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BBC Audio | Asia Specific | Is India's internet becoming more like China's?
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (252+ words) India and China have long taken very different approaches to controlling the internet. But is that gap starting to narrow? India's government is proposing new rules that could bring bloggers, influencers and online creators under regulations similar to those governing…...
Holding the line: Storytelling, gender and safety in the age of AI
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (447+ words) Our senior gender advisor Becky Palmstrom looks at how new technology is reshaping women's rights " and where we go from here It's a stark figure: 31 years after the Beijing Declaration pledging action on the rights of girls and women, in…...
Biddulph's Tatty Lomas lands National Influencer Award nomination
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (427+ words) An influencer from Staffordshire who began by filming herself applying makeup and telling stories in her bedroom has been nominated for a national podcast award. Tatty Lomas, from Biddulph, started posting short makeup tutorials during the Covid lockdown, paired with…...
BBC Audio | Woman's Hour | Sinners, AI boyfriends, Autistic girls, Abuse and Muslim women
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (362+ words) Sinners, AI boyfriends, Autistic girls, Abuse and Muslim women'BBC Sinners, AI boyfriends, Autistic girls, Abuse and Muslim women Available for over a year The cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw has been nominated for an Academy Award for "Sinners," an American horror…...
'I spent "2, 000 on one event'. Why Gen Z is obsessed with Hyrox
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (930+ words) Hyrox is a fitness craze that shows no signs of dying out - with 1. 3m people expected to compete in an event somewhere in the world this year. The competition, which is split between running and fitness exercises, has proven particularly popular…...
CMAT's hack for chilling out
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (21+ words) After a whirlwind year, CMAT tells Nick Grimshaw that she's found a new way to relax. CMAT's hack for chilling out...
How a Cheshire woman conquered Spotify with her 'weird' podcast
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (658+ words) "I don't think there's really a blueprint for how it should feel when something like that happens, but it was probably one of the most surreal moments of my life." You Tuber, turned Tik Toker, turned podcaster Chyaz Samuel has…...
Can Hull's boomers decipher zoomer slang?
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (645+ words) Do you know what the words delulu and cheugy mean, or do they sound like gobbledegook? The gap between the Tik Tok generation and the baby boomers could be described as "whacking", meaning older folk do not have the faintest…...
'Skibidi?' - New words added to the Cambridge Dictionary and what they mean
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (32+ words) 'Skibidi', 'delulu' and 'tradwife' are some of the words added to the Cambridge Dictionary - but what do they mean? 'Skibidi?' - New words added to the Cambridge Dictionary and what they mean...
Sylvanian Drama lawsuit dropped " but account will change name
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (28+ words) Epoch, the Japanese company behind Sylvanian Families, filed a lawsuit in New York against the parody account Sylvanian Drama. Sylvanian Drama lawsuit dropped " but account will change name...