Tech Life

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

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Weighing the world's forests
The space mission to better understand how forests affect climate change on Earth.
29 Apr 2025,26 mins
Talking dolphin
Artificial intelligence is being used to unlock the mysteries of dolphin communication.
22 Apr 2025,26 mins
AI discrimination
What is AI discrimination, and can it be fixed ?
15 Apr 2025,26 mins
Beyond the tip of the iceberg
How do you get close enough to study a gigantic mass of ice floating in cold waters ?
08 Apr 2025,26 mins
Jamming and spoofing
UN agencies are worried about rising cases of satellite navigation signal interference.
01 Apr 2025,26 mins
Living life with a mind-reading chip
Noland Arbaugh has a chip in his brain to translate his thoughts into computer commands.
25 Mar 2025,26 mins
Archiving achievement
How the US government’s crackdown on diversity deleted women’s military contributions.
18 Mar 2025,26 mins
Surviving digital banking outages
Why do online banking systems sometimes go offline, leaving you with no access to cash ?
11 Mar 2025,26 mins
The doctor will see you now
Find out how holoportation 3D telemedicine technology is helping patients in Ghana.
04 Mar 2025,26 mins
Could AI pick the next James Bond?
With Amazon in charge of James Bond, could they use AI for scripts and casting?
25 Feb 2025,26 mins
Human life under the oceans
Plans are underway for humans to live and work in underwater habitats for long durations
18 Feb 2025,26 mins
Decoding the brain
Could AI help people with speech loss talk by interpreting signals in their brain ?
11 Feb 2025,26 mins
China's AI world
As DeepSeek shocked the world, we speak to an AI expert who worked at a Chinese AI firm.
04 Feb 2025,26 mins
Not as dead as a dodo?
How one company is trying to bring extinct animals like the dodo back to life
28 Jan 2025,26 mins
VPNs and India
The mystery of the security and privacy apps disappearing from app stores in India.
21 Jan 2025,26 mins
Trust and verify
This edition is all about facts, the future and finding our way.
14 Jan 2025,26 mins
A glimpse into the future of tech
Tech Life is at CES in Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest consumer tech shows.
07 Jan 2025,26 mins
Tech Life looks forward to 2025
Want to know what’s in store for the tech world in 2025? Tech Life has got you covered.
31 Dec 2024,26 mins
Tech Life's look back at the year
We look back at the high and lows of another fascinating twelve months in tech
24 Dec 2024,26 mins
Does the robotaxi have a future?
How tech is transforming the way the world works, learns and plays
17 Dec 2024,26 mins
Cyber warfare
Cyber warfare, aerodynamic tech in athletics and the new Indiana Jones.
10 Dec 2024,26 mins
How green is AI?
Tech Life meets leading AI scientist Sasha Luccioni, one of the BBC’s 100 Women 2024.
03 Dec 2024,26 mins
Tiger trackers used to spy on women
Tiger tracking cameras have been misused to take videos of women in a forest in India.
26 Nov 2024,26 mins
Donald Trump’s robodogs
Who's behind the robot dogs at Donald Trump's house? Plus: Wasting scammers' time.
19 Nov 2024,26 mins
The dangerous job of online moderating
We hear from a former moderator in Kenya who was left traumatised by his previous job.
12 Nov 2024,26 mins
Is this show fake?
Tech Life creates a fake podcast using an AI tool from Google. Plus, political deepfakes.
05 Nov 2024,26 mins
The fall of a global chip maker
Intel was once unrivalled as the world's chip maker. Now it's fallen behind its rivals.
29 Oct 2024,26 mins
Do you use artificial intelligence at work ?
A new survey looks at how AI is being adopted in the workplace.
22 Oct 2024,26 mins
The minerals tech can't do without
A hurricane disrupted mining in a small US town, and the tech world looked on with alarm.
15 Oct 2024,26 mins
Big data and femtech
We're talking about data and artificial intelligence - how it can help women's healthcare
08 Oct 2024,26 mins