From Click: Extremists using video-game chats to spread hate

The US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics was not about lecturing China but about “standing up for human rights”, the US climate envoy has said. John Kerry told Stephen Sackur, of BBC News’s Hardtalk programme, that addressing climate change was so important, it should be kept separate from other areas where there is…

The Norwegian Refugee Council, which is providing aid in Afghanistan, is in talks with the Taliban in an effort to secure free movement for its aid workers, and to be able to work without interference. The council’s Secretary General Jan Egeland told BBC World News that the Taliban was responding positively. “We as humanitarians will…

A picture of a hug during the coronavirus pandemic has been named World Press Photo of the Year. The image shows an 85-year-old Brazilian woman at a care home getting her first embrace in five months through a transparent hug curtain. The winner of the World Press Photo of the Year, Mads Nissen, told BBC…

Facebook has revealed its first pair of “smart glasses” that contain two cameras for taking photos and videos. The specs, called Ray-Ban Stories, are a collaboration with the luxury eyewear brand. Facebook is expected to release fully-fledged augmented reality (AR) spectacles. But Facebook’s head of AR and VR told BBC Click’s Chris Fox they were…

Some fashion companies are creating virtual clothes to reduce their environmental footprint.

In a site near Reykjavik, geothermal energy is being used to create products rich in protein.