Tech Life: Olympic esports and Saudi Arabia
The IOC announced the inaugural games will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. Not all are happy Source link
The ‘superfood’ taking over fields in northern India
Phool dev Shahni Phool dev Shahni makes a living harvesting makhana or lotus seeds Like his father and grandfather before him, Phool dev Shahni once made a living by diving…
NYC using drones to warn residents of floods
As New Yorkers experience flash floods and severe thunderstorms, NYC emergency officials have begun using drones for the first time as an early weather warning system. The drones are an…
Tech Life: Turning the tables on romance scammers
We speak to the BBC journalist who exposed an online con. Source link
‘Pig butchering’ scammers target BBC reporter
A BBC reporter has been given an in-depth insight into how pig butchering scams work after being targeted himself. Scammers refer to their victims as pigs, whom they fatten up…
Tech Life: When the power goes
The impact of internet outages in Bangladesh, and power cuts in South Africa and Cuba Source link
Lawmaker uses AI voice clone to address Congress
Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton used a artificial intelligence (AI) programme to address the House on Thursday. A year ago, the lawmaker was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, which makes it…
Tech Life: Turning the racetrack electric
We’re at the Formula E season finale, exploring how the tech has advanced over 10 years. Source link
Fake news ‘travels faster’, study finds
Image copyright Getty Images A study of 126,000 rumours and false news stories spread on Twitter over a period of 11 years found that they travelled faster and reached more…
Burger-flipping robot taken offline after one day
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: Flippy the burger robot gets to work Flippy the burger-flipping robot that started work this week in a California restaurant has…