A smartphone with an expanding display that can grow and shrink on demand has been demonstrated by Chinese phone-maker Oppo. The device has a flexible display that rolls up inside the device, letting the screen expand from 6.7in (17cm) to 7.4in (18.8cm). BBC Click’s Chris Fox went hands-on with the concept phone to see what
Month: March 2021
The Good Law Project, a campaign group involved in the legal action against the government, estimates that since March 2020, the Department of Health and Social Care has taken an average of 98 days to publish details of Covid-related contracts. The government gives a lower number – saying publication was, on average, 17 days over
Following Spears’ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), Silverman said the 25-year-old had “accomplished everything she’s ever going to accomplish in her life”, and called her two children with Kevin Federline, then aged just one and two, “the most adorable mistakes you will ever see”, before making an explicit comment about the singer.
BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Facebook lifts its ban on political advertising which has been in place since the US presidential election in November The Last of US 2 receives a record-breaking 13 nominations at the Bafta gaming awards Tiny insect-like drones are
In a video which showed Kyal Sin’s last minutes, she was seen leading a group of young protesters. When tear gas rained down and shooting came from security forces at the other end of the road, all of them looked worried but she shouted: “Are we united?”, and they chanted “United, United”. A family friend
With the NFL rumor mill heating up and free agency on the horizon, it’s time to dive into the second edition of my ongoing series based around my trademarked “BS Meter.” I use this meter to parse out the rumors sure to be flying during this wild offseason. Here’s how it’s going to work: The
Do you want to know why it is worth getting your PhD degree? Pursuing a doctorate does not only need years of hard work. Usually, it also means living on a small income, and sometimes, you may take loans to complete your degree. If you are a working professional, the decision to do a PhD
Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Draghi, an influential figure in Europe as the former president of the European Central Bank, argued in a videoconference with EU leaders that the rules should be applied rigorously, furious at reductions by AstraZeneca of up to 70% in the doses it was contracted to provide.
It acknowledges the trans-Atlantic partners should perhaps focus more on manufacturing competition from China. But there is work to be done: the EU, UK and US have not only the Boeing/Airbus dispute to resolve, but another one over steel and aluminium, which explains the 25% tariff currently on imported American whiskey.
Solicitor Callum Galbraith, whose firm Hamlins represented everyone at Thursday’s hearing apart from Mr Bisson, said: “Getting as full an understanding of NGN’s unlawful acts is critical to many of our clients, but equally many want a full and proper apology acknowledging the considerable distress and lasting damage caused. These public apologies achieve that.”
“I think she was naïve, she didn’t really understand the monarchy or ‘The Firm’ as she rightly puts it, and the constricts of royal power. She was naive to think that she could modernise the monarchy, that she could have her voice and could do things her way,” she told Radio 5 Live.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully landed one of its Starship prototypes at the end of a high-altitude test flight. It is the first time the space exploration company has pulled this off, after the ship’s predecessors crashed into the ground. But that wasn’t the end of the story. A fire then developed around SN10’s base
Reality television show Married At First Sight Australia has become an unexpected success in the UK during the coronavirus lockdown. Despite originally airing in Australia in 2019, the series has had millions of viewers on the E4 television channel and its on-demand service during its recent UK broadcast. Martha Kalifatidis and Michael Brunelli, one of
“We have got to have constant intelligence on domestic terrorists, have to track their possible efforts to again repeat what happened on January sixth and I think that’s what you’re seeing now, is an abundance of caution to make sure that we are properly prepared to react, if in fact any group attempts any kind
One influencer, with 55,000 subscribers, suggested there was a 150-year-old clue in the 1871 Organic Act itself. The digits of the act add up to make 17, a symbolic number for the conspiracy’s followers – with Q being the 17th letter of the English alphabet. Numerology “proofs” are big in the world of QAnon.
A rare black fox has been caught on camera prowling around a garden in west London. It was spotted by Faroz and his daughter Sophia, from Isleworth, who first thought it was a wolf, or a wild dog. The animals are a type of North American red fox with a trait that makes their fur