From tech which converts glasses into audio glasses, a smart skipping rope and a device which aims to help you feel calmer, BBC Click’s Lara Lewington tests some of the latest gadgets. Prices in the US and UK can differ. The cost of the product given is the current price in the stated territory. See
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A UK-based company has launched an Android phone it hopes will re-energise the smartphone market. The Nothing phone’s design includes a translucent back and hundreds of light-emitting diode (LED) notification lights The device has attracted 200,000 pre-orders, its makers say. BBC Tech Editor Zoe Kleinman tried it out. Read more here. Follow Zoe Kleinman on
Datacentres are one of the backbones of the internet, housing the servers used to upload selfies, stream videos or chat online. The huge amounts of heat generated by the servers is often wasted, but one facility in Denmark is providing hot water and warmth to people’s homes. Adrienne Murray reports for BBC Click. See more
Meta, Facebook’s owner, says it has removed a large number of accounts and groups posting pictures and videos of upskirting, following an investigation by BBC News. The BBC found thousands of users openly sharing obscene material of women and girls taken in public without their consent. One man who posted videos of himself stalking schoolgirls
Gnanli Landrou has invented a special powder that can turn earth and water into a solid building material. It’s inspired by houses where he grew up in West Africa. It’s got a far lower carbon footprint than concrete – and it’s about to be used in a new apartment block. Find out more on the
Maggie Grout started the NGO, Thinking Huts, as a teenager, with the aim of 3D-printing schools in countries where some children lack the opportunity to get an education. She has just printed her first school in Madagascar – only the second 3D-printed school in the world. Printing schools is fast, once the printer is set
As private companies compete to put more people into space, we need to find ways of housing this growing population. BBC Click’s Paul Carter visits the University of Manchester, where scientists are looking at how people might build homes on the Moon and Mars. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick.
Scammers have been profiting from the war in Ukraine by spreading emotional appeals across the internet and stealing identities. Global Disinformation Reporter Hannah Gelbart investigates their emotionally charged tricks, and follows digital paper trails across the internet Listen to the podcast ‘War scams: The criminals exploiting conflict in Ukraine’ on BBC Sounds. Watch the documentary
The former head of news at Twitter, Vivian Schiller, has said Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company should be treated with caution. Ms Schiller told BBC Newsnight’s Katie Razzall that Musk’s motives were unclear and added: “He certainly enjoys throwing bombs on twitter… it’s a lot of fun for him to be the
A small tech company in the UK has reinvented the humble electricity socket. This new smart socket tells you if it’s using renewable energy. It can also save you money by spotting energy that’s being wasted. Hear more solutions on the People Fixing the World podcast. Produced by Richard Kenny and William Kremer. Reporter: Myra
Solar cells printed with a custom nano ink are being made to any shape to charge certain devices under a range of lighting conditions. While they are unlikely to help charge more power-hungry devices like phones and laptops, the nano inks, developed by Giovanni Fili’s company, Exeger, will help power many other things such as
Prince Charles met staff at the Whittle Laboratory at Cambridge University to discuss the future of sustainable aviation. The lab is working on a fossil free future for aviation – targeting net zero carbon emissions for aircraft by 2050. BBC Technology Correspondent Marc Cieslak spoke to Dr Andrew Wheeler and Professor Rob Miller from the
Despite their long-standing differences during the Cold War, in 1975 the US and USSR embarked on a joint mission into space. The aim of the operation was to dock an American Apollo space capsule with a Soyuz one made by the Soviet Union. The collaboration took place at a time when it looked like diplomatic
No Time To Die is the first James Bond film to be nominated in the best visual effects category in the Oscars in more than 40 years. BBC Click’s Al Moloney spoke to Framestore’s visual effects supervisor Jonathan Fawkner to find out more. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
Science fiction film Dune has won six Oscars including the award for best Visual Effects. BBC Click’s Al Moloney spoke to DNEG’s VFX supervisors Tristan Myles and Brian Connor to find out more about the challenges of recreating a harsh desert planet filled with sandworms and flying ships. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
Every year we throw away millions of tons of electronic waste – old computers, mobile phones, televisions. All of them have circuit boards in them. Now the Royal Mint has found a way to turn them into gold, which they’re planning to use to make commemorative coins. BBC Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has been to
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