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Museum Alive: App brings a dinosaur to your living room
Augmented reality app, Museum Alive, is a continuation of Sir David Attenborough’s Bafta award-winning series of the same name. Featuring a Saber-toothed tiger (Smilodon), a flying reptile (Dimorphodon) and a sea creature (Opabinia), the app allows you close encounters with the animals and the opportunity to learn about the worlds they lived in. BBC Click’s…
Red Cross aid workers facing ‘intimidation’ in Myanmar
Alexander Matheou, the Asia Pacific director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says aid workers are facing intimidation and attacks in Myanmar, also known as Burma. He told BBC World News that more than 30 incidents on health workers had been recorded although most of the Myanmar Red Cross activity…
Huawei Mate X2: Mastering the folding phone formula
Huawei has revealed the third iteration of its folding smartphone, abandoning its previous designs and taking some inspiration from Samsung. This time, the folding display on the Mate X2 is protected inside the phone. BBC Click’s Chris Fox went hands-on with the phone and described it as the best folding phone so far – but…
George Floyd: ‘Jury selection key to trial outcome’
The attorneys selecting the jurors for the in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of killing George Floyd will face a difficult task, Derrick Johnson, the CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has said. They would need to find 12 people who could come to the…
‘Epic action’: Cinemas open screens for gamers
As cinemas open up after lockdown they are looking at ways to make as much money as possible following months of closure. One solution is renting screens to gamers, allowing people to play their favourite games on screens that would normally be playing Hollywood blockbusters. BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak finds out what it is like…
Pere Aragonès: Our priority is an agreed referendum
Nine Catalan separatists convicted over a failed independence bid in 2017 have been formally pardoned by the Spanish government. President of the government of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, told BBC World News that the priority now was to have an agreed referendum as this was the best way to achieve independence. In Spain tens of thousands…