Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A Punch magazine tribute to Mary Seacole in 1857 (left) and a London statue of British-Indian agent Noor Inayat Khan Comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar and presenter Sandi Toksvig are among those calling for a historic figure from a black and ethnic minority background (BAME) to feature on the new £50 …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption New Zealand’s economy was forced to diversify after the UK joined the European Economic Community Brexit is, to put it mildly, an unusual event. But there are precedents for some aspects of it. New Zealand provides one example. The country faced a sudden, adverse change in access to a …
Formula E’s best moments: Overtakes, crashes & why it’s ‘more exciting’ than F1 Formula E on the BBC Races for the series will be featured live on the BBC Sport website, BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button. The new Formula E season gets under way in Saudi Arabia on 15 December, and you can watch …
Image copyright Getty Images Instagram has placed more hashtags which could promote eating disorders on an “unsearchable” list after a BBC investigation found that users were finding ways around the platform’s filters. The photo-sharing network has also added health warnings to several alternative spellings or terms which reference eating disorders, some of which are popular …
Google’s Chief executive Sundar Pichai went in front of US Congress to defend his company to lawmakers. He faced questions about political bias and how the company uses personal data. The BBC’s North American technology reporter Dave Lee breaks it down. Read more Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Pentagon – the world’s largest office building – is the United States’ military headquarters A technology company bidding for a Pentagon contract to store sensitive data has close partnerships with a firm linked to a sanctioned Russian oligarch, the BBC has learned. The Jedi project, a huge cyber-cloud which …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Are US stock markets entering a darker period? Just a few months ago, US financial markets seemed headed for a third year in a row of hefty increases. But shares have tumbled since October, retreating to lower levels than at the start of the year. That decline continued on …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Typing “idiot” into Google Images search reveals pictures of President Trump The word “idiot” has been searched for more than one million times, following testimony typing it into Google Images threw up pictures of President Trump. The link between the two was mentioned during a congressional grilling of Google …
Image copyright Getty Images Social network Tumblr is back on Apple’s app store after pledging to remove adult content from the platform. Tumblr was removed from the app store in November after child abuse images were found to have slipped through its content filters. The social network then said it would ban adult content completely …
Image copyright Reuters A major stadium in Los Angeles has confirmed that it uses facial recognition tech during sport and music events, to spot known troublemakers. The Rose Bowl told news site Gizmodo that it used the tech “inside and outside” the stadium gates. It made the statement after an article in Rolling Stone alleged …