Image copyright Bubadu Image caption Campaigners gave Doctor Kids as an example of a title in which a character cries if players click away from an in-app store Under-fives are being blitzed with app-based ads which are often manipulative, inappropriate or deceptive, according to a coalition of campaign groups. Examples given include a character crying …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Authors of the letter say the original ballot did not reflect the choices now facing the UK More than 70 business leaders have signed a letter to the Sunday Times calling for a public vote on the UK’s Brexit deal. The chief executive of Waterstones and former Sainsbury’s boss Justin …
Image copyright Instagram Image caption The couple kept a blog of travel photos including this one in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico A man and woman who died after falling from a cliff in Yosemite National Park have been identified as a married couple from India. Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption DUP politician Sammy Wilson is an ardent Brexit supporter The big sticking point in the Brexit negotiations has been described as a “red herring” by one of the 10 Democratic Unionist MPs propping up Theresa May’s minority government. Sammy Wilson told the BBC World Service there was no “real …
Image copyright DJI Image caption The CAA has advised pilots to take extra care when flying the Matrice 200 UK police have grounded some of their drones because of a fault that means the devices can fall out of the sky, BBC Radio 5 Live has found. Recently, a police drone “experienced an in-flight issue” …
Fifa says it was hacked in March of this year Fifa says information was hacked from its IT systems earlier this year. A consortium of media organisations is set to report details of the hack, which took place in March, in the coming days. “We condemn any attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability …
Image copyright Getty Images Software that mimics human society is being tested to see if it can help prevent religious violence. Researchers used artificial intelligence algorithms to simulate actions driven by sectarian divisions. Their model contains thousands of agents representing different ethnicities, races and religions. Norway and Slovakia are trialling the tech to tackle tensions …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Facebook has said it will add more human reviewers to its advertising system Facebook has apologised after it approved an ad campaign targeted at people interested in a conspiracy theory favoured by white nationalists. News site The Intercept was able to launch a promotion aimed at 168,000 users interested in …
Image copyright Saied Froghi Image caption Saied Froghi, right, with his brother Farid Froghi, a surgery research fellow, who joked “all those years of gaming paid off” Trainee surgeon Saied Froghi played video games like Age of Empires and Halo in his spare time during medical school. But rather than impede his learning, he believes …
Image copyright Facebook Image caption The ad cost less than £100 to promote on Facebook and has been viewed by more than 1,000 people A fake advert purporting to have been paid for by scandal-hit Cambridge Analytica has been posted to Facebook. The ad, now removed but still visible in Facebook’s new ad transparency portal, …