Image copyright Getty Images Image caption 5G is expected to provide much faster connections High-speed mobile internet is expected to revolutionise healthcare and public transport in a “testbed” region of the UK. The West Midlands has been chosen as the UK’s first 5G area, testing the technology before a national rollout. Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling console of all time Sony has ended its repair service for the PlayStation 2, more than 18 years after it first went on sale. The console was first released in Japan in March 2000 and remains the best-selling games console ever produced. Manufacturing …
Image copyright Getty Images Dutch bank ING has agreed to pay fines and other payments of €775m ($897m; £698m) after admitting errors in its policies to stop financial crime. The bank said it regretted that its mistakes had let some customers use their accounts for things such as money laundering between 2010 and 2016. ING …
Image copyright Reuters TSB chief Paul Pester is to step down after seven years in charge, in the wake of a major IT failure at the bank. In April this year, customers were left without access to online banking services for several weeks when an attempt to move data to a new computer system went …
Image copyright SFO Artificial intelligence is being hailed as a powerful new tool for investigators in the most complex crimes. The Serious Fraud Office has given BBC News exclusive access to see the system it has been using. In the boardroom at the Serious Fraud Office, an investigator is pointing to a giant computer screen …
Image copyright Bank of England The governor of the Bank of England will be quizzed over his future when he appears before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. Mark Carney is reportedly in talks with the Treasury about extending his term at the helm of the central bank. But a spokesman for the prime minister said …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Could quantum computing unlock secrets of our bodies and the universe itself? Quantum computers have long been touted as incredibly powerful machines that will be able to solve hugely complex computational problems much faster than any computer we have available today. But no-one can agree on the best way …
Image caption Peju Jaiyeoba has distributed half a million maternity kits across Nigeria “Sometimes I just really hope that one day our work will no longer be needed.” says Adepeju Jaiyeoba, the Nigerian founder of the Brown Button Foundation. Seven years ago Adepeju, or Peju for short, ditched her well-paid job in law to train …
Image copyright Scott Franks Image caption Leah Cambridge had three heart attacks while under anaesthetic at a clinic in Turkey A mother of three has died after reportedly travelling to Turkey for a type of cosmetic surgery known as the “Brazilian butt lift” (BBL). Why is this procedure increasingly popular and is it more dangerous …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Colin Kaepernick was a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers for six years An American football star who sparked a furore by kneeling during the national anthem has been unveiled as the new face of a major advertising campaign. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will front Nike’s “Just …