Pakistan: 'Lessons learnt to stop post-Eid Covid surge'
The country has measures in place to prevent a large rise in cases, Dr Faisal Sultan says.
Dr Sasa, Myanmar’s UN envoy, appointed by the disbanded parliament, says the country’s military is looking to cause as much pain and suffering as possible to retain control. Dr Sasa, fled Myanmar, also known as Burma on 1 February, the day of the military coup. He is asking the world to stand with the people…
BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Twitter begins testing a new online shopping feature US President Joe Biden warns a cyber-attack on the country could lead to a “real shooting war” An untethered bi-pedal robot, developed at Oregon State University, teaches itself to run…
LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: The FBI is investigating thousands of fake emails sent from one of its own servers Apple will now let users repair their own phones – selling the tools and parts required for some of the more common fixes DogPhone – a toy…
Artificial intelligence (AI) researcher, Joy Buolamwini, has spent the last four years raising awareness of the social implications and possible harm of the technology. Inspired by her own experiences of facial recognition tech she founded the Algorithmic Justice League and recently became the star of the Netflix documentary Coded Bias. BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly finds…
Iraq is one of the most climate-vulnerable places on Earth. In Baghdad, traffic police sergeant Sa’d Saddam Abdulhasan is responsible for one of the city’s busiest junctions. He keeps the city moving but to do so he must work in 50C heat, while standing on black asphalt. Meanwhile, farmer Sheikh Kazem fights to continue farming…
The right to repair, where consumers have the option to choose who fixes their products rather than just the manufacturer, is growing in the US, UK and European Union. But some companies argue that they need to keep their intellectual property confidential or there could be safety concerns with third-party repairs. BBC Click’s Cody Godwin…