Why are some governments worried about TikTok?

Why are some governments worried about TikTok and what's the future of noise

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WhatsApp: We speak to boss, Will Cathcart

WhatsApp's boss talks to Tech Tent about the global messaging app

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ChatGPT: Where will we use AI chatbots next?

Tech Tent hears how Microsoft and Duolingo are incorporating AI chat bot GPT4

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Putting Google's AI chatbot Bard to the test

The search giant is rolling out its challenger in the artificial intelligence arms race.

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How to make sure the whole world benefits from AI

Are some countries and languages being cut out of the AI revolution?

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Kidfluencers: Do we share too much about kids online?

Is it right to make money online from children's social media profiles?

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Is AI racing ahead too fast?

Google's boss admits he doesn't fully understand how its AI products work

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'I sacrificed my soul': A Facebook moderator's story

Exposed to the worst of the internet and then fired - the moderators taking Meta to court

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Is digital life booming in Rio?

With Web Summit arriving in Rio we explore how Brazil is embracing digital

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A warning about AI from a founding father of the IT age

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak worries that AI will supercharge scams

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Is Elon Musk's Twitter harming global political free speech?

Wikipedia's founder criticises Twitter for taking down content about Turkey's election

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What's the deal with chips?

Tech Life unpacks what chips are and the global competition to make them

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The drama about AI in Hollywood

Why Hollywood is up in arms about AI and a chat with an "accidental" tech billionaire.

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Apple's big bet on virtual reality

Tech Life goes to California to see Apple's biggest product launch in years

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The EU takes action on AI

Margrethe Vestager tells us how the bloc is leading the world on regulating AI.

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Have we had enough of podcasts?

Spotify has ditched high profile broadcasting talent so is the podcast bubble bursting?

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Can artificial intelligence be a force for good?

A global summit explores the positives of AI - we meet one of the expert speakers.

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Elon Musk's Twitter: More changes and more competition

Twitter restricts how many tweets can be read each day. Will users try new rivals ?

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The changing social media landscape

With the arrival of Threads, what does the future hold for social media ?

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The new world AI is making

One of the founders of DeepMind tells us about opportunities and perils of AI

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X marks the spot

As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter, we explore what being X means for the platform

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The cost of data

We look at the environmental impact of storing data and the cost of cloud storage for you

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Fighting forest fires with technology

We find out how artificial intelligence can make a difference in predicting wildfires.

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Tech taught me

From life hacks to tech skills, the people learning and teaching online

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Why do smart speakers get facts wrong?

Smart assistants don't always get things right. We ask why AI could show bias

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Charting the true cost of AI

Academic Kate Crawford details the global environmental toll of the AI revolution.

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Battery tech goes super miniature - and tear powered

Scientists design a battery the size of your cornea, which runs off saline

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The health tech changing lives in Africa

We learn about a new testing kit for life-threatening diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.

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The world focusses on facial recognition

Do cameras keep us safe - or keep us under surveillance?

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Be My AI: When innovation and privacy clash

An AI-powered tool for blind people falls foul of concerns about facial recognition

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Where are we on the road to EV?

Tech Life explores electric vehicles and where we are on the road to adoption

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The carbon footprint of AI

How much energy could the tech behind artificial intelligence use in the future?

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Spotting fake news online

We look at disinformation online during times of conflict, and how you can spot it

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This episode could have been an email

Tech Life previews Microsoft copilot, the AI capabilities coming to Office apps

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Artificial intelligence in the classroom

Should schools be teaching pupils about AI ? We take a look at the global picture.

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Speaking out against teen sexual harassment on Instagram

A former Meta security expert speaks out about teenagers and harassment on Instagram.

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Tech Life goes to Nairobi

We meet the people and see the tech changing lives across Kenya and Africa

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Searching for the Tech Factor

We meet innovators from around the world hoping to bring you new technologies.

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Tackling e-waste around the world

We explore ways e-waste is being tackled in Kenya and Norway

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From farm to fork with tech

The tech helping farmers bring food to our plates

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Connecting people

Tech Life looks at ways to connect people in our digital world

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Our surfing habits

The top internet trends for 2023.

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The year that was in tech

Tech Life reviews a rollercoaster year in global tech

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Tech predictions for 2024

BBC reporters around the world predict the top tech trends for the year ahead.

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Tech Life in Las Vegas

The latest innovations and devices at CES - one of the biggest consumer tech trade shows

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Technology and mental health

Can tech help our mental health ? We explore the issues.

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The world of VPNs

Who is downloading the cyber-security tool that can disguise where you are in the world ?

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Rescue Tech

The device that can save lives in water and bring comfort to relatives.

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Health Tech

We look at two different areas of health tech, improving lives for women and children.

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Tracking giraffes

What connects the Chinese government, giraffes in Namibia, and tech?

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Detecting audio deepfakes

We look at tech to fight deepfake AI-powered audio impersonators.

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Tech Life in Barcelona

We visit a big mobile phone industry event in Spain

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Exploring space

We visit two centres developing deep space communications and rocket launches.

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Mobile phones

We look at some of the reasons you choose your mobile phone handset

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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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Charging electric bikes and scooters

What can be done to make charging them safer ?

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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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Space junk

What is it, and what risk does it pose to the technologies we rely on in everyday life ?

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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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Humanoid robots

Are they really that practical and useful ?

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