senate will be delayed for a week to allow for an fbi investigation. president trump said the senate committee had to do what they thought was right and necessary. facebook is investigating a security issue affecting nearly 50 million accounts. it says hackers exploited a vulnerability in its code that allowed them to take over people's accounts. the company said that because it had onlyjust begun its investigations it did not yet know who was behind the attacks. a tsunami up to three—metres high has crashed into the coast on the indonesian island of sulawesi. it followed an earthquake measuring 7.5 that's left at least five people dead. the authorities say they are having difficulty contacting some urban areas closest to the earthquake‘s epicentre. now on bbc news, shortly, it'll be time for newswatch. but before that, here's click. knowledge is power — that's what we've been told. whoever holds the information

has the control. our data is valuable. it really is, you know, as everyone says, the new oil. and for years we have been giving it away in exchange for... what? free services: social networks, e—mail, convenient shopping. and all the while, big companies have been recording our every move, selling our data on, and even using it to micro—target us based our personalities. early this year, the european union brought in the general data protection regulation to protect our privity. but large amounts of our data is still stored and used by the tech giants. and some argue it should be wholly owned by us. not least because the underlying infrastructure that allowed the collection of this commodity — the internet and the web — were publicly funded in the first place. the real question is what is the contract that society should be

making with these companies, which are not only collecting citizens‘ data, but also really using citizens‘ tax money to actually fund the technology. it really is, you know, as everyone says, the new oil. it could become critical for the ways that citizens access and interact with different types of services, like public services — basically interact with the welfare state in their country. as part of this early—stage concept, anyone wanting to access data held in regional or national repositories would have to apply for permission, and possibly pay fees. the funds generated by these public data labs would be reinvested into areas such as the welfare state. but what about small, nimble start—ups that are trying to innovate? wouldn't they be crushed under the weight of such big public regulators? the fight to regain control of our data is also being taken up

by none other than the inventor of the world wide web himself, who is now reassessing some aspects of his invention. we thought all we had to do was to make it free and open, and good things would happen, and humanity would create good things. because we had faith in humanity. now we realise, actually, just making the infrastructure of the web and internet free and open is not enough. his idea is to create an open operating system, called solid, which sits on top of the current world wide web, which users will access through normal web browsers. here, every single piece of our data that's created will be stored in our own pods. each pod can connect and share information with other users — if we choose — or even with apps and organisations. so instead of the big data companies taking your data into their silos,

any app sitting in on the solid platform would instead have to ask your permission to read or write your data pod. that choice is very powerful because it means that you can choose that all those spaces will respect you. you'll control who has access to it. the value of your data to you is actually greater than the value to some arbitrary corporation. to them you are a dot in a data field. you help confirm spending habits of people like you if you are in a demographic. but to you, you are you. the project, which he hopes will mushroom into an ecosystem of decentralised data pods, apps, and companies, is, he says, galvanising communities that are increasingly frustrated by the centralised web. but tech companies also making moves. known as the data transfer project, this new initiative allows data

portability between platforms — currently google, facebook, microsoft and twitter. the point is to move the data directly from one service provider to the next, but obviously there are technical considerations at play. it is great to see their companies are embracing that vision. it is a form of complete user control. and it mightjust be that these giants are determined to handle and keep our data safely. there are banks and insurance companies which have as much if not more of my personal data, and i trust them less than a country that is trying figure out and answer questions. —— a company. sometimes they mess up, but they learn, because the pressure that we put on them actually affects them. so if the tech companies are not

as bad as they are often made out to be, should regulators get more creative in managing them? so let's go back to the thought that data is the new oil. you could argue that the oil under the ground does belong to us all. but it is the extraction and what you do next that's the real hard work — the resources and the innovation, that's what is important. ingredients alone — if i have a bunch of ingredients but don't do anything about it, i won't make a great recipe or sell anything. it is the same here with data. but the father of the world wide web is hopeful that he can still realise that democratic vision of the web that he'd originally worked towards. having agency all across the spectrum. having complete control over your privacy and data, that is exciting. an exciting vision, i think, for those people who get an inkling of what it will be like. now, whilst virtual reality cuts the viewer from the real world,

augmented reality is promising to enhance it by overlaying whizzy graphics. for the last few years, a company from florida called magic leap has been teasing its ar goggles, which can measure space around it and adapt visuals to suit. the swish videos showing sci—fi—style user interfaces and mindbending interactive experiences credit lot of hype, but the problem was that nobody had actually got their hands or their eyes on a set of magic leap‘s goggles since it came out. that was until recently, when the company finally released a developer version, costing nearly £1800. but before the inevitable consumer version drops, creatives have got to make experiences which will persuade us to invest in sets of techno—goggles which make us look like dr octopus. marc cieslak has been hanging out at andy serkis‘ imaginarium studios to see what they have been cooking up in the efforts to all they reality.

acclaimed actor and director andy serkis is a master of performance capture. so much so that back in 2011, he founded imaginarium studios in london, a company dedicated to performance capture for movies, tv, and games. using 60 or so cameras, performance capture suits with tracking markers, and even software created for games, human actors can quickly be turned into out of this world computer—generated characters. right here we have a brilliant explanation of what is actually going on on the stage. in the two corners we can see the actors, who are performing on the stage, but on this screen right here, this is what the motion capture or performance capture cameras are actually seeing. and then over here, in real time, we can see those performances as cg characters, and they are using the unreal engine to help create

those characters, which is a bit of videogame technology. using their performance capture know—how, imaginarium has teamed up with magic leap out of california to show off its ai tech. they have done this with help from an embittered orc called grishnak, a character created by andy serkis himself. he belongs to a group called super zeroes. you have to wonder, what happens to beautifully created, wonderfully crafted pieces of character concept artwork that doesn't make the grade? grishnak is one of those characters whose life was going to be — he was destined to the an orc in the lord of the rings, and he never quite made the grade. 0k, andy, time to strap on the magic leap headset and check

out your performance up close. ok, so our character has erupted out of the screen and is appearing through a hole in the wall. you know who we are? of course you don't know who we are, we're nobodies! oh, i think i've broken my ankle. now he is appearing in front of me here on this table, fully 3—dimensional. i love you so much, please, take me home. i can sing, i can dance! just take me home! the closest thing this looks like to anything you might see are the holograms in the original star wars films. movies and television are very much a "lean back" experience.

virtual reality and augmented reality, do they offer the opportunity for the audience to be part of the action, more leaning forward? here we have a technology, performance capture, which i think is one of the greatest 21st century tools for an actor. it allows you to play anything, to become anything. and in a new platform, which is sort of taking storytelling into another realm, which almost brings you back to an ancient form of storytelling, which is to be in and amongst the characters that have been created, not separated by a screen. so it's much more, it feels like you are living the story with the characters. this is not the only outfit experimenting with this ai technology. weta digital and industrial light & magic have also created demonstrations to show the potential of this kit. —— ar technology. but for now, this orc with an attitude shows a tantalising taste of the possibilities of augmented realities. he's disappeared in a cloud of zeros and ones. and that's it for this week.

don't forget, we live on facebook and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. an atrocity in cameroon, how the bbc proved that footage was genuine and not fake news. and how should reporters interview those who have gone through all witnessed traumatic events ? through all witnessed traumatic events? —— or. first, it has been a week of big speeches, the day before jeremy corbyn addressed the labour party conference donald trump spoke to the general assembly of the united nations about among other things the measures his administration had taken against iran. last month we began reimposing hard—hitting iran. last month we began reimposing ha rd—hitting nuclear sanctions that have been lifted under the iran deal. additional sanctions will resume on november five and war will

follow. that last phrase, more will follow, was misheard by someone at bbc world news as war will follow, resulting in this unfortunate tweet. the response from mike hartmut... a clarification was quickly issued, linked to the original tweet, and explaining the tweet. and then the following day it was deleted. that error led to cries of fake news and the charge was levelled again after this shocking video featuring soldiers in cameroon began to circulate widely injuly. soldiers in cameroon began to circulate widely in july. these women and children are being led to their deaths. some claim to this atrocity took place in mali. 0thers

said it was filmed in the far north of cameroon, where government soldiers have been fighting boko haram since 2014. the story was taken up by bbc world news's investor —— investigation strand. thank you for coming on newswatch. when the video went viral, what was