Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionInventors in Togo have come up with innovative ways of dealing with e-waste Togo imports an estimated 500,000 tonnes of e-waste a year, some of it can be a health hazard, but it also inspires local innovators and provides jobs. It looks like a spider and it …
Acclaimed actor Andy Serkis has gone behind the camera to direct the new movie Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. The film is an adaptation of The Jungle Book for Netflix and features the voices of Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch. Andy Serkis told BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak that the film had a darkness …
Image copyright Nintendo Nintendo has relaxed its rules for video-makers who share their gameplay on websites such as Twitch and YouTube. Unlike Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo had restricted what it let video-makers share online and took a slice of advertising revenue from YouTubers. Its new guidelines lift most of the restrictions and no longer ask …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The bogus support calls typically claim to find problems with Microsoft Windows More than 50 people have been arrested in India for their alleged involvement in fake security warning scams. The New York Times said that Delhi police made the arrests during raids on 26 call centres linked to …
Image copyright Getty Images Facebook has started to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK. The new rules were supposed to take effect on 7 November, but were delayed when journalists and researchers exposed flaws in the new system. Anybody placing political ads on Facebook must now verify their identity and location and …
Image copyright Maria Aufmuth/TED Image caption Tarana Burke told the TEDWomen conference MeToo had a long way to go The founder of the MeToo movement has said that the campaign against sexual violence she began more than a decade ago has become “unrecognisable” to her. Speaking at TEDWomen in Palm Springs, Tarana Burke said a …
Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968 Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey will help launch the world’s first super-high definition 8K television channel on Saturday. Japanese broadcaster NHK said it had asked Warner Bros to scan the original film negatives in 8K for its new channel. Super-high …
Image copyright Getty Images Researchers have come up with a new way of tracking elephants, via the vibrations that the animals make. Scientists Dr Beth Mortimer and Prof Tarje Nissen-Meyer discovered that elephants generate vibrations through their normal movements and through vocalisations, known as “rumbles”. These can be measured by techniques usually used for studying …
Image copyright European Space Agency Image caption The European Union has put together Galileo as its own network of satellites A UK minister has resigned saying a row over involvement in the EU’s Galileo satellite-navigation system exposes Theresa May’s Brexit deal as “naive”. The UK had wanted to stay part of Galileo after Brexit, but …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Bill Gates founded Microsoft. The firm’s fortunes have rebounded in recent years Microsoft has unseated Apple to rank as the world’s most valuable listed company, reclaiming the number one spot after more than 15 years. The software giant ended Friday with a market value of more than $851bn (£668bn) compared …