Image copyright Woebot Labs/Touchkin Image caption Woebot and Wysa are part of a new wave of mental health chatbots Two mental health chatbot apps have required updates after struggling to handle reports of child sexual abuse. In tests, neither Wysa nor Woebot told an apparent victim to seek emergency help. The BBC also found the …
Image copyright Getty Images India’s currency slumped one day after the abrupt resignation of the country’s central bank governor. The Indian rupee fell 1.3% against the US dollar and stocks were also lower as investors reacted to his departure. On Monday, Urjit Patel resigned from his post midway through his three-year term, citing “personal reasons”. …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December A high-flying Chinese executive has been caught in the centre of a growing geo-political dispute between two of the world’s largest economies. Meng Wanzhou is the chief financial officer of Huawei and the elder daughter of the telecom giant’s founder. She …
Image copyright Getty Images Barclays has become the first High Street bank to allow its customers to “switch off” certain types of spending on their debit cards. The idea is to help vulnerable customers, particularly problem gamblers, or those in serious debt. However, all account holders can now block their own spending in a number …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Google’s Sundar Pichai failed to show up at a Senate hearing earlier this year and was represented by an empty chair Google’s chief Sundar Pichai will be quizzed by US lawmakers later. He previously failed to appear at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing for top tech executives in September. …
Image copyright Phil Coomes Image caption Visitors to this pub can’t pay for their drinks or food with cash Cashless establishments may be safer and more convenient, but are they more popular with the public at large? After yet another break-in at south London pub the Crown and Anchor, Arber Rozhaja decided enough was enough. …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Quality tyres are valuable on the black market in crisis-hit Venezuela Goodyear employees in Venezuela are each to be given 10 tyres as part of their severance payment, as the US firm halts operations in the country. Quality tyres are valuable on the black market, in a country where there …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Some protesters gathered to watch the president’s speech France’s President Emmanuel Macron has promised a minimum wage rise and tax concessions in response to weeks of violent protests. France has seen four weekends of violent protests against fuel tax rises, living costs and other issues. Speaking in a televised address, …
Image copyright Domino’s Pizza Shares in Domino’s Pizza Group have dived 7% amid reports of an escalating row between the firm and its franchisees. According to the Sunday Times, 11 of the company’s biggest franchisees have written to the board threatening to “declare war” on the firm unless they get a bigger slice of the …
Image copyright Getty Images Elon Musk says he has “no respect” for the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) financial regulator. He made the comment in an interview with news channel CBS, in which he also talked about his controversial behaviour on Twitter. In September, the SEC decided to sue him for alleged securities fraud. This …