Tech Life Episodes Episode guide
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When civil war breaks out
What happens to a country's tech scene when violent conflict erupts ?
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The voice cloning lawsuit
Two voice actors take legal action claiming their voices were stolen and cloned using AI.
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Artificial intelligence helps doctors detect lung cancer
AI is acting as a second pair of eyes for radiologists examining X-rays.
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The Olympic esports games and Saudi Arabia
The IOC announced the inaugural games will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. Not all are happy
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Turning the tables on online romance scammers
We speak to the 麻豆社 journalist who exposed an online con.
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When the power goes
The impact of internet outages in Bangladesh, and power cuts in South Africa and Cuba
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Turning the racetrack electric
We're at the Formula E season finale, exploring how the tech has advanced over 10 years.
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Tech at the Olympics
How do athletes use technology to improve their performance?
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Tech that refuses to die
We look at old tech that's been around for decades and is still useful.
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If we could talk to the animals
Music legend Peter Gabriel talks about AI technology and communicating with animals.
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Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence
The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer.
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Bionic arms and robotic thumbs
This week Tech Life has a special programme about the technology of artificial limbs.
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Helping our animal friends
This edition of Tech Life is all about animals and tech.
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Dating a chatbot
What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? The women in China who date chatbots.
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Being watched
Words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence.
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Tackling online abuse of athletes
The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes
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Help for cancer patients
The machine that allows patients to take their own blood samples for analysis from home.
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The mammoth ivory problem
Tech can play a role in combating the illegal trade in elephant ivory.
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TikTok world
TikTok is a popular video sharing platform, but not so popular with some governments.
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Humanoid robots
Are they really that practical and useful ?
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Fixing undersea cables
Undersea fibre-optic cables help keep us online - but what happens when they break ?
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Space junk
What is it, and what risk does it pose to the technologies we rely on in everyday life ?
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Predicting the future of tech
How will the internet, and other tech we use today, evolve in the future ?
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Charging electric bikes and scooters
What can be done to make charging them safer ?
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Tech Life meets Spot the robot
How a robot named Spot is helping humans in radioactive places
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Mobile phones
We look at some of the reasons you choose your mobile phone handset
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Exploring space
We visit two centres developing deep space communications and rocket launches.
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Tech Life in Barcelona
We visit a big mobile phone industry event in Spain
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Detecting audio deepfakes
We look at tech to fight deepfake AI-powered audio impersonators.
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Tracking giraffes
What connects the Chinese government, giraffes in Namibia, and tech?