Tech Life

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

Episodes

Total: 286

Taking stock of tech

2019/12/27

Rory Cellan-Jones and the BBC Online tech team give their assessment of the current state of tech in

Tech quiz of the year 2019

2019/12/20

How well do you know your tech? We test Chris Fox, Zoe Kleinman, Dave Lee and Jane Wakefield’s knowl

The video-sharing giant will block clips that "maliciously insult someone" based on race, gender ide

Mobile phone buyers in China are made to provide facial recognition data when they get a new plan. B

The Chinese-owned platform is forced to back down after removing a US teenager's viral video highlig

Ford Mustang goes electric

2019/11/22

Does an electric model of the iconic muscle-car signal the future for the motor industry? Plus, the

New figures suggest the tech giant is removing a growing amount of banned content. Is Facebook getti

How Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner could change the way big tech firms operate. Plus why Dub

Why is Twitter banning political ads when Facebook insists it will keep on carrying them? Plus, some

We follow Indian cyber police in the city of Kolkata as they raid a call centre suspected of scammin

Google Pixel 4 boasts radar

2019/10/18

The latest handset from Google introduces a new way to control a phone without touching it. Is it ac

In a week of rising tension between US and China over trade we hear how some of China's biggest tech

Why the Chinese video-sharing app seems to have Facebook worried. Plus, a leading AI researcher in G

The tech giant takes its Alexa smart assistant out of the home. Plus, are neural interfaces the next

California gave birth to the "gig economy" - working for app-driven services such as ride-hailing an

Two new surveys suggest cautious public attitudes in the US and UK towards the tech. Plus, the autum

Tech's trade war

2019/8/30

Is the trade dispute between the US and China hurting both nations' tech industry? Artificial intell

The social giant will reveal what it knows about your internet activity off of its platform. Will it

Are you being watched?

2019/8/16

How privately-operated facial recognition in public places threatens privacy, according to campaigne

Key service providers kick the controversial message board, which has been used to celebrate mass sh