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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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
麻豆社 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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How TikTok syphons off money from some of those most in need
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Much of the money donated to displaced people in Syria is ending up in TikTok's pockets
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Elon Musk's Twitter take over rises from the ashes
Fri 7 Oct 2022
Why has the world's richest man changed his mind - again - about buying Twitter?
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Why are there still so few women in tech?
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Apple's Tim Cook tells the 麻豆社 there are "no excuses" for the sector's male dominance.
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The protests sending Iran offline
Fri 23 Sep 2022
The Iranian authorities take down the internet - will stop anti-regime protests?
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The Merge: A cryptocurrency revolution
Fri 16 Sep 2022
One of the biggest names in crypto, Ethereum, tries to go green - will it work?
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Apple tries to build back the buzz
Sun 11 Sep 2022
A slew of new products and a glitzy launch - what will they mean for Apple's fortunes.
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India's high speed broadband revolution
Fri 2 Sep 2022
India is promised the world's biggest 5G network - and grocery shopping on WhatsApp
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More trouble at Twitter
Fri 26 Aug 2022
A whistleblower makes explosive allegations about the social network's security
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Can TikTok stars make it on the real stage?
Fri 19 Aug 2022
What happens when social media sensations meet a real life Edinburgh Fringe audience?
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Esports at the Commonwealth Games
Fri 12 Aug 2022
We meet the gamers vying for unofficial medals that the Commonwealth Games
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The future of medical virtual reality
Fri 5 Aug 2022
We take a look at virtual reality as it helps surgeons separate twins joined at the head
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The battle over encrypted messaging
Fri 29 Jul 2022
The head of WhatsApp signals the firm will resist efforts to weaken its encryption
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Is Tesla in trouble?
Fri 22 Jul 2022
A setback for the world's biggest electric car maker as it ditches its bitcoin investment
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Twitter and Elon Musk: The deal goes sour
Fri 15 Jul 2022
What happens now Elon Musk wants to pull out and how damaged will he and Twitter be?
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