BBC Radio Podcasts from Tech Life

Weighing the world's forests

The space mission to better understand how forests affect climate change on Earth.

Talking dolphin

Artificial intelligence is being used to unlock the mysteries of dolphin communication.

AI discrimination

What is AI discrimination, and can it be fixed ?

Beyond the tip of the iceberg

How do you get close enough to study a gigantic mass of ice floating in cold waters ?

Jamming and spoofing

UN agencies are worried about rising cases of satellite navigation signal interference.

Living life with a mind-reading chip

Noland Arbaugh has a chip in his brain to translate his thoughts into computer commands.

Archiving achievement

How the US government’s crackdown on diversity deleted women’s military contributions.

Surviving digital banking outages

Why do online banking systems sometimes go offline, leaving you with no access to cash ?

The doctor will see you now

Find out how holoportation 3D telemedicine technology is helping patients in Ghana.

Could AI pick the next James Bond?

With Amazon in charge of James Bond, could they use AI for scripts and casting?

Human life under the oceans

Plans are underway for humans to live and work in underwater habitats for long durations

Decoding the brain

Could AI help people with speech loss talk by interpreting signals in their brain ?

China's AI world

As DeepSeek shocked the world, we speak to an AI expert who worked at a Chinese AI firm.

Not as dead as a dodo?

How one company is trying to bring extinct animals like the dodo back to life

VPNs and India

The mystery of the security and privacy apps disappearing from app stores in India.

Trust and verify

This edition is all about facts, the future and finding our way.

A glimpse into the future of tech

Tech Life is at CES in Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest consumer tech shows.

Tech Life looks forward to 2025

Want to know what’s in store for the tech world in 2025? Tech Life has got you covered.

Tech Life's look back at the year

We look back at the high and lows of another fascinating twelve months in tech

Does the robotaxi have a future?

How tech is transforming the way the world works, learns and plays

Cyber warfare

Cyber warfare, aerodynamic tech in athletics and the new Indiana Jones.

How green is AI?

Tech Life meets leading AI scientist Sasha Luccioni, one of the BBC’s 100 Women 2024.

Tiger trackers used to spy on women

Tiger tracking cameras have been misused to take videos of women in a forest in India.

Donald Trump’s robodogs

Who's behind the robot dogs at Donald Trump's house? Plus: Wasting scammers' time.

The dangerous job of online moderating

We hear from a former moderator in Kenya who was left traumatised by his previous job.

Is this show fake?

Tech Life creates a fake podcast using an AI tool from Google. Plus, political deepfakes.

The fall of a global chip maker

Intel was once unrivalled as the world's chip maker. Now it's fallen behind its rivals.

Do you use artificial intelligence at work ?

A new survey looks at how AI is being adopted in the workplace.

The minerals tech can't do without

A hurricane disrupted mining in a small US town, and the tech world looked on with alarm.

Big data and femtech

We're talking about data and artificial intelligence - how it can help women's healthcare

The big business of online charity donations

We speak to the CEO of charity fundraising company GoFundMe

Will AI replace call centre workers?

We speak to the man who says AI will create call centre jobs – rather than replace them.

Online maps

How live updating of online maps is helping humanitarian work around the world.

X in Brazil

What do social media users do when their preferred platform is banned ?

When civil war breaks out

What happens to a country's tech scene when violent conflict erupts ?

The voice cloning lawsuit

Two voice actors take legal action claiming their voices were stolen and cloned using AI.

Artificial intelligence helps doctors detect lung cancer

AI is acting as a second pair of eyes for radiologists examining X-rays.

The Olympic esports games and Saudi Arabia

The IOC announced the inaugural games will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. Not all are happy

Turning the tables on online romance scammers

We speak to the BBC journalist who exposed an online con.

When the power goes

The impact of internet outages in Bangladesh, and power cuts in South Africa and Cuba

Turning the racetrack electric

We're at the Formula E season finale, exploring how the tech has advanced over 10 years.

Tech at the Olympics

How do athletes use technology to improve their performance?

Tech that refuses to die

We look at old tech that's been around for decades and is still useful.

If we could talk to the animals

Music legend Peter Gabriel talks about AI technology and communicating with animals.

Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence

The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer.

Bionic arms and robotic thumbs

This week Tech Life has a special programme about the technology of artificial limbs.

Helping our animal friends

This edition of Tech Life is all about animals and tech.

Dating a chatbot

What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? The women in China who date chatbots.

Being watched

Words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence.

Tackling online abuse of athletes

The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes

Help for cancer patients

The machine that allows patients to take their own blood samples for analysis from home.

The mammoth ivory problem

Tech can play a role in combating the illegal trade in elephant ivory.

TikTok world

TikTok is a popular video sharing platform, but not so popular with some governments.

Humanoid robots

Are they really that practical and useful ?

Fixing undersea cables

Undersea fibre-optic cables help keep us online - but what happens when they break ?

Space junk

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

Predicting the future of tech

How will the internet, and other tech we use today, evolve in the future ?

Charging electric bikes and scooters

What can be done to make charging them safer ?

Tech Life meets Spot the robot

How a robot named Spot is helping humans in radioactive places

Mobile phones

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

Exploring space

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

Tech Life in Barcelona

We visit a big mobile phone industry event in Spain

Detecting audio deepfakes

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

Tracking giraffes

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

Health Tech

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

Rescue Tech

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

The world of VPNs

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

Technology and mental health

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

Tech Life in Las Vegas

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

Tech predictions for 2024

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

The year that was in tech

Tech Life reviews a rollercoaster year in global tech

Our surfing habits

The top internet trends for 2023.

Connecting people

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

From farm to fork with tech

The tech helping farmers bring food to our plates

Tackling e-waste around the world

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

Searching for the Tech Factor

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

Tech Life goes to Nairobi

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

Speaking out against teen sexual harassment on Instagram

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

Artificial intelligence in the classroom

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

This episode could have been an email

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

Spotting fake news online

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

The carbon footprint of AI

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

Where are we on the road to EV?

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

Be My AI: When innovation and privacy clash

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

The world focusses on facial recognition

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

The health tech changing lives in Africa

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

Battery tech goes super miniature - and tear powered

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

Charting the true cost of AI

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

Why do smart speakers get facts wrong?

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

Tech taught me

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

Fighting forest fires with technology

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

The cost of data

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

X marks the spot

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

The new world AI is making

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

The changing social media landscape

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

Elon Musk's Twitter: More changes and more competition

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

Can artificial intelligence be a force for good?

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

Have we had enough of podcasts?

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

The EU takes action on AI

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

Apple's big bet on virtual reality

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

The drama about AI in Hollywood

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

What's the deal with chips?

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

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

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

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

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

Is digital life booming in Rio?

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

'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

Is AI racing ahead too fast?

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

Kidfluencers: Do we share too much about kids online?

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

How to make sure the whole world benefits from AI

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

Putting Google's AI chatbot Bard to the test

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

ChatGPT: Where will we use AI chatbots next?

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

WhatsApp: We speak to boss, Will Cathcart

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

Why are some governments worried about TikTok?

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

Big Tech's big legal headache

Campaigners want to make tech giants liable for harmful content online

Apple workers accuse firm of 'union busting'

One employee tells the BBC the tech giant has been trying to 'scare' staff.

The AI search race is on

Microsoft, Google and Baidu all unveal plans for AI search, but who will win the race?

Sacked Twitter staff take on Elon Musk

Several workers are launching legal action against the social media firm

Can Ticketmaster 'shake off' the bots?

Ticketmaster blames bots for Taylor Swift fans missing out on tickets

MRNA: The tech that transforms cancer treatment?

We ask if MRNA vaccines could be the technology that revolutionises cancer treatment

Tech Tent goes to CES

A special edition from Las Vegas - home to CES, one of the world's biggest tech shows.

Tech predictions for 2023

BBC reporters around the world predict the top tech trends for 2023

The Tech Tent Christmas quiz

Two teams battle it out to see what they remember from a rollercoaster year in tech

The law catches up with Sam Bankman-Fried

The former crypto boss is arrested and charged with fraud: what next for the industry?

ChatGPT: The AI chatbot everyone is talking to

Tech Tent explores the potential uses and limitations of ChatGPT

China's Great Firewall fails

How are protests happening in the world's most high tech surveillance state?

Is there a future for smart speakers?

Smart Speakers are in many people's homes, but have they reached the end of the road?

FTX: A crypto crisis

What happens to crypto now the FTX exchange has gone bust?

Big Tech's big job losses

Meta becomes the latest giant to shed thousands of posts - how serious a crisis is this?

Twitter's tumultuous first week under Elon Musk

Elon Musk starts to reshape Twitter - we analyse what we've learnt about his plans.

'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech

UK regulators warn against some emerging biometric products saying they will never work

This number has been disconnected

Millions of SIM cards are being disconnected in Kenya and Ghana unless owners register

How TikTok syphons off money from some of those most in need

Much of the money donated to displaced people in Syria is ending up in TikTok's pockets

Elon Musk's Twitter take over rises from the ashes

Why has the world's richest man changed his mind - again - about buying Twitter?

Why are there still so few women in tech?

Apple's Tim Cook tells the BBC there are "no excuses" for the sector's male dominance.

The protests sending Iran offline

The Iranian authorities take down the internet - will stop anti-regime protests?

The Merge: A cryptocurrency revolution

One of the biggest names in crypto, Ethereum, tries to go green - will it work?

Apple tries to build back the buzz

A slew of new products and a glitzy launch - what will they mean for Apple's fortunes.

India's high speed broadband revolution

India is promised the world's biggest 5G network - and grocery shopping on WhatsApp

More trouble at Twitter

A whistleblower makes explosive allegations about the social network's security

Can TikTok stars make it on the real stage?

What happens when social media sensations meet a real life Edinburgh Fringe audience?

Esports at the Commonwealth Games

We meet the gamers vying for unofficial medals that the Commonwealth Games

The future of medical virtual reality

We take a look at virtual reality as it helps surgeons separate twins joined at the head

The battle over encrypted messaging

The head of WhatsApp signals the firm will resist efforts to weaken its encryption

Is Tesla in trouble?

A setback for the world's biggest electric car maker as it ditches its bitcoin investment

Twitter and Elon Musk: The deal goes sour

What happens now Elon Musk wants to pull out and how damaged will he and Twitter be?

How Wimbledon has gone high tech

AI, virtual courts, and NFTs: the changing face of a very traditional tennis tournament

The profound tech consequences of Roe v Wade

How the Supreme Court's abortion ruling is radically reshaping people's online lives

The graphic content missed by Meta's moderators

The BBC uncovers explicit material on Facebook, missed by human and AI moderators

Is El Salvador's bitcoin revolution failing?

El Salvador has invested heavily bitcoin - what happens now prices are tumbling?

Is the work from home revolution unstoppable?

New data shows more people are abandoning the office- what will it mean for working life?

Why is the internet still a hostile place for women?

The UK media regulator highlights online harassment and urges more protections for women

Another setback for facial recognition technology

UK regulators become the latest to take action against Clearview AI

Is the cryptocurrency bubble bursting?

Are sharply falling values a bump in the road or the beginning of the end for crypto?

Learning the lessons of Wannacry, five years on

It was the most crippling malware attack the world had ever seen - could it happen again?

Are we on the cusp of a VR revolution?

Is the much hyped technology is about to become part of everyday life.

Twitter: The Elon Musk takeover

How will the world's most high profile tech entrepreneur reshape social media?

A setback for Netflix

Netflix loses customers, and its share value plummets- what does it mean for its future?

Facial recognition technology and the war in Ukraine

Tech Tent looks at the use of facial recognition software in Ukraine

What next for Twitter now Elon Musk is on board?

One of the most influential and outspoken men in tech gets his hands on Twitter

A huge, new crypto heist

Hackers take digital currency worth hundreds of million dollars.

The tech of war crime investigation

As accusations of atrocities in Ukraine mount, how can technology help investigators?

Tech goes to the aid of Ukrainian refugees

Tech tent finds out how ride-sharing and telemedicine are helping Ukrainians

The cyber conflict in Ukraine

A look at battles being fought online as Russia invades Ukraine.

The return of Trump?

Donald Trump is banned on Twitter and Facebook. Can he make a social media comeback?

A major chip deal collapses

Chip maker Arm won't be bought by Nvidia after all. The new boss says that's ok

Facebook's metaverse gamble

Facebook is losing users, will it's pivot to the metaverse pay off?

Making microchips in the US

Intel and US efforts to make more microchips at home

The largest gaming deal in history

Microsoft plans to buy mega games company Activision Blizzard in a deal worth almost $70bn

Theranos and Silicon Valley

What does the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes tell us about tech startup culture?

The return of CES

The major tech show returns to Las Vegas after going virtual during the pandemic

Tech predictions for 2022

The BBC tech team on what we'll all be talking about over the next 12 months

Tech Tent quiz of the year 2021

What better way to review the big tech stories of 2021 than with a battle of wits?

The UK's plan to rein in big tech

New laws are designed to regulate social media and tech giants. Will they work?

When crypto met football

How NFTs and fan tokens have found their way into the world of football

@jack exits Twitter

What next for the social media platform after Jack Dorsey quits?

A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?

El Salvador's president made Bitcoin legal tender, now he wants to build a city

The global rise of ransomware

How hackers stole millions, and why they're so difficult to stop

Ransomware gangs face a crackdown

Is the tide finally turning in the battle against ransomware attacks?

The Squid Game coin scam

How cryptocurrency scams have become an everyday event

Whistleblower piles pressure on Facebook

Frances Haugen tells the British parliament that Facebook’s algorithm puts users at risk

Tech for future living

How the metaverse, energy tech, and AI might influence how we live in years to come.

Bezos' rocket blasts Star Trek actor into space

William Shatner becomes oldest person to travel to space, aboard the Blue Origin craft.

Facebook’s punishing week

The social giant suffers one of its worst weeks after a tech blunder takes it offline.

A ‘practical’ quantum computer

Are quantum computers ready to make the leap from the lab to the business?

A turning point for Facebook?

Will US press reports about Facebook bring tighter regulation or a breakup a step closer?

Wikipedia’s editing war

Can the online encyclopaedia be impartial in a world of hotly-contested narratives?

El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment

Cryptocurrency fans celebrate, but will Salvadorans benefit?

China's video games ban

The government cuts children's gaming time to just three hours a week

AI: Reality and hype

Is language-based artificial intelligence as capable as it seems?

Fears over Afghan biometric data

Human rights activists say the Taliban could use government databases to target citizens.

Removing carbon from the air

Can tech to capture and store carbon prevent a climate catastrophe?

China cracks down on online games

A state-run media outlet brands online games ‘electronic drugs’ and calls for more curbs.

Intel’s road ahead

Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of Intel, outlines his plan to regain the lead in silicon chips.

Fresh questions over Pegasus spyware

How the Pegasus software from Israel’s NSO Group has kept ahead of attempts to block it.

Football and online hate

Can social platforms stop the racist abuse of black players?

Have apps helped tackle the pandemic?

Did exposure and contact tracing apps live up to the hopes for them?

Should robots look like humans?

SoftBank pauses production of the Pepper robot.

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead

The controversial entrepreneur created an industry but was facing tax charges in the US.

Web creator to sell source code as an NFT

Sir Tim Berners-Lee chooses the latest tech craze to raise funds for charity.

Tech victories for law enforcement

The FBI recovers ransomware Bitcoins and gets suspects to use compromised messaging app.

Huawei pins hopes on HarmonyOS

The Chinese giant launches its own smartphone and connected device operating system

Can bitcoin mining ever be green?

The cryptocurrency business tries to boost its green credentials

Estonia’s digital society and the pandemic

President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid discusses how e-government helped citizens.

Ransomware hackers disable key oil pipeline

Has the threat to infrastructure from hackers demanding money been underestimated?

Trump question comes back to Facebook

The Oversight Board says Facebook itself must rule on reinstating or banning Donald Trump

Is Apple iOS 14.5 hurting advertisers?

Apple’s long-awaited iPhone software update arrives with new features to block trackers.

The big noise in social media

Facebook and Reddit follow Clubhouse into social audio.

The global workforce

Tech founder Phil Libin tells us why he’s no longer advertising jobs with a location.

Ad cookies facing the crunch

How Apple and Google’s privacy clampdown will bring upheaval to online advertising.

The future of computing

The CEO of ARM on its latest chips, plus two exciting projects in quantum computing.

Why Intel will make chips for its rivals

The tech giant says it aims to rebalance world chip supply from Asia to the US and Europe

Uber’s u-turn on drivers

The ride-hailing giant says it will pay UK drivers a minimum wage and other benefits.

The $69m digital artwork

How the boom in 'non-fungible tokens' helped one artist become a multimillionaire

The new “space race” for chips

A look at how the latest chips are made and why they’re the focus of US-China rivalry.

Who blinked - Facebook or Australia?

Facebook and the Australian government reach a compromise over payment for news content

Facebook blocks Australia’s news

The social giant pulls news content ahead of a new law that would force it to pay media.

Bitcoin’s energy cost

The buzz around the cryptocurrency grows, but what’s its impact on global energy use?

A tale of two ecommerce giants

Jeff Bezos's Amazon and Jack Ma's Alibaba report bumper profits

Robert Downey Jr. on backing green tech

The Iron Man star tells us how he wants to help tackle the climate crisis.

Biden’s plan for big tech

Will the new US President bring a new era in relations with the tech giants?

Amazon gives Parler the boot

The social platform favoured by Donald Trump supporters loses its online home.

Facebook and Twitter block Trump

Social giants act after the President praises supporters who broke into the US Congress.

Tech Trends for 2021

Rory Cellan-Jones and guests on how tech will shape the coming twelve months.

Tech Quiz of the Year 2020

Test your knowledge of the year’s biggest tech stories with Rory Cellan-Jones and team.

Hackers breach US government

Key government agencies are among thousands of organisations believed to have been hit.

Will Facebook be broken up?

US regulators launch lawsuits accusing the giant of buying rivals to stifle competition.

Life after Covid

Will a digital means of showing you’ve been immunised be required for everyday life?

Tesla’s $500bn valuation

The electric car pioneer’s stock value exceeds that of the major carmakers combined.

Electric cars in the fast lane

The UK government says new petrol and diesel-powered cars will be banned by 2030.

Will Biden go after Facebook?

The social media giant is in the firing line again after Joe Biden's election win

Social giants label Trump’s posts

Facebook and Twitter warn President Trump’s post-election remarks may be misleading.

Senators accuse big tech of bias

US politicians clash over the future of social media.

Election stakes for US tech

What changes will a new Presidential term bring for the tech we use?

iPhone 12 goes 5G

Apple pushes 5G as a key selling point of its new iPhone 12. But is it useful right now?

US Congress slams big tech

The world’s biggest tech firms are compared to oil barons by US lawmakers.

A Pixel for the times

Google pushes affordability and 5G for its flagship Pixel 5 mobile handset.

How misinformation spreads

Rory Cellan-Jones examines how misinformation spreads across online platforms.

The TikTok saga hots up

After shunning Microsoft, will a deal with Oracle work?

Berlin’s tech bounceback

Rory Cellan-Jones visits Berlin to see how the tech sector is faring post-lockdown.

Tech and working life

Rory Cellan-Jones explores how tech firms are influencing the way people work.

Facebook News gets bigger

Should publishers welcome or fear the tech giant’s plan to expand its news feature?

Students marked down by algorithm

How students in England took to the streets to challenge their exam grades.

Legal victory over facial recognition

Use of facial recognition by a UK police force was unlawful, says the Court of Appeal.

The future for TikTok in the United States

Why the popular video app faces being bought out or banned

Big tech facing a break-up?

The biggest tech firms are grilled by US lawmakers over abuse of market power.

The new AI tool creating a buzz

GPT-3 is a tool whose predecessor was dubbed “too dangerous to release”.

The great Twitter hack

Hackers take over accounts belonging to famous names after breaching Twitter’s security.

TikTok caught in US-China tussle

The hit video sharing platform quits operating in Hong Kong as the US considers a ban.

Big advertisers boycott Facebook

Marketers express unease about Facebook’s handling of hate speech.

Apple ditches Intel chips

The tech giant tells developers future Macs will use Apple-designed chips.

Developers take on Apple over app store rules

Apple comes under fire for what some see as anti-competitive practices

Facial recognition pulled from police

IBM, Amazon and Microsoft stop providing police forces with facial recognition tools.

Zuckerberg faces staff revolt

Facebook staff strike out at decision not to moderate Donald Trump’s postings.

Twitter tweaks Trump’s tweets

US President signs an order that could strip social media firms of legal protections.

Facebook’s remote working shift

Will the tech giant’s new policy change how people at other firms work?

Fighting Covid-19 with data

Is South Korea’s success so far in fighting the coronavirus down to data and tech?

Smarter workplaces after lockdown ends

How tech will help to get people back to work safely.

Tech firms boosted by Covid-19

In contrast to many businesses, will the tech giants emerge stronger from the crisis?

Influencers feel the pinch

How social media influencers are earning less in lockdown and rethinking what they do.

Tech skills for the lockdown

Are you using the lockdown to pick up new tech skills? We meet a family learning coding.

WhatsApp and YouTube act on Covid conspiracies

The social giants take steps to remove falsehoods linking Covid-19 to 5G.

Privacy in a pandemic

Should we trade some privacy to end a lock-down earlier with the help of technology?

Hand over your virus data

How much data are we all prepared to share in the battle to beat the coronavirus?

Coronavirus: Can the internet cope?

What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on the infrastructure of the internet?

Apps helping to track coronavirus

How governments are using apps and citizens' phone data to try to contain the pandemic.

YouTube and conspiracy theories

Users seeing fewer conspiracy theories in their YouTube recommendations, study suggests.

Conspiracy theories rage online over coronavirus

Is social media likely to help or hinder efforts to contain the outbreak?

US tells the UK to think again on Huawei 5G

America urges Britain to change its mind and drop Huawei from its 5G networks.

Coronavirus stops MWC tech show

The mobile industry’s biggest event is called off over fears of spreading the infection.

Is Silicon Valley still top for tech?

Rory Cellan-Jones asks whether California is still the best home for tech startups.

UK gives Huawei the OK

The Chinese tech giant will be allowed a limited role in Britain's 5G telecoms network.

Tech's battle for the classroom

Jane Wakefield checks out the latest educational tech at the Bett 2020 show in London.

Microsoft vows to go 'carbon negative'

The tech giant promises to remove all the carbon it has emitted since it was founded.

CES 2020

We check out the latest tech that you might soon be buying at the CES event in Las Vegas.

Tech to watch in 2020

What will be the top technology trends in 2020?

Taking stock of tech

Rory Cellan-Jones and the BBC Online tech team look at smart cities, AI, gaming and more.

Tech quiz of the year 2019

Test your knowledge of tech in our annual quiz of the year.

YouTube's plan to stop harassment

The video-sharing giant will block clips that "maliciously insult someone".

China pushes facial recognition

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

TikTok restores teen's viral video

The firm apologises after removing a US teenager's video on China's treatment of Uighurs

Ford Mustang goes electric

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

Facebook battles harmful posts

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

Can Ireland reshape big tech?

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

The power of online political ads

Why is Twitter banning political ads when Facebook insists it will keep carrying them?

Indian call centre scam shut down

We follow Indian police as they raid a suspected scamming call centre.

Google Pixel 4 boasts radar

The latest handset from Google introduces a new way to control a phone.

US and China battle over tech

Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world

The rise and rise of TikTok

Why the Chinese video-sharing app seems to have Facebook worried.

Amazon reveals Alexa glasses

The tech giant takes its Alexa smart assistant out of the home.

Has gig-working had its day?

California drafts a law that would give "gig-economy" workers employment benefits.

Who cares about facial recognition?

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

Tech's trade war

How tensions between China and the US are hurting the tech industry in both nations.

What Facebook knows about you

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

Are you being watched?

How private facial recognition in public areas threatens privacy, campaigners say.

8chan searches for new home

Key service providers kick the controversial message board off the mainstream internet.

New rules for robots

How should robots behave around humans? Presented by Jane Wakefield.

Facebook's five billion dollar bill

The social network reaches a record settlement with regulators over users' data privacy.

Celebrating games

Why Dundee in Scotland is a hub of videogaming creativity.

Alexa dispenses medical advice

Are fears over Amazon's tie-up with the UK's National Health Service justified?

Jony Ive quits Apple

The man behind the design of the iPhone and iMac, Sir Jony Ive, sets up on his own.

Deepfake or art: who decides?

Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world