‘The coming days will be the hardest’ – Liege acting mayor

‘The coming days will be the hardest’ – Liege acting mayor

At least 120 people have died and hundreds are unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in western Europe in decades. The acting mayor of Liege in Belgium, Christine Defraigne, told BBC World News that while the river level was now dropping, the city was now facing a “terrible aftermath”. “I think our population…

Robot helps people get dressed and other tech news

Robot helps people get dressed and other tech news

BBC Click’s Romana Kreider looks at the best technology news stories of the week including: Google is fined €500m (£427m) by France’s competition authority for not negotiating “in good faith” with news organisations over their use of content. Google has told the BBC the decision “ignores our efforts to reach an agreement” One of the…

Masih Alinejad: I got furious instead of just being scared

Masih Alinejad: I got furious instead of just being scared

Four Iranian intelligence officials have been charged with plotting to kidnap a New York-based journalist critical of Iran, US prosecutors have said. While the indictment did not name the target, Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American author and activist, has said it was her. She told BBC World News about learning she was a target for kidnapping…

Duran Duran’s Invisible: ‘Thrilled’ with AI collaboration

Duran Duran’s Invisible: ‘Thrilled’ with AI collaboration

Music group Duran Duran decided to collaborate with artificial intelligence (AI) software to create their new music video, Invisible. But what would the band, which has sold over 100 million records and has been performing for five decades, make of the finished product? BBC Click’s Lara Lewington speaks to Nick Rhodes to find out more….

Continue to distance and wear face masks – WHO’s Covid envoy

Continue to distance and wear face masks – WHO’s Covid envoy

The lifting of almost all coronavirus restrictions on 19 July in England, needs to be done with the right messaging, the World Health Organization’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro has said. “I’ve been hearing from some that the mood in Britain is one of great relief that everything can be sort of stopped…

How MetaHuman Creator helped me create ‘Dana’

How MetaHuman Creator helped me create ‘Dana’

Cloud-based software which enables digital characters to be created quickly and by anyone has been released by Epic Games. MetaHuman Creator allows digital renderings to be produced in a process which would have previously required professional digital artists and taken weeks or months to complete. BBC Click’s Alex Humphreys reports. See more at Click’s website…