from covid—19 of any country. president jair bolsonaro has consistently downplayed the severity of the crisis. some densely populated cities have begun lifting restrictions, even though many brazilians fear the worst of the epidemic is yet to come. britain's central bank has said that it's ready to take action to help the country's economy to recover, after official figures showed that output shrank by a record 20% in april. the effect of the anti—virus lockdown is already far bigger than that of the 2008 global financial crisis. president trump has called protesters occupying part of the city of seattle "domestic terrorists" and threatened to deploy troops to clear them out. the city's mayor has said any such action by the president against demonstrators in the six—block encampment would be unconstitutional and illegal.

now on bbc news, it's time for click. this it's time for click. week: going out without getting too this week: going out without getting too close. dressing lara without going to the shops. and cheering on your team without going to the match. welcome, welcome, come on in. welcome, welcome, come on in. welcome to click, lara is here as well. how are you? i am good though i had well. how are you? i am good though ihad an well. how are you? i am good though i had an incident filming and i am covered in glitter so anyone with a good tv set may be able to see that, and you will find out why later. how are you, spencer? i am fine thanks.

this week i have been trying out some stuff that might help you if you are sitting around the house using a phone or tablet or laptop or than usual. there is a lot of that going on at the moment if you hadn't noticed. if you are using a phone or ta blet noticed. if you are using a phone or tablet and you are sick of holding it up all the time, i am trying this, it is called the slick pillow stand, it is a bit of rubber and you slot your device in and is structured around a pillow or cushion, so you can rest it on your lap like that. you can even pop it into bed and lie next to it and check your work e—mails late at night if that's your thing. if you're using a laptop on a dining table or on your lap or in bed, you will know that that is terrible for your back or your neck. i finally got around to getting myself one of these, it is an adjustable laptop stand, plenty of them on the market, you can see the legs adjusting all different ways so you can populate your lap different ways so you can populate yourlap and different ways so you can populate your lap and you can adjust the height so the keyboard, screen and camera are at the right height, this comes with a usb powered fan to keep things cool as well. and if you

happen to be working from a really strange place like your sofa and you need a completely adjustable work surface, it turns out i have the perfect solution. it is called the ironin border, and i have it here. would you like to see it? , it is the ironing board, it goes all the way up and down, perfect. it also comes with this thing, i don't know what it is but the processor runs incredibly hot. you have certainly been resourceful, but in the outside world, non—essential retailers due to open next week and spencer i can't believe i am talking to seriously right now. but would you really wa nt seriously right now. but would you really want to go clothes shopping? you know i hate clothes shopping at the best of times. it is a very good point and the best of times. it is a very good pointandi the best of times. it is a very good point and i think most people it is probably not going to be a priority right now. but of course the economy is weeping, so are we going to get the highest rate back in fashion? ——

high street. clearly it is going to be challenging for stores and for those who do visit the experience will be different. technology can't replace everything, but it is doing a decentjob of replace everything, but it is doing a decent job of filling replace everything, but it is doing a decentjob of filling the gap over the past months. going in store has been working with a number of shops, showing live streaming to a number of products. it's live video chat allows customers to connect within saw staff over the web. when uk—based technology retailer currys pc world first began using it in april it realise it could bring back some of its furloughed staff and allow them to work from home. but now they are starting to cut them backin now they are starting to cut them back in store. -- come back. a lot of customers are living this, especially people who are feeling vulnerable, people who are homeschooling their kids especially, they are all very grateful and being able to speak to a person rather

than just browsing on the internet and looking for answers on 20 different websites, they can come down to the currys pc world website and click on the icon and get advice from the person either in storing their home. an innovative remote solution and it brings a new element to online shopping especially for those who might the isolating longer. but when it comes to clothes shopping, buying online does have limitations. 0ver shopping, buying online does have limitations. over the years on lake we have looked at some attempted solutions to getting the sizing right. i tried to get measured up by the zozo suit and some smart leggings, both connecting to smart phone apps to take readings. and spencer tried out some different looks in this smart mirror. but maybe now is the moment for some of these kinds of ideas. 0ne platform has taken things to a whole new level. making you the customer the

model. ai powered up zeekid aims to give you a really true to life virtual experience, by photographing you, you really have to follow the instructions. and that involve this rather embarrassing attire, a combination of shorts, a tank top and my best shoes. first i have put on healed in a few months. 0therwise the picture may not upload very well. i had some difficult with pictures of my own that i thought would work. 0nce pictures of my own that i thought would work. once i got the picture uploaded and i thought i was dressed like a 16—year—old, it is really quite incredible because it offered something that no store does. flicking through the catalogue i am seeing every single outfit on me, so it means you can actually pick out the things that suit you, rather than just items that catch your eye. how does it do it? it's algorithm uses how does it do it? it's algorithm uses deep learning to scan the

picture of the clothing,, dividing it into 80,000 segments. it then does the same to the picture of the person and from there can match up to to fit the clothes to any unique body shape. something that has a lwa ys body shape. something that has always been a big problem for online retailers is the issue of so many returns. and right now that can involve the quarantining of clothes as well, plus for the customer, do you really want to be spending a long time in a socially distanced post office 0? some of these outfits definitely look more ridiculous than others, of there is only any point in any of this if what we are looking at here is actually true to life. so i need to order something to see if it looks the same in the flesh. i will go for this dress, it looks nice there. that's ok. so i am now going to tap through to buy it. 0k, now going to tap through to buy it. ok, the parcel is here. let's do

this. it doesn't feel great, admittedly. let's see how it looks. today! 0k, admittedly. let's see how it looks. today! ok, i am actually pretty amazed at how much this looks like the virtual image —— tada. let me to stand in the right position, so if we get a photo of that, put it on a white background and match it up, then we can really see the true likeness, and i think that is quite astonishing. the only thing that i hadn't bargained for is that there is glitter absolutely everywhere. so i've now got a great idea of how it is going to look but it's not until you get your hand on something you can really tell equality. although in fairness to this, it is a £20 dress. the inspiration came actually from a very different world, from military technologies we used to develop mapping technologies, so you can actually see how maps look on topographies like intelligence maps, look on topographies and when we

develop those technologies we actually had a kind of eureka moment that actually the human body is a bit like a typography, and any clothing item edger, we can look at it as if it was an intelligence map and apply more or less the same technologies, and that became the holy grail of online fashion. so while many of us are starting to be able to go back to the high street, it seems coronavirus could have dramatically changed the way we shop long—term. dramatically changed the way we shop long-term. we think high street will persist, but we are under no illusion that the number of retail units will probably decrease, so it is forecast that by 2025, we would lose 25% of retail stock, we think that may have been exhilarated, looking at a i— that may have been exhilarated, looking at a 1— two year rise, instead of a five year i. looking at a 1— two year rise, instead of a five year 1. so perhaps the new reality is that our ever improving online shopping experience is increasingly at odds with the idea of getting back to the buzzing high street. i tell you what, after

yea rs of high street. i tell you what, after years of trying these sorts of things that claim to show you what clothes will look like on you, this one does seem to work. that virtual you in the dress really did look like real you in real dress. you in the dress really did look like real you in real dresslj you in the dress really did look like realyou in real dress. i was actually pretty impressed. like realyou in real dress. i was actually pretty impressedlj like realyou in real dress. i was actually pretty impressed. i tell you what though, i am a real stickler for clothes being co mforta ble stickler for clothes being comfortable when they are on and i don't think and act will be able to ever tell you that. —— app. don't think and act will be able to ever tell you that. —— applj don't think and act will be able to ever tell you that. -- app. i don't know that it's my first priority although i don't want things to be too tight around the stomach because i want to eat, but the feel of the fabric, you do sometimes want to really touch it. absolutely, absolutely. so last week we talked about the next generation of the xbox video games console, playstation were due to launch the pss playstation were due to launch the ps5 last week as well, one week later and mark is like has some information. after months of hype and feverish online conversation, the playstation 4 is about to be replaced with, you guessed it, the

playstation five stop there is a lot of hype around this playstation event because playstation‘s next generation console is shrouded in mystery. it is one of the biggest selling consoles in time —— biggest selling consoles in time —— biggest selling consoles in time —— biggest selling consoles of all time, though we don't know what it will look like what games will be able to play on it. sony has been able to sell 100 million playstation fors, making it the second best console of all time —— selling controllable time, beaten only by its editors are the playstation two. it has big shoes to fill but right now gaming is having something of a moment. as a result of the covid—i9 pandemic and lockdown, millions of people have found themselves at home looking for ways to entertain themselves. laying videogames is one of those ways. gaming has proved so popular that there has been a 48 cent increase in console sales. today's reveal the playstation five differs from the usual noisy affair attended by thousands of members of the press,

becoming an online only event. finally allowing us to see the actual ps five itself. —— ps5. mccurdy console that will come in two flavours. a standard machine with an ultra hd blu—ray drive and a digital edition which likes the drive. —— lacks. 0f digital edition which likes the drive. —— lacks. of course fan fabra games like spider—man games, this time around an expansion of the 2018 game, this time starring myles morales. and a grand charisma game, and the dozen adventuring —— far future adventuring with a new horizon title, forbidden west. the latest ratchet and client game showed off the speed of the ps five's solid—state drive, virtually eliminating load times, creating vast play areas that do away with programming tricks like ledgers and narrow gaps that the player must

ways through, these are the ways of allowing the console to load the next area without the player noticing. the ssd is so fast here does away with that sleight of hand. but surely there is more to this next generation then shine out visuals and load times. next generation then shine out visuals and load timeslj next generation then shine out visuals and load times. i think this next generation isn'tjust about better graphics, it is about your experience at a gamer. they are trying to remove some of the barriers to the point where you want to play a game on the point where you are playing the game. cutting downloading time, cutting down the time it takes for the game to download if you are doing digitally, the time it takes for the updates to install, all of that is being torn away so you have access to a game within seconds of wanting to play it. the console was of old asset to continue as the rival xbox series x machine is also said to launch this year as well. both machines will be

backwards compatible, designed to play games designed for the previous generation hardware. but sony and microsoft have so far remained tightlipped about how much either of these consoles will cost. a factor which will become increasingly important in an uncertain economic environment. and while gaming is popular right now, some people might choose to stick with the console they already have. consumers will be able to make up their own minds which machine they prefer when both consoles arrived towards the end of this year. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that a google maps added a new covid—i9 alert feature in selected countries including the uk and us to help people plan trips around restrictions. this robotics robot was shown breaking its own speed record fabra laying bricks. after 200 per hour. and an asset x company

announced it is developing a robot to operate independently to provide treatments. it was also the week that ibm announced it would no longer offer or develop or research generalface recognition longer offer or develop or research general face recognition technology. ina general face recognition technology. in a letter to us congress the company said it firmly opposes use of any technology the mass surveillance of racial profiling. amazon then put a one—year ban on the use of its recognition product by the police and microsoft said it would not sell its facial recognition tack to the police until federal regulations were in place. remote doctor at avalon health acknowledged its upper data breach after of its users found they could access dozens of video recordings of other patients' consultations. ba bylon other patients' consultations. babylon is as it has now fixed the issue and notified retailers. retailer has bought 73 warehouse robots to help deal with demand for online orders. these robots can pick 335 pieces per hour. and finally this week we saw a new cable driven

robot that can be used to interact with and track flying insects. researchers say the lab on cables allows them to successfully match the movement of bugs in flight, allowing them to study them untethered. so, earlier lara spoke about the alternatives to going to physical shops but there are some situations where you do want to visit a store oi’ where you do want to visit a store or maybe a tourist attraction and then the main worry is staying a safe distance from the other visitors. so how about this? visitors to florence cathedral in italy are now being asked to wear something extra as they admire the famous dome. these devices use ultrawide band radio signals to judge how far away each is from the other. if they visited to the cathedral or the museum

inadvertently draws too near someone else, the light you see will begin to move and there will be an audible sensation, a kind of buzz. they itself and its artworks without wandering into others. we wanted to make sure people could have an extra hand and a little help to feel more co mforta ble hand and a little help to feel more comfortable in the space and to focus on the art as much as possible instead of actually constantly being terrorised in a way by safety measures. also, another feature terrorised in a way by safety measures. also, anotherfeature that is important for us is the possibility to programme them so we can host troops of up to six people together and avoid the devices to host families and groups. similar

devices have now been produced, all in an effort to allow gym members, hotel guests and school pupils to meet at a safe distance in their respective environments. this knowledge tactic is already a hit at this library in belgium. it is it actively but it helps you be aware. the advantage of stored anywhere. because we can give immediate feedback we do not need to store anything. we do not need to lock any personal information, we do not need to send any personal data to a gateway. it is a privacy proof solution that will help support social distancing in the moment itself. but collecting some data is

not always a bad idea. as well as helping shoppers avoid each other, these bands could help shops plan to keep customers apart. when it is a top by retailers gives them a lot of insight into how the story is laid out, where the hotspots are, if you like, where people are coming into close contact with each other. so it enables the retailer to change the layout of the aisles of how people browse, whether it be clothes or electricals based on new data rather than assumptions. there are places, however, that can only reopen accepting the fact that people do have to be more closely packed together. like sporting events. and thatis together. like sporting events. and that is why they are happening behind closed doors. with fans being unable to go to matches, everyone loses out. it is not good for fans norfor the loses out. it is not good for fans nor for the players who cannot hear the support of fans. paul carter has

been looking at this and first, hello paul, however you been? i'm all right, thank you. clinging to what little bit of sanity i have left before all this started but i am doing 0k. what have you been up to? we are used to travelling a lot on this show and that is out the window at the moment so i've been throwing myself into the virtual world rather than the real world and have been playing a lot of ps4 and spending my time completing final fa ntasy spending my time completing final fantasy seven and red dead redemption two. i am glad to hear you have been busy. what have you been looking at with sport? football. and i am delighted to say that i can finally say full all is coming home because games are going to be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future and at home is the only place most of us will be able to watch any. so to make the stadiums feel a little less empty,

clu bs stadiums feel a little less empty, clubs and broadcasters have been trying tech based solutions to try and make things seem a little more atmospheric. around the world, football is slowly returning. albeit mostly football is slowly returning. albeit m ostly e m pty football is slowly returning. albeit mostly empty stadiums. in denmark, the season started at the end of may to try and create some sort of atmosphere in what had been dubbed most games, one club created a 40 metre virtual grandstand. we knew that we could not have spectators during the first games so we needed to somehow recreate this community andi to somehow recreate this community and i must say it worked out very well. at some point it was very moving. the first game where we had it we had a late equaliser, an important goal and i looked up at this big screen. and i saw an elderly couple and a woman was standing and cheering and then she turned around and kissed her husband who was still seated. so those

intimate moments we get the chance to share because we had the opportunity to come straight home to the fans. we also had a camera under the fans. we also had a camera under the screen so if players wanted they could run out and cheer and the fans could run out and cheer and the fans could see them. also in denmark, another team turned their stadium into a drive—in. fans watched games on the screens erected in the car park with commentary on the radio. they lost 1—0, so it may not have worked. elsewhere, one company took the concept of virtual fans one step further. sports created a solution giving supporters a chance to appear inside the stadium as avatars. we help people where they can sign up from their homes, they can pay for an avatar, they can put on their favourite jersey for their favourite club, they can pick a state in ——

seatin club, they can pick a state in —— seat in the stadium and we bring them into a new part of the universe thatis them into a new part of the universe that is mixed with the broadcast. so the director of the broadcast is making decisions on switching cameras and sees an augmented version of the fans. maybe they can see a great moment with someone in the stadium is doing something, maybe a dance or cheering and they could zoom into that, just to bring energy into the game to show that there are people out there cheering. sky sports revealed this week that they are going to be using crowd noise from the game fee for 2020. —— fifa. while bt sport have been experimenting by playing relevant crowd noise over the match events.

both broadcasters will be offering the crowd noise as a usable option for the customers. in spain, la liga have began using a similar solution. so is using tech to be the 12th man a great idea or are they having a proverbial stinker? i generally dislike fakery wherever it happens. however on this occasion i am all for it. absolutely 100%. the idea of putting people on zoom, that for me is fabulous. in every way imaginable. it is the closest thing you can possibly get to the real thing. more clubs and broadcasters are expected to reveal other tech solutions is the restarted season progresses although if you are anything like me, no tech will ever beat the real thing. that was paul

and that is it for this week. you can find us throughout the week on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter at bbc click. take you for watching and we will see you soon. —— thank you for watching. hello. there are some big thunderstorms in the forecast for this weekend. but it is not going to be raining everywhere all the time, in fact, there will be some sunny spells. in any sunshine, it will feel quite warm and pretty humid. but some thundery downpours are likely, all driven by an area of low pressure. you can see this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. 0ur area of low pressure has been spinning around

across the bay of biscay. it's been throwing lumps of cloud and rain in our direction, a process which continues on through saturday. we can follow the different lumps of wet weather. this area of rain moving across northeast england through the morning and then up into scotland. i think it's going to stay quite grey and murky for some of these northern and eastern coasts. northern ireland should brighten up a little bit with some sunshine, but some showers. and then down across england and wales, we will see some sunny spells developing, but some very heavy downpours and thunderstorms breaking out here. a more persistent area of wet weather likely to push towards the southwest of england as we head through the afternoon. and then you can see these scattered downpours and thunderstorms across parts of the midlands, wales and up into northwest england particularly. but it will be warm temperatures there for liverpool, for example, 23 degrees. the odd shower for northern ireland and some outbreaks of rain continuing across some parts of scotland, although i think northwest scotland will see a decent amount of sunshine. northeast scotland holding onto some of that coastal cloud, mist and murk. so, as we go into saturday night, we continue to push our various lumps of wet weather northwards and westwards across the british isles.

there will be some clear spells, equally, some fog patches, i think it's likely to stay very murky for some of those eastern coasts of scotland and england. but a very mild night. temperatures as we start sunday morning between 11—14 degrees. then for sunday, well, really, it is more of the same. a lot of the cloud for these eastern and northern parts. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, yes, but a scattering of showers, they will be quite hit and miss, but where they do prop up, they could well be heavy with some hail and thunder thrown in for good measure. and it's another warm day as well with temperatures widely 21—24 degrees. a little bit cooler though where we keep the cloud close to some of those north sea coasts. now, our area of low pressure will still be with us as we head into monday, but it does weaken. it becomes quite flabby. not many white lines on the chart, you'll notice. not many isobars, so not much of a wind, but any showers that do crop up will be heavy and slow moving. and it stays unsettled, showery and rather humid throughout next week.

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