The darkest side of online dating There are lots of perks to online dating – but it has a worrying dark side that can leave some shaken. This piece is a text reversion of a Business Daily piece from BBC World Service, presented by Tamasin Ford and produced by Szu Ping Chan and Nisha Patel. Adapted […]
By Megha Mohan Gender and identity correspondent More than 200 high-profile women have signed an open letter asking for concrete action to tackle abuse on social media platforms. The letter – signed by women including former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard, ex-US tennis player Billie Jean King and British actresses Thandiwe Newton and Emma Watson […]
By Prasanto K Roy Technology writer Social media regulation debate Last week, Twitter India’s managing director was summoned by police in Ghaziabad, a city near the capital Delhi. He has since earned a temporary reprieve from court , protecting him from arrest, but the case is still open. The trigger was a video – allegedly showing […]
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent China has launched three astronauts into orbit to begin occupation of the country’s new space station. The three men – Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo – are to spend three months aboard the Tianhe module some 380km (236 miles) above the Earth. It will be China’s longest […]
The Chinese government has acknowledged damage to fuel rods at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country, but said no radioactivity had leaked. China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said the problem was “common” with no need for concern. The admission comes after CNN reported that the US government was assessing a […]
A French energy company says it has deliberately released gas from a Chinese nuclear power plant in a bid to fix a “performance issue”. EDF Energy confirmed that there was a build-up of noble gases in one of the two reactors’ primary circuits. It comes after CNN reported that the US government had been assessing […]
By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter A major outage has affected a number of high profile websites including Amazon, Reddit and Twitch. The UK government website – gov.uk – was also down as were the Financial Times, the Guardian and the New York Times. Cloud computing provider Fastly, which underpins a lot of websites, said it […]
By Chris Fox Technology reporter US airline United has announced plans to buy 15 new supersonic airliners and “return supersonic speeds to aviation” in the year 2029. Supersonic passenger flights ended in 2003 when Air France and British Airways retired Concorde. The new Overture aircraft will be produced by a Denver-based company called Boom, which […]
India’s Karnataka state says it plans to send a legal notice to Google after it showed the state’s official language as the “ugliest language in India”. A Google search with these keywords on Thursday showed Kannada as the top result. On Thursday, the tech giant released a statement apologising for “the misunderstanding and hurting any […]
By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter An update of Harmony OS, the operating system developed by Huawei, means it will now be installed in a wider range of products, including its smartphones. It is due to roll out across Asia following a launch event on 2 June. There is no date for a global launch yet. […]
