Would you pay to follow an influencer?
Spooked by plummeting advertising revenue, content creators are hoping that loyal fans will pay up to watch their videos. The creators of Sorted Food, a YouTube cooking channel with 2.4 million subscribers, recognised they were falling into the trap so many digital content makers do. Their channel was hugely popular, but they weren’t doing things […]
The surge of venting about the worst of work
Getty Images Workers are fed up with corporate culture. A growing number are poking fun and pushing for change in social media videos, to the tune of billions of views. This article contains strong language some readers may find offensive A couple of years ago, happy hour at the pub was workers’ go-to destination for […]
Online check-ups set to ‘transform’ healthcare
BBC Digital technology is already used in NHS Wales but this will see it extended Online check-ups are set to “transform” healthcare in Wales, according to the clinical lead of a digital scheme. More than 80,000 video consultations have been performed by GPs and other services since March. And now NHS Wales’ Video Consultation Service […]
The creative experiences indulging our nostalgia for planes
Jillian Mitchell (Credit: Jillian Mitchell) In a year of travel restrictions, aviation-related experiences have become a proxy for the freedoms and frivolities of our pre-pandemic lives. Karyn Thomas hasn’t set foot outside Australia since October 2019, but she has chased the vivid green glow of the Southern Lights through the skies just north of Antarctica. […]
Jack Ma swaps drawings with fellow tech billionaire
Getty Images Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son Japanese technology entrepreneur Masayoshi Son has revealed that he exchanges drawings with Alibaba founder Jack Ma. Mr Ma mostly disappeared from public view after he made comments critical of Chinese regulators in October. During an earnings call for his company Softbank on Monday, Mr Son was asked if […]
Is this Asia’s best stopover city?
Alamy The banking hub of Hong Kong has long been a prime destination for business travellers – but there’s more to the city than meetings and conferences, writes Christopher DeWolf. Hong Kong doesn’t need much introduction as a business hub. Trading has always been this city’s lifeblood, from its days as a British-controlled free port […]
Nintendo Switch OLED Model gets an upgraded screen
Nintendo Nintendo has unveiled its long-rumoured upgrade to the Switch, with a new model featuring a larger, better screen. The Switch OLED Model’s main feature is its OLED screen – a technology which offers deeper blacks and better colours than most LCD screens like those on the original Switch. It will launch on 8 October, […]
Your office doesn’t need a slide to be ‘cool’
United States Library of Congress The dramatic columns of the Johnson Wax headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin (Credit: United States Library of Congress) Does a workspace really need ‘fun’ fixtures to inspire creativity? We asked BBC Culture’s architecture and design critic Jonathan Glancey for his take on the modern office. “We don’t stop playing because we […]
LG’s Dual Screen ‘foldable phone’ breaks apart
LG LG suggests its Dual Screen accessory will make it easier for users to multitask LG has showed off a two-screened smartphone following earlier reveals by Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi. It has created a second display as a detachable accessory. The end result may look less elegant thanks to the gap between the screens, but […]
‘We had to give them bonuses’ to leave early
Getty Images Despite a countrywide effort to end overwork, Japan’s push to make people leave work early hasn’t gone exactly as planned. Eric Barton finds out why. In February, Tokyo-based public relations firm Sunny Side Up announced employees could leave work early on the last Friday of every month. The problem? Nobody wanted to go. […]