Tech Life
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Tech Life
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 affe...
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Tech Life's look back at 2025
A selection of our favourite stories in 2025. From bringing back extinct species to AI at a royal palace. And you tell us about the tech that's made a...
Launching a commercial space station
A company called Vast hopes to put Haven-1 into orbit in 2026. If successful, it'll be the world's first commercial space station. We speak to the com...
Chatbots changing minds
A study found AI chatbots can persuade us with fake facts. We explore what this means for politics. Then we speak to author of The Web Beneath the Wav...
The darker side of streaming
Twitch streamer QTCinderella talks about the unwelcome attention she receives in real life. Shiona McCallum reports on robotics for offshore wind farm...
The secret ways AI is used to write hit songs
We’re all about AI today. As AI-generated music tops US charts, a musician explains how he uses AI in the songwriting process. A fashion house explain...
Should we allow AI into the classroom ?
Does AI have a role in education? Some private schools in the United States are swapping traditional teacher-led classroom lessons for laptops and per...
Living the digital nomad life
We look at how tech and visas have freed some employees from their desktops, allowing them to continue their work from other parts of the world. They'...
The King and AI
Seven pioneers of artificial intelligence gathered at St James's Palace to receive the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, presented by King Charle...
Digital parenting
We look at a particular use of tech in family life - using trackers to know where your children are, or your partner, or other relatives. What are the...
Web-scraping bots
We look at the impact data-scraping robots from AI firms are having on the online encyclopedia used by hundreds of millions of people.
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Red lines for AI
More than 200 prominent individuals and 70 organisations want international agreement on 'do not cross' red lines for artificial intelligence, to prev...
Drones with Tasers
We speak to the founder and CEO of Axon Enterprise, maker of the Taser, about the tech's future. And the future includes drones armed with Tasers.
Class action
A class action lawsuit is underway in Italy against Meta and TikTok. Lawyers say they want to protect younger children from social media harm. We look...
Pinterest boss on online safety
An exclusive interview with Bill Ready, boss of social media platform Pinterest. Plus – what is actually stolen in a cyber-attack, the end of dial-up...
Can we trust AI in health?
We hear from experts on the pros and cons of using AI in the healthcare world. Plus ex-Minecraft YouTuber Stampy, AKA Joseph Garrett, on turning to ga...
Keeping connected
This week we're talking about connectivity. How to keep the internet running when international data cables are damaged by earthquakes or war. And are...
Sailing into stormy seas
A fleet of small robotic sailboats, packed with sensors, are ready to sail into the path of storms, to gather data on developing hurricanes. We find o...
Talking translation
We test the AI tech that offers live language translation on the telephone. India bans online money games. And AI in the workplace - a global study lo...
What happens when you lose your social media?
For months, we have been hearing from people all over the world who say they have been unfairly banned from their Facebook and Instagram accounts. Met...
Tech and performance at the Edinburgh Festivals
A special from Edinburgh, where art and performance meet tech with spectacular results. Including a magician with robot assistants, an AI improv group...
Dealing with cyber attacks
Singapore is experiencing an increase in cyber threats, and its critical infrastructure was targeted in a cyber attack. We speak to the country's Comm...
What happened to DeepSeek?
China’s DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? Plus the AI doomsday scenario capturing the imagination of the tech world. How...
Your AI servant
Imagine a world in which AI servants are at your beck and call. They work for you, shop for you, book your travel and help organise your family life....
Can sewage make tech cleaner ?
Thousands of tonnes of excess sewage, manure, food waste and paper sludge are being pumped hundreds of meters underground in the USA, where it will st...
Quantum question time
We step inside a quantum computer lab to answer your questions about technology that promises to revolutionise everything from particle physics to fer...
AIs on the road
This week on Tech Life, we speak to the company behind an AI safe driving device that's fitted to thousands of delivery vans and fleet vehicles around...
The future of the internet is up for debate
The way the internet will operate in the future is being discussed at the moment. Will it remain as it is now, or could governments become more involv...
Digital twin cities
What are the advantages of creating a digital mirror of a city – or an entire island? We speak to a company making digital twins to create simulations...
Tackling illegal mining with tech
This week on Tech Life, we're looking at the problems caused by illegal gold mining in Ghana. We'll hear how drones, AI and GPS trackers are being use...
China's booming EV industry
We hear from inside China on the remarkably fast electric vehicle transition going on there, as the country moves away from petrol and diesel-powered...
Data and me
What happens when a company we trust with our most personal data gets into financial trouble ? We hear from a woman who trusted a US company with her...
The digital afterlife business
This week we're looking at a growing digital industry which allows people to interact - in a way - with the likeness or the voice of someone they care...
Protecting your invention
This week we're learning about patents - what they are, and who wants one. And by analysing the global demand for patents, we can see future trends i...
The impact of online abuse
An international study looks at the online experiences of young people from marginalised groups, including sex workers, gay and transgender people, an...
What you don’t see
Luckily much of what we see on social media is safe. But somewhere, somebody has to watch all the horrific content uploaded online in order to filter...
Weighing the world's forests
A groundbreaking space mission will help scientists peer through dense jungle canopy to measure the difference the world's forests are making to clima...
Talking dolphin
Do dolphins have their own language ? And could we 'speak' to them ? An AI large language model from Google, called DolphinGemma, is helping experts s...
AI discrimination
This week we're looking at artificial intelligence and how it can discriminate against us, affecting our chances of getting work or being approved for...
Beyond the tip of the iceberg
Tech Life looks at icebergs. Climate change means there are more of them in our oceans, breaking away and slowly melting. Scientists need to study the...
Jamming and spoofing
Tech Life looks at satellite navigation and the increase in cases of signal interference. How could this affect shipping and aviation safety, and what...