Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Luckey is offering free repair kits for Oculus Rift headsets Former Facebook employee and Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey is helping to repair VR headsets free of charge. Long-term users of Facebook’s Oculus headset have complained about audio loss in one or both earpieces. Despite leaving the company in …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The calls included very personal information Millions of calls made by Swedes seeking medical advice via a national health service telephone line have been exposed online. Some 2.7 million conversations dating back to 2013 were uncovered by technology news site Computer Sweden on an unencrypted web server. It amounted …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Roger Stone removed the post from Instagram Roger Stone has apologised to a US judge after posting on Instagram an image of her next to what appeared to be the cross-hairs of a gun sight. The ex-Trump campaign adviser was arrested in January and charged with seven counts as part …
Image copyright Getty Images Making class sizes smaller sounds like a success story. But an international analysis of its impact shows unintended consequences – it often seems to mean lower pay for teachers and there isn’t much evidence that it brings better results. Reducing class sizes has been a popular policy in many countries, often …
Image copyright Getty Images The no-fly zone for drones around airports is to be extended following the disruption at Gatwick in December, the government says. From 13 March it will be illegal to fly a drone within three miles of an airport, rather than the current 0.6-mile (1km) exclusion zone. The government also said it …
Image copyright . Image caption Old school letter for an old school machine When a happy customer’s letter of appreciation to the seller of a VHS machine was shared on social media, it prompted a stream of stories about acts of kindness. “It caught my eye because most mail I get is either an advertisement …
Image copyright Getty Images Four in 10 private companies that have published their latest gender pay gap are reporting wider gaps than they did last year, according to BBC analysis. The BBC looked at a company’s median pay gap – that is the difference in pay between the middle-ranking woman and the middle-ranking man. This …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ford has operated its Sao Bernardo do Campo plant since 1967 Ford has said it will close a factory in Brazil after more than 50 years as it stops selling heavy commercial trucks in South America. The US carmaker said it saw “no viable path to profitability” for the …
Image copyright Getty Images Environment Secretary Michael Gove has promised that the government will apply tariffs to food imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit, to provide “specific and robust protections” for farmers. His remarks come as the government is poised to release details of tariffs (taxes on imports) that would apply to thousands …
Image copyright Getty Images US President Donald Trump has said he may not increase tariffs on Chinese products on 1 March, as previously threatened. The reversal comes as the two countries continue trade talks in Washington this week, after earlier discussions in China. The US had said it would impose higher tariffs on Chinese goods …