mar 2023
Why are some governments worried about TikTok and what's the future of noise
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Big Tech's big legal headache
Fri 24 Feb 2023
Campaigners want to make tech giants liable for harmful content online
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Apple workers accuse firm of 'union busting'
Fri 17 Feb 2023
One employee tells the 成人快手 the tech giant has been trying to 'scare' staff.
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The AI search race is on
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Microsoft, Google and Baidu all unveal plans for AI search, but who will win the race?
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Sacked Twitter staff take on Elon Musk
Fri 3 Feb 2023
Several workers are launching legal action against the social media firm
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Can Ticketmaster 'shake off' the bots?
Fri 27 Jan 2023
Ticketmaster blames bots for Taylor Swift fans missing out on tickets
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MRNA: The tech that transforms cancer treatment?
Fri 13 Jan 2023
We ask if MRNA vaccines could be the technology that revolutionises cancer treatment
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Tech Tent goes to CES
Fri 6 Jan 2023
A special edition from Las Vegas - home to CES, one of the world's biggest tech shows.
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Tech predictions for 2023
Fri 30 Dec 2022
成人快手 reporters around the world predict the top tech trends for 2023
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The Tech Tent Christmas quiz
Fri 23 Dec 2022
Two teams battle it out to see what they remember from a rollercoaster year in tech
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The law catches up with Sam Bankman-Fried
Fri 16 Dec 2022
The former crypto boss is arrested and charged with fraud: what next for the industry?
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ChatGPT: The AI chatbot everyone is talking to
Fri 9 Dec 2022
Tech Tent explores the potential uses and limitations of ChatGPT
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China's Great Firewall fails
Fri 2 Dec 2022
How are protests happening in the world's most high tech surveillance state?
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Is there a future for smart speakers?
Fri 25 Nov 2022
Smart Speakers are in many people's homes, but have they reached the end of the road?
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Big Tech's big job losses
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Meta becomes the latest giant to shed thousands of posts - how serious a crisis is this?
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Twitter's tumultuous first week under Elon Musk
Fri 4 Nov 2022
Elon Musk starts to reshape Twitter - we analyse what we've learnt about his plans.
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'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech
Fri 28 Oct 2022
UK regulators warn against some emerging biometric products saying they will never work
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This number has been disconnected
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Millions of SIM cards are being disconnected in Kenya and Ghana unless owners register
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