Associate Professor Lee Seok Woo, creator of a tear-powered battery the size of a cornea, discusses its potential use in contact lenses and virtual reality systems. Chatbot detectors are mistakenly flagging non-native English speakers for cheating. Ben Wood talks about Apple's latest product plans. Farmers in Senegal are revolutionizing agriculture through WhatsApp voice notes.

Guests include academic researcher Kate Crawford discussing the true cost of AI, reporter Chris Vallance on DeepMind's watermark system for AI-generated images, Mansoor Hamayun on the smart cooking valve in Rwanda, and Fu’ad Lawal on archiving Nigeria's newspapers. Topics include environmental impact of AI, gas canister system for affordable fuel, preserving Nigerian history through digitizing newspapers, and the impact of policy and cultural expression in AI.

The podcast explores biases in AI and smart speakers, using the example of incorrect information about sports events. They discuss AI's role in drug and vaccine discovery, as well as meeting Wikipedia's top editors. They also discuss the consequences of biased algorithms and the importance of adequate training data. The podcast explores how AI can revolutionize vaccine development by analyzing trillions of combinations. They also discuss Sense City's augmented reality telescope and the benefits of using technology to enhance visitor experiences at heritage sites.

The internet is full of ways to learn, from quick life hacks to new skills. On Tech Life we meet the teacher in Nigeria trying to share IT skills on TikTok to help people get jobs in tech and we hear from people all over the world on what they've learned online. Also in this episode, we speak to the boss of the online moderation company, Sama, who've faced claims from employees that they were traumatised by work reviewing graphic online content. And what next for digital health care in Rwanda after uncertainty at the company Babylon.Photo: Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Young people learn future technologies at a robotics and coding workshop in Nairobi, Kenya

Juan Lavista Ferres, chief data scientist at Microsoft's AI For Good Lab, tells Tech Life how artificial intelligence can help predict wildfires.Driverless cars are popping up on streets around the world. But not everyone welcomes them, and some protestors in San Francisco have turned to 'coning'. What's that ? We have a special report. China is considering a limit on the amount of time children can spend on smartphones. You've been telling us what you think about the benefits and problems of children spending time on the devices.Manu Chopra speaks to Tech Life about using technology to reduce poverty in India.And what's the difference between a sentence written by a human and a machine ? We've been looking at some of the answers for you.(Picture credit: Getty Images)

Have you thought about the cost of storing data from your phone or tablet ? We examine what cloud storage costs you financially, and its impact on the environment. In Kenya, a huge cyber-attack targets the government's online services. We hear from some of those affected. Facebook has reached three billion users around the world. We ask what people like about it ? And we have a report on delivering rental cars in Germany, but without any drivers. (Picture credit: Getty Images)

Zoe Kleinman and Shiona McCallum talk about X, the new name for Twitter, as Elon Musk continues making changes at the firm. What will the rebrand mean and where does the platform go next? We also try the eye scanning ‘orb’ that's been created to verify crypto payments. And we’re behind the scenes at CERN in Switzerland and talk to the creator of the AI League game that is accompanying the FIFA Women’s World Cup(Image: A worker begins removing the sign at Twitter HQ (Justin Sullivan / Getty)

DeepMind founder Mustafa Suleyman reflects on the AI revolution - and tells us he left the UK for Silicon Valley because it remains the top place for tech talent. But Canada is trying to lure some of those highly skilled migrants away - immigration lawyer Pavan Dhillon explains how. Dr Grace Livingstone joins us from Uruguay to tell us why plans for a Google data centre there are so controversial. And - as AI version of Johnny Cash goes viral - Matt Griffiths from the charity Youth Music tells us why AI is being embraced by young creatives.(PHOTO: Futuristic digital render with surreal cyber space and big sun, by Getty Images)

Meta - the owner of Facebook - has launched Threads, a text-based social media app. Tech Life's correspondent in San Francisco tells us about the launch. And we look at the development of social media with Brooke Erin Duffy, an associate professor in the Department of Communications at Cornell University in the United States. Also in Tech Life, we hear from the chief executive of Nextdoor, who has global ambitions. Where does technology and the law meet ? A question being discussed in Nairobi, Kenya. And artificial intelligence reaches lawn tennis at Wimbledon. PHOTO CREDIT: Dado Ruvić, Reuters.

Bruce Daisley, a former European vice president of Twitter, talks to Tech Life. We report on scammers using artificial intelligence, bots and books to cash-in. An international firm is measuring clicks and keyboard strokes to make work more productive. And the boss of the global software giant Adobe makes the positive case for artificial intelligence.PHOTO CREDIT: Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters.