Image copyright Getty Images One of the world’s most subscribed-to vloggers, Shane Dawson, is halfway through an eight-part series about fellow YouTuber Jake Paul. The videos are around 40 minutes in length, have stacked up more than 50m views and, probably unsurprising to most, are making a lot of money. An industry expert told Radio …
Misogynoir… it’s the combination of sexism and racism that affects black women in everyday life. Jay-Ann Lopez set up the Black Girl Gamers to try to tackle misogynoir after she experienced a series of abusive messages while gaming. The community is a safe space online where women can connect and play together. Jay is also …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Children are watching more content from subscription-based online services Three out of four children under-five now has access to a tablet, smartphone or computer, according to a study. Market researcher Childwise asked more than 1,000 UK parents about their pre-schooler offspring’s media habits. It said three-quarters of the children …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption This selfie-taker risked her life on someone’s shoulders at the top of a 180 metre high disused chimney in Romania The quest for extreme selfies killed 259 people between 2011 and 2017, a 2018 global study has revealed. Researchers at the US National Library of Medicine recommend that ‘no …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption EBay wants Amazon to stop trying to tempt sellers away from the auction site EBay has accused Amazon of using an “unlawful” scheme to tempt sellers on its auction site to move to the online retailer. In a cease and desist letter, the auction site alleged that Amazon had …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Netflix glues millions to their sofas but also puts strain on the network Video streaming service Netflix is the world’s most data-hungry application, consuming 15% of global net traffic, according to research from bandwidth management company Sandvine. Video in general accounts for more than half of net traffic, it …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Data from fitness trackers is increasingly being used by law enforcement as evidence Fitbit data has been used by US police investigating whether a 90-year-old murdered his stepdaughter. The victim, Karen Navarra, 67, was found with a kitchen knife in her hand, suggesting she killed herself. Anthony Aiello, who …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC’s Gordon Corera looks at why the Russian cyber plot sting was surprising Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents. The US justice department said targets included the global …
BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: The Irish Data Protection Commission launches a formal investigation into Facebook’s recent data breach Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute develops a robot that can do DIY Disney Research and ETH Zurich collaborate to …
A touch-sensitive robotic finger that can be attached to smartphones has been developed by a researcher in France. The MobiLimb finger can crawl across the desk, waggle for attention when messages arrive and be used as an interface to control apps and games. It can also stroke its owner on the hand, which developer Marc …