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but he's now feeling too optimistic about that today. vale will be able to go up there have a great night, a great day ahead. miracles do happen, but maybe this is expecting a miracle a bit too far. who knows, you know? pep might put out hisjunior squad. please, pep. it's a sentimental day for many players today — particularly for peterborough midfielder george boyd who played in the 2014 fa cup final for hull when they lost to arsenal. and this lunchtime he's returning to face his former club burnley where he made more than a hundred appearances. it's a reunion he's looking forward to despite the gulf between the premier league team and his league one side. yeah, it would be nice. the kids in the family
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are all going to come and watch. good afternoon. when the draw was happening there was blackburn and a few others, but it was the one we wanted as a family to watch, go back to burnley. three great years. i thoroughly enjoyed it. it will be nice to see some old faces but i hope to go there and get the win. he's a man used to the limelight and it hasn't taken zlatan ibrahimovic long to get back on the scoresheet at ac milan. the former man united striker re—signed for the italian side on thursday and yesterday he was playing in a friendly. ac milan won the game 9—0, with ibrahimovic scoring one goal and providing an assist. the 38—year—old could make his serie a return against sampdoria at the san siro on monday. that's all the sport for now. plenty more on the bbc sport website including all the latest fa cup news. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. next on bbc news it's time for click.
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click in 2019, the finest tech. including a drag race and recognising a face. hello, welcome and a very happy new year. 2020 always sounded like the future, didn't it? where is now that it is here i guess it's not. we are going to get stuck into the new year next week but first we are going to ta ke next week but first we are going to take you on a trip through 2019. it was the year that we celebrated our 1000th show with an interactive episode online, where you could choose your own path through.
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imagine if everything that you watched was interactive and you could change your experiences depending on your mood, your desires 01’ even depending on your mood, your desires or even how much time you had. if you go online to the address that is online now, —— my eyes on screen now you will find a special version of this programme that is interactive. you get to choose which tech stories you get to choose about —— you get to hear about and how much detail. i tried out nasa's next moon buggy. by the way, we are gone as slight incline right now. and we visited thailand to see how green technology was helping to clean up the environment. i think 2019 was a year when many others regarded technology with a healthy degree of scepticism. instead of just openly with a healthy degree of scepticism. instead ofjust openly welcoming tech advantages we worried about
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data privacy and online security. it was a year when the police around the world stepped up their use of facial recognition technology. and while, yes, it could help track down criminals, as the police here in the uk discovered, big brother is not everyone‘s cup of tea. police cameras in an e. london st, everyone gets scanned. if you refuse, here's what can happen. this man didn't wa nt to what can happen. this man didn't want to be called by the police camera so covered want to be called by the police camera so covered his face. police stopped him, they photographed him anyway, an argument followed. how would you like if you want on the street and someone photographed you? what is your suspicion? the family whop... what is your suspicion? the family whop. .. i would what is your suspicion? the family whop... i would do what is your suspicion? the family whop. .. i would do the same. what is your suspicion? the family whop... i would do the same. it gives us ground... no, it doesn't.
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the police said this was disorderly behaviour is that gave them a fine. i walk past like that, it's a cold day as well. as i've done that the police officer has asked me to come to him so i've got my back—up. said i don't want my face shone on anything. if i want to cover my face face. i have now got a £90 fine. they go, look at that. thanks, lads. look at that. well done. he was caught up in the last of ten trials carried out by the metropolitan police. they were three arrests from facial recognition on this day alone but the trials prove controversial. 0pponents claim they are taking place in a legal vacuum. 0pponents claim they are taking place in a legalvacuum. there is nothing in uk law that has the words facial recognition. there is no legal basis for the police to be using facial recognition. there are i'io using facial recognition. there are no legal limitations on how they can
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use no legal limitations on how they can use it, no policy, no regulation. this is a free for all. we are reviewing all capabilities and absolutely the technology is there for body worn or smaller devices to be fitted with facial recognition technology, as cctv. so absolutely we will look at that but the right safeguards and reviews learning how to be put around that. and it turns out that morning was timely because a few months later it emerged that's facial recognition technology was being used to identify members of the public without their knowledge 01’ the public without their knowledge or consent at the london kings cross station estate and it was with the help of london's metropolitan police. the owners of that area and the police have since apologised in the police have since apologised in the scheme was scrapped but there are still no laws in the uk specifically relating to how facial recognition cameras should be used. now, what is your top technology of
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2019? the one that we think really came of age this year and really started to take off was electric cars. for the first time, if you we re cars. for the first time, if you were thinking of getting a new car, you probably at least considered getting an all electric one. so we did a whole show on them. and to prove how quick they can go, we raced one against lamborghini. now, both cars are in their fastest set ups and whatever happens today we recommend you don't try this at home. we have several safety measures in operation. first of all, johnny is a professional racing instructor. he does this day in, day out to scare the living daylights out to scare the living daylights out of members of the public. in the passenger seat will be mark probably screaming his head off. and who can we get to give one of the finest sports car is one of it —— a run for its money? it is only top gear‘s the stick. i'm sorry, he wasn't
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available so i'm standing in. is that 0k? drivers, start your engines. ready... is the passenger here my job is to observe and report. whoa! idid break job is to observe and report. whoa! i did break a job is to observe and report. whoa! i did breaka bit job is to observe and report. whoa! i did break a bit early but i've so clearly won. i'm no expert but that was no contest. while, and i can tell you that lara hasn't stopped
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bragging about that race since. now 2019 was the year when many more manufacturersjoin 2019 was the year when many more manufacturers join the electric party. better infrastructure, decent driving ranges and guarantees and battery life all added to the mood music. so dan simmons went to the frankfurt motor show to catch the electric bus. there was really only one big question for the big execs of huge german car companies, the world's biggest motor show. why are they ten years behind tesla and offering us an all electric car? we are not each time the fastest of the earliest but if we come, we come very strong. tesla is company that has been solely focused on electric vehicle production. you have to give them credit for blazing the trail. electric may only represent less than 3% of all new car sales last year but vw have taken a close look at them and reckons it's the future.
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well, it is obviously not real. these designs... each one brings out some concept ideas. interestingly on the volkswagen stand they were all electric. the real car they were launching was the id three. a sort of electric golf. with a 205 to 340 mile range, depending on the exact model. with prices starting from a competitive 30,000 euros. and a first from vw, they will guarantee the battery for eight years, meaning that if it loses more than a quarter of its full charge when new, they will replace it. audi hasn't done much in the way of electric for the past ten years either although now they have this. sorry, that's another concept car. now, they have this. they've started with the popular style family suv but at more
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than £70,000, can many families afford it? yeah, i think there is this perception in the market that you have to pay more for the electric version of the same vehicle as you would for the gas diesel. at least you can see that we are going into allot lower segment in order to make electrification more affordable. there are not many families who could afford 70,000 euros for a car? sure there are. but surely some things will never lose the roar of a combustion engine. now, when land rover decided to make the defender electric, well, then you know there is a trend going on. it also updates its own software over the air. and then there with the sports cars. this was porsche's first all electric car and it shifts. not to 62 in 3.2 seconds.
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with a range of up to 279 miles and a guarantee on that battery. 0k, it's £115, 000 a guarantee on that battery. 0k, it's £115,000 but that's a 12,000 saving on its petrol equivalent, the 9/11 actual turbo. good value maybe but i have a feeling that it is that vw that will turn out to be super competitive as an entry model for most. that was dan playing with the everyday and the not so everyday. now, from electric to self driving ca rs. now, from electric to self driving cars. for the past couple of years 01’ so cars. for the past couple of years or so they have been tested on the roads of arizona, usa. but in 2018, things went badly wrong when one of them failed to stop and killed a pedestrian. last year, i visited the state to find out how the locals felt about living with autonomous vehicles. in chandler there is the same mix of excitement and concern
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about self driving cars that we have seen everywhere. the differences, for these people, it is happening right in front of them, right now. it's big money saying, hey, listen, this is cool, this is new. i'm sure you would like this because you see it and it is fascinating. at the same time you're costing people theirjobs and people who are taking overfamilies. theirjobs and people who are taking over families. this is something you'd would see on tv as a kid in old 905 movies of self driving car5 and the fact that it is actually here and at our fingertips i think it is incredible. drivers are going to lose theirjobs, cab driver5 it is incredible. drivers are going to lose theirjobs, cab drivers will lose theirjobs and not only will they lose theirjobs, i promise you they're going to try and figure out a way to make machines great the5e ca r5 a way to make machines great the5e cars so a way to make machines great the5e car5 so they are not in to make humans create the cars. do i trust the machine with my children's lives? i don't know if i could do that or not. and last year, the
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fears of the community became a reality. but the number of accidents involving self driving cars is very low, for the millions of miles of testing that have taken place. testing continues both in the states and elsewhere around the world. but most experts agree we are still quite a few years away from seeing the widespread use of cars that can safely drive themselves. not least because the legal framework to allow it is still being thrashed out. now, another big div element in tech this year has been the long—awaited arrival of 5g. as it change your life yet? well, among other things, sg life yet? well, among other things, 5g promises to connect everything all of the time. and when i say
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everything, i mean everything. in this idyllic patch of british countryside the birds are cheerfully singing and the cows are peacefully grazing. but look closer and you will see there is something very different about these cows, linking them to a unique experiment. this dairy farm them to a unique experiment. this dairyfarm in them to a unique experiment. this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test—beds for 5g in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all the data is being sent to the cloud and back to the farmer who can make decisions based on the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wa nts to times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much milk is coming from each of the cal's others and can control the sensitivity of the milk in as well. the cows here come and go as they please with little human
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interaction with their movements. so one of these cows has just taken itself or a massage. 5g, it could change the life of cows forever. and from one minor miracle to the promise of another now. space travel for ordinary folk like us. last autumn, mark was invited to new mexico in the states to see the world's first commercial spaceport. it's a little after 7am and i'm heading into the desert in new mexico about 20 miles past a place called truth 0r consequences. thank
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you very much. thank you. the only way that you can get to space today is with the russians and they are currently charging nasser around $80 million a ticket. spaceport america is the new home of virgin galactic, the company founded by billionaire sir richard branson to take paying customers on 90 minute flights to the edge of space. the spaceport‘s exterior is the product of british architects. eventually five spaceships and two carrier aircraft will reside in the hangar. passengers will also receive three days‘s training here before blasting off into the upper atmosphere. and 5pace5hip from base you are go... it's also home to mission control, where all flight operations are monitored for blue prom. this is the
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very first time that a tv crew has been allowed to film inside this room. it notes... when you think virgin galactic is going to be putting paying customers up into space? what is the date the miners could happen? right now we think we can could happen? right now we think we ca n start could happen? right now we think we can start commercial operations next year. this the world of course has bigger problems to solve than just trying to get us off of it. in 2019, green issues and sustainability came to the fore. extinction rebellion, greta tom burke and the uk's commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050. last year, i met up with the first scientist to suggest that as well as stopping emitting greenhouse gases, we might be able to use technology to pull them back out of the atmosphere. it's called
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the artificial tree. the air passes through these filters, which are made of a very special material because the c02 actually clings to this material as the air passes over it. now once these filters are saturated with carbon dioxide, this whole thing moves down into a container of water, where this particular material releases the c02 into the sealed container. and then, congratulations, you have captured yourself some c02 here. this is the brainchild of this man here at the a ptly brainchild of this man here at the aptly named negative emission station. we realise this is a waste management problem, it was very clear to me management problem, it was very clearto me in management problem, it was very clear to me in the early 90s that sometime in the 21st century we will have to stop. he was the first
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scientist back in 1999 to publish a scientific paper suggesting carbon ca ptu re scientific paper suggesting carbon capture from the air was a feasible way of combating climate change. and once you have captured the carbon, the next problem is what you're going to do with it. we can use the c02 to create drink5 going to do with it. we can use the c02 to create drinks like beer or soda or whatever. we can also use c02 for fuel production. there are also currently 5tudie5 ongoing to 5ee also currently 5tudie5 ongoing to see if we can somehow u5e also currently 5tudie5 ongoing to see if we can somehow use the c02 a5 a building material. yet, in the future, we may be able to lock c02 into concrete. climate change is getting ever more urgent and so the work to combat it is getting ever more important. isn't that right, alexa ? more important. isn't that right, alexa? yes, it is, spencer. you've been quite popular as well have a new? i have. responding. i'm always
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listening to you, spencer. not so good to reacting to other sounds like dogs barking or alarms. i'm sure, maybe, i am. yeah, thanks, alexa. paul carter earlier in the year went to see a british company thatis year went to see a british company that is teaching voice assistance some new tricks. so these waveforms here that i can see on the screen other representations of what is coming off the microphones in there. and in the middle is the actual dog bark threshold that the system is listing for. and when it identifies them we should hear it and act on it. hey, marty, i can hear you barking. as it is late in your home alone, i'm going to let your owner. i'm going to put on somejazz alone, i'm going to let your owner. i'm going to put on some jazz as alone, i'm going to let your owner. i'm going to put on somejazz as i know how much you like it. but dogs are only the beginning. the space here can be used to record an
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enormous range of sounds from dramatic... to the more low—key. enormous range of sounds from dramatic... to the more low-key. so there is no short cut to this sort of thing, you have to have the data sets. so we have had to go out and collect those data. so we have the world's largest collection of audio data, 15 million event files that help us train that technology itself. and of course we couldn't leave without taking a sledgehammer to some windows. smashing! now, lara has been actually busy of the last year and when we asked her to pick her highlights from 2019 she chose this next film. like many of us, she has been worried about how the big tech companies are using our data to target us with ads, decide what we see on social media or even possibly influence how we might vote. and so in the summer she joined to of
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click‘s production crew in a unique theatre experience to make us all think twice. we have been instructed to go toa think twice. we have been instructed to go to a pub near london bridge where we are delivered a message. we need you, sarah needs you. keep your phone to hand and await further instructions, josh. are you sarah? yes. do you knowjosh? yes. we are told about secret mine shifting experience where we give up our memories. memory deletion basically. and you don't remember because it is a procedure you had done.|j and you don't remember because it is a procedure you had done. i went behind the scenes with one of the creators to learn what is going on here. we get sent their name and e—mail by the ticketing divider. we can run a data enrichment on that person. it will start to pull up thing5 person. it will start to pull up things like related people, my personal e—mail address, anything that could be relevant. even if we don't know exactly how it is relevant. from that point we can 5ta rt relevant. from that point we can
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5tart curating the imagery. relevant. from that point we can start curating the imagery. i'm looking for the dossier they created on you. as the show unfolds, tension builds until the big reveal. the dossier on you. concocted from your online life. i have no idea what we are confining these files. what is this? wow. wow, my old boss from yea rs this? wow. wow, my old boss from years ago. i am really careful about not putting anything personal online, yet still what they found it surprised me. my first thought was that if you put my name into a search engine you would find far more relevant and meaningful information than the pictures that i hear. that's true but at the same time you would convulse and know where that came from and it would lose a little bit of mystery. delete the information in the cells, get rid of it all. 0k, everybody out now. you need to go. go. give me the
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memory sticks because if i don't have them then he will. it has been a pretty intense experience but the thing that it has really left me with is i want to hold onto my data. the show has really stuck with me. yet a few weeks on, has my behaviour change? of course not, i really want my online life to be easy, so i'm still handing over my data left right and centre. but maybe i'm just yet to be struck by what that means in the real world. that was lara, i wonder whether she is contemplating less data sharing for her new years's resolution. those with the big moments and big things from 2019. who knows what 2020 will bring? well, to get an idea, next week we're going to be at the world's biggest expo in las vegas and we hope you can be there with us. hold on tight, this right does
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not stop. we will see you there. let's bring you right up to day with how we see the rest of the weekend unfolding right across the british isles. a lot of cloud in the forecast but having said that there isn't an awful lot of rain to speak of. many of you will in fact stay dry, there is a notable exception to what i said thus far and it comes in the shape of these weather fronts. here the cloud at its thickest it will come and go during the course of the day that rain but the further north and west you are the more likely it is you will see an awful lot of rain. i've had a decent start
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today in the shetland isles i'm afraid you may well lose your sunshine during the course of the afternoon. elsewhere a lot of cloud around but lots of gap in it. don't despair of never seen this and again because it may just despair of never seen this and again because it mayjust pop through. i think the eastern side of hill ranges are the more favoured spots to see a little bit of sunshine, albeit fleeting. similarfare through the evening if you're stepping out, a lot of dry weather around, weather around, that front waving away across the far north of the mainland. in the east, if you p0p the mainland. in the east, if you pop that cloud for any length of time, three or 4 degrees perhaps or elsewhere four to about eight will be the range if you help first thing on sunday. again, a lot of cloud around, some gaps to be had. the flow is a little bit more south and south westerly so those gaps might be in different places as was the case on saturday. still a lot of dry weather for many of us and because the reserve so fully in the breeze, many more we will get too. possibly ten, 11 or 12 instead of single figures. it starts you off into the
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first part of the forthcoming week. isobars squeezing up especially across the north and west of scotland, northern ireland too perhaps. you also have to contend with a weather front which will be a nuisance across scotland in the northern part —— the first part of the day in northern ireland too. it will be into the cumbrian friend the remap fells and down into lancashire, wales and the west midlands and south—west of england. that means a dry prospect for east anglia, the south—east and perhaps east midlands and drying up later in the day across northern ireland. under a little ridge of high pressure until on tuesday we bring a real humdinger, very wet, very windy conditions widely across the british isles but especially so close to the 00:28:45,219 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 low in northern parts of scotland.
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