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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Learning the lessons of Wannacry, five years on
Fri 13 May 2022
It was the most crippling malware attack the world had ever seen - could it happen again?
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Are we on the cusp of a VR revolution?
Fri 6 May 2022
Is the much hyped technology is about to become part of everyday life.
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Twitter: The Elon Musk takeover
Fri 29 Apr 2022
How will the world's most high profile tech entrepreneur reshape social media?
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A setback for Netflix
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Netflix loses customers, and its share value plummets- what does it mean for its future?
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Facial recognition technology and the war in Ukraine
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Tech Tent looks at the use of facial recognition software in Ukraine
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What next for Twitter now Elon Musk is on board?
Fri 8 Apr 2022
One of the most influential and outspoken men in tech gets his hands on Twitter
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A huge, new crypto heist
Fri 1 Apr 2022
Hackers take digital currency worth hundreds of million dollars.
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The tech of war crime investigation
Fri 25 Mar 2022
As accusations of atrocities in Ukraine mount, how can technology help investigators?
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Tech goes to the aid of Ukrainian refugees
Sat 19 Mar 2022
Tech tent finds out how ride-sharing and telemedicine are helping Ukrainians
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The cyber conflict in Ukraine
Sat 5 Mar 2022
A look at battles being fought online as Russia invades Ukraine.
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The return of Trump?
Fri 18 Feb 2022
Donald Trump is banned on Twitter and Facebook. Can he make a social media comeback?
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A major chip deal collapses
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Chip maker Arm won't be bought by Nvidia after all. The new boss says that's ok
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Facebook's metaverse gamble
Fri 4 Feb 2022
Facebook is losing users, will it's pivot to the metaverse pay off?
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The largest gaming deal in history
Fri 21 Jan 2022
Microsoft plans to buy mega games company Activision Blizzard in a deal worth almost $70bn
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Theranos and Silicon Valley
Fri 14 Jan 2022
What does the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes tell us about tech startup culture?
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The return of CES
Fri 7 Jan 2022
The major tech show returns to Las Vegas after going virtual during the pandemic
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Tech predictions for 2022
Fri 31 Dec 2021
The 麻豆社 tech team on what we'll all be talking about over the next 12 months
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Tech Tent quiz of the year 2021
Christmas Eve 2021
What better way to review the big tech stories of 2021 than with a battle of wits?
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The UK's plan to rein in big tech
Fri 17 Dec 2021
New laws are designed to regulate social media and tech giants. Will they work?
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When crypto met football
Fri 10 Dec 2021
How NFTs and fan tokens have found their way into the world of football
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A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?
Fri 26 Nov 2021
El Salvador's president made Bitcoin legal tender, now he wants to build a city
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The global rise of ransomware
Fri 19 Nov 2021
How hackers stole millions, and why they're so difficult to stop
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Ransomware gangs face a crackdown
Fri 12 Nov 2021
Is the tide finally turning in the battle against ransomware attacks?
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Whistleblower piles pressure on Facebook
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Frances Haugen tells the British parliament that Facebook鈥檚 algorithm puts users at risk
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Tech for future living
Fri 22 Oct 2021
How the metaverse, energy tech, and AI might influence how we live in years to come.
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Bezos' rocket blasts Star Trek actor into space
Fri 15 Oct 2021
William Shatner becomes oldest person to travel to space, aboard the Blue Origin craft.
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Facebook鈥檚 punishing week
Fri 8 Oct 2021
The social giant suffers one of its worst weeks after a tech blunder takes it offline.
Get in touch with Tech Life
Email us at techlife@bbc.co.uk or contact us via WhatsApp on +443301230320
