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Euro 2024 kicks off this month, so we’re bringing you a special Euro 2024 edition of the AI or real quiz – it’s sure to leaving you scratching your head!Challenge yourself to get full marks in our latest AI or real quiz and see how you do at spotting pictures that have been created using artificial intelligence.And don’t forget, do your own research to find out where the original images and videos came from, verify sources, and check to see if credible news sites have covered the story. Source link

1 hour agoBy Guy Lambert, @guybertie, Entertainment ReporterHBOThe second season sees the Targaryen and Velaryon houses dividedAhead of the second series of House of the Dragon, a prequel to Game of Thrones, its stars have been speaking to the BBC about what to expect.Based on George RR Martin’s epic fantasy novel A Song of Ice and Fire, House of the Dragon stars a collection of British talent, including Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke.The second season of the HBO prequel picks up just days after the final events of the first season.While there is promise of more monumental battles and fiery dragon…

18 minutes agoBy Azeezat Olaoluwa, BBC News, LagosGetty ImagesNigeria, a nation once notorious for military rule, is marking 25 years of democracy.The brass bands will play, the crowd will cheer and the president will make a speech – but outside of Wednesday’s official event many may be wondering what the celebration is really for.“You cannot eat democracy” is a phrase often attributed to autocrats – but it has also been used by elected leaders as a warning about what a population might demand of them.As many Nigerians struggle to earn enough to live on, amid an economic crisis and dramatically rising prices,…

Students at Media City’s University Technical College describe their experiences of swapping their smartphones for basic Nokia handsets.The only forms of communication are calls and text messages.The detox is all part of a project run by BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Bitesize looking at young people’s habits with their smartphones. Source link

38 minutes agoBy Philippa Roxby, Health reporterGetty ImagesMosquitoes can spread disease from person to person, and from place to placeAn invasive species of mosquito has been found in 13 countries in the EU, including France, Spain and Greece, with experts linking their discovery to a rise in dengue fever in Europe.Climate change is creating favourable conditions for the tiger mosquito to spread, said the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). As far north as Paris, where the Olympic Games will take place at the end of July, authorities have been monitoring and trapping the insect.The ECDC has warned international travel…

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden is to open up about her ordeal with breast cancer in a new BBC documentary.The film, with the working title Amy Dowden: Fight of My Life, will be broadcast on BBC One this summer.It will be shown ahead of her return to Strictly, after she missed last year’s series because of her illness.The Welsh dancer was diagnosed in April 2023, at the age of 32, after finding a lump in her breast the day before she went on her honeymoon.”It was an exciting new chapter in my life, but finding a lump on my…

11 minutes agoBy Will Grant, Mexico and Central America correspondent • George Wright, BBC NewsReutersA police officer stands guard in Haiti’s capitalA new government has been formed in Haiti as it tries to restore order in the violence-ravaged nation.The new cabinet completely replaces all the ministers from the government of the former Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, who was forced to step down earlier this year by gangs which control large parts of Haiti.The announcement of the new cabinet comes two weeks after the country’s transitional government council appointed Garry Conille as interim prime minister.He will also take on the role of interior minister, according to…

35 minutes agoBy Natalie Sherman, BBC NewsGetty ImagesIn 2018, Tesla shareholders approved the biggest pay package in history for Elon Musk. Six years later, will they do it again?The electric car company will find out this week at its annual meeting, where it is seeking a show of support for the roughly $50bn deal.The package – worth an estimated 300 times what the top-earning boss in the US made last year – won backing from 73% of shareholders who voted six years ago.The compensation plan gives Mr Musk rights to roughly 300 million shares – a roughly 10% stake in the firm…

26 minutes agoBy Ben Morris, Editor, BBC Technology of BusinessBBCIan Crawford oversees the archiving of Imperial War Museum mediaThe year 2039 might seem like a long way off, but Ian Crawford is already planning for it.It will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two – a big year for his employer, the Imperial War Museum. Mr Crawford is chief information officer at the museum, and oversees a project to digitise its huge collection of pictures, audio and film.With a collection of around 24,000 hours of film and video, and 11 million photographs, it’s a vast task. And in…

3 hours agoBy Shehnaz Khan, BBC News, West Midlands • PA Media, News agencyBBCArthur “Gaps” Hendrickson died after a short illness, a spokesperson for The Selecter announcedArthur “Gaps” Hendrickson, frontman of 2-Tone band The Selecter, has died aged 73.In a post on X, a spokesperson for the Coventry band announced the vocalist, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2023, had died after a short illness.”The world has lost a 2-Tone original, a talented musician and an absolute gentlemen,” the post said.The Selecter, which also featured lead singer Pauline Black OBE and drummer Charley “Aitch” Bembridge, was formed in 1979.The Selecter was formed in the city…