Cate Blanchett ‘deeply concerned’ by artificial intelligence impact
Cate Blanchett has told the BBC she is “deeply concerned” about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the Australian actress said: “I’m looking at these robots and driverless cars and I don’t really know what that’s bringing anybody.” Blanchett, 55, was promoting her new film Rumours – an apocalyptic […]
Wiltshire’s Tory heartland turns multi-colour
BBC Labour’s Heidi Alexander was elected as MP for Swindon South while her party colleague Will Stone was elected for Swindon North A county which had a Conservative MP for every seat has turned multicolour. Dubbed a Tory heartland, Wiltshire was a Conservative stronghold. But now Labour MPs have taken two seats, while the Liberal […]
Creatives imagine a new utopia for Nairobi
Kairos Futura Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has long been known as “the green city in the sun” because of its mix of forest and grasslands among the urban sprawl, but it all depends on where you are viewing it from. Seen from one of the city’s comfortable apartment blocks or homes, then yes, perhaps – from […]
No-one understood our idea, but now it’s worth over $1bn
Bloomberg The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Howie Liu, the founder and chief executive of the fast-growing spreadsheet start-up Airtable. Silicon Valley boss Howard Liu is sitting, he believes, on an idea that could earn tens of billions of dollars. And with […]
BBC celebrates success at Midlands TV awards
BBC Nicola Goodwin from BBC Midlands won the Breakthrough on Screen Unscripted award Journalists, artists and programme-makers celebrated success at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Midlands Awards on Friday. Steven Knight’s BBC drama This Town, filmed in Birmingham and Coventry, took home three awards from the ceremony at ICC Birmingham. Meanwhile BBC journalists Navtej Johal […]
Just 20 firms behind more than half of single-use plastic waste
Getty Images Traditionally, the biggest use of plastics is in packaging and it tends to be used just once before being thrown away Just 20 companies are the source of more than half of all the single-use plastic items thrown away globally. That’s the conclusion of analysis of the corporate network behind plastic production. The […]
A 36-year-old Jeff Bezos on Amazon
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Amazon was once Jeff Bezos’s “famously unprofitable company”, as the former CEO said in an exclusive 2000 BBC Newsnight interview. Nearly 25 years on, the ubiquitous company has become one of a handful of companies in the world valued at over $2 trillion. On 8 June 2000, the BBC presenter […]
Zayn Malik pays tribute in Liam Payne’s hometown of Wolverhampton
Getty Images Malik is paying tribute to former bandmate Liam Payne every night on stage during his tour Singer Zayn Malik has paid tribute on stage to Liam Payne in his former One Direction bandmate’s hometown of Wolverhampton. According to videos on social media Malik, who is on tour, said he hoped the late star […]
Anger grows for stranded crew on forgotten cruises
Getty Images The cruise ship industry suspended its operations in mid-March due to the pandemic When Caio Saldanha and his fiancée Jessica Furlan arrived in the US in early March, they were looking forward to a new life working on board a lavish cruise ship. Working on Celebrity Cruise’s Celebrity Infinity was supposed to be […]
Meta breaches law by charging for ad-free social media, EU says
The European Commission says Facebook owner Meta’s “pay or consent” advertising model is in breach of its laws. Under the tech giant’s new service in the EU, users must either consent to receiving personalised ads or pay €12.99 (£11) a month to remove them. The Commission has told Meta it has taken “the preliminary view” […]