Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kate Nash started out by uploading her music on MySpace MySpace, one of the first online social networks, has apologised after a server migration caused a huge loss of data. A message on its website says that “any photos, videos and audio files” uploaded more than three years ago […]
Image copyright ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE UK based start-up OneWeb has secured $1.25bn (£940m) in new funding enabling it to speed up its plans to launch a global high-speed broadband network. The firm said the money meant its 2021 launch was now “inevitable”. The funding comes after the company successfully launched its first satellites for the service last […]
Image copyright PA Social media companies have been told to “clean up their platforms” or be prepared to face the “force of the law” by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. The warning comes after a gunman who killed 49 people at two mosques in New Zealand filmed the attack and live-streamed it directly to Facebook. Writing […]
Media captionChristchurch was put into lockdown as events unfolded A gunman opened fire in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 people and injuring 50 more. As he did so, he filmed the entire crime and live-streamed it directly to Facebook. What ensued was an exhausting race for social media pages to take the […]
Image copyright Ryerson University Image caption The road can be a lonely place when you are a little robot Back in 2015, a hitchhiker was murdered on the streets of Philadelphia. It was no ordinary crime. The hitchhiker in question was a little robot called Hitchbot. The “death” raised an interesting question about human-robot relationship […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Swarms of drones may work in a similar way to birds or insects The swarm robots are coming and they could change the way wars are fought. In February, the defence secretary said “swarm squadrons” will be deployed by the British armed forces in the coming years. The US […]
Image copyright AFP Tesla has launched its latest car, the Model Y, its second mass-market electric vehicle. The car was unveiled at an event in Los Angeles. The firm will first release a long-range version of the vehicle with a price tag of $47,000 (£35,489). Chief executive Elon Musk said a standard-range model priced at […]
Media captionSir Tim Berners-Lee spoke to the BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones Global action is required to tackle the web’s “downward plunge to a dysfunctional future”, its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has told the BBC. He made the comments in an exclusive interview to mark 30 years since he submitted his proposal for the web. Sir Tim […]
Media captionSir Tim Berners-Lee spoke to the BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones Global action is required to tackle the web’s “downward plunge to a dysfunctional future”, its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has told the BBC. He made the comments in an exclusive interview to mark 30 years since he submitted his proposal for the web. Sir Tim […]
A strap packed with tech that can add smartwatch functions to old watches has been designed by a team of Sony engineers. Sony originally put its Wena watch straps on a crowd-funding site in Japan and has now decided to bring them to the UK. Chris Fox reports. Tech-filled strap makes old watches smart
