Edmonton fire and rescue said both workers were helped down to safety. No one was injured. A quiet settled weather story over the next couple of days. That is something i have not set for quite something i have not set for quite some time. The reason is an area of High Pressure building in from the atlantic. We still have this nuisance where the front enhancing some showers in scotland accompanied bya some showers in scotland accompanied by a keen northerly breeze. So the winds will start to ease a little into the afternoon, but we keep some showers here, one or two cropping up in south west scotland and northern ireland. But elsewhere clear skies and lots of afternoon autumn sunshine. But cold out there, temperatures peaking at eight to 13 celsius. The weather pattern stays the same as we go through the evening and overnight. So the risk ofa evening and overnight. So the risk of a few showers into the north, clearer skies elsewhere. That can only mean one thing as we go through the ov
This week, its the 50th birthday of the internet. We will hear how it was switched on, how democracy could be rebooted, and how hard it is to tell apples from. Apples. Every single day, we upload 4 million hours of video to youtube. We send 682 million tweets. We post over 67 million instagram pictures. 4. 4 billion of us use the internet and collectively, we create 2. 5 exa bytes, thats 2. 5 million tb or 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data every single day. And a significant proportion of all of that data searches, views, messages, social media, video streaming, goes through here. This is telehouse north, one of the most important parts of the internets backbone. Its one of four buildings here in london for with computers, cables, cooling equipment, and sheer geekery. The internet was built on many earlier ideas but the big one happened exactly 50 years ago this week. The work had origins in 1969 when the American Defense department, specifically the Defense Advanced Research projects age
Who is in the final. Their captain has run a Training Session at the tokyo base for wales. This will be their second semifinal in three tournaments. They were in the team that narrowly lost to france he admits that his form injapan has been mixed but he believes wales are in a stronger position than ever to reach a first final. Obviously this is where you want to be playing your best rugby. You know, to see where we are now, in the semifinal and to be part of it is something special, so from my point of view, we have to keep positive, keep grafting, and hopefully have a few more touches. Great britains return to rugby league ended in defeat to a tonga invitational side in hamilton, new zealand. It was the lions first tour match for 12 years and after they went behind, John Batemans try brought them back into the game. But their attempts to attack were thwarted and it finished 111 6 to tonga. There are highlights of this match on bbc one at 1 15pm. After leicester citys spectactular 9 0
Now on bbc news, click. This week, its the 50th birthday of the internet. We will hear how it was switched on, how democracy could be rebooted, and how hard it is to tell apples from. Apples. Every single day, we upload four million hours of video to youtube. We send 682 million tweets. We post over 67 million instagram pictures. 4. 4 billion of us use the internet and collectively, we create 2. 5 exa bytes, thats 2. 5 million tb or 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data every single day. And a significant proportion of all of that data searches, news, messages, social media, video streaming, goes through here. All this is telehouse north, one of the most important parts of the internet backbone. Its one of four buildings here in london full of computers, cables, cooling equipment, and sheer geekery. The internet was built on many earlier ideas, but the big one happened exactly 50 years ago this week. The work had origins in 1969 when the American Defense department, specifically the Defense A
Now on bbc news, click. This week, microsoft boss Satya Nadella uncovering state led internet manipulation. And abominable animation. Look at him. Hes a yeti. Some call it fake news. Some call it disinformation, online manipulation. Or even information warfare. The tech giants call it coordinated inauthentic activity. False news articles on facebook bots amplifying questionable opinions on twitter. What we now know is that nation states have and are weaponized. These techniques to their own ends. Russia to interfere with elections china to spread disinformation. But there is one place which hasnt been associated with deliberate disinformation recently. And thats wikipedia. Its the largest collection of Human Knowledge ever created, arguably the First Digital wonder of the world the font of all internet knowledge. It has nearly six million pages with a staggering 18 billion page views every month and it was created in the best spirit of the internet. Transparent, nonprofit making and op