‘There were no avatars like me so we made a game’
A lack of black characters led graphic designer Yvonne and daughter Alyssa to create a videogame.
Having to stay at home during the Covid pandemic has been tough on millions of people around the world. The restrictions have hampered training for elite athletes, especially ahead of Tokyo 2020. But some managed to keep themselves in shape through new and unusual methods.
Anyone piloting a drone usually needs to keep it in sight, but new technology will make it easier to pilot them remotely from hundreds of miles away. BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at how the technology could transform our lives. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
Myanmar’s UN envoy, appointed by the disbanded parliament, says the world needs to co-ordinate its action against Myanmar’s military dictatorship. “It has to be targeted sanctions. It has to be tougher sanctions. There is no coordination. There is no targeting,” Dr Sasa told BBC World News. Dr Sasa fled Myanmar, also known as Burma, on…
Nuns, imams and Buddhist monks are among those sharing successful – and often fun – short-form videos on social media. On TikTok, the hashtags #ChristianTikTok, #Diwali and #Islam have been used billions of times. The “media nuns” of the Daughters of St Paul in Boston, London imam Sabah Ahmedi, and Orthodox Jewish influencer Melinda Strauss…
There can be lots of psychological reasons to enjoy fiction that is fearful, the writer Stephen King has said. “A lot of people enjoy horror stories because it allows them to express their anxieties in ways that don’t have anything to do with the real world,” he told BBC Hardtalk. But fiction that address subjects…
Lord of The Rings director, Peter Jackson, has restored more than 50 hours of outtakes from the 1970 Beatles documentary Let It Be. The documentary sheds new light on the relationship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon before the band finally split in 1970. The film is in three parts and almost seven-hours long. The…