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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