the headlines. the police chief in the us city of atlanta has resigned after an officer fatally shot a black men during an arrest. the killing sparked fresh protests. the fast—food restaurant where 27—year—old rayshard brooks was killed is now a crime scene. several french cities are clearing up after clashes between police and anti—racism protesters on saturday. marchers in paris demanded justice for adama traore, a 24—year—old black man who died when he was pinned down by officers. a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire in london three years ago.

british prime minister borisjohnson has ordered a review of the two—metre social—distancing rule in england. time for click. 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 to click. lara's here as well. welcome, how are you doing, my friend? i'm good, thanks, although i had a bit of an incident filming and i'm

covered in glitter, so anyone with a good tv set may be able to see that, and you will find out why later. but anyway, how are you, spencer? i am fine, thanks. this week, i've been trying out some stuff that might help you if you are sat around the house using a phone or tablet or laptop more than usual. there is a lot of that going on at the moment, if you hadn't noticed. so, 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 thick bit of rubber, and you slot your device in there, like that, and then you strap it around a pillow or cushion, so you can rest it on your lap like that. you can even pop it into bed, lie next to it and check your work emails 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. so i finally got around to getting myself one of these, it's an adjustable laptop stand, plenty of them on the market. you can see that the legs adjust in all different ways so you can pop it on 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 board, and i have it here. would you like to see it? yeah, i'd love to! 0k, right, so ready? here we go, it's the ironin board. as you can see, it goes all the way up and all the way down. brilliant, perfect. it also comes with this thing, i don't know what it is, but the processor runs incredibly hot. well, you've certainly been resourceful at home, but in the outside world, non—essential retail is due to open next week, and spencer, i can't believe i'm talking to you seriously right now. but would you really want to go clothes shopping? you know i hate clothes shopping at the best of times. yes, that is a very good point, and i think for most people, it's probably not going to be a priority right now. but of course, the economy

is weeping, so are we going to get the high street back in fashion? 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's been doing a decentjob of filling the gap over the past months. go instore has been working with a number of shops, using live video streaming to show products. its live video chat allows customers to connect within saw staff over the web. in fact when currys pc world, a uk—based technology retailer first began using it in april, it realised it could bring back some of its furloughed staff and allow them to work from home. but now they are starting to come back in store. a lot of the customers are loving this, especially, as i said earlier, people who are feeling vulnerable. people who are homeschooling their kids, especially, they're 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 store orfrom their home. an innovative remote solution, and it brings a new element to online shopping, especially for those who might be isolating longer. but when it comes to clothes shopping, buying online does have limitations. over the years on click, we've 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 smartphone 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. one platform has taken things to a whole new level —

making you, the customer, the model. ai—powered app zeekit aims to give you a really true—to—life virtual experience of trying on clothes. now it does this by first of all photographing you, you do really have to follow the instructions. and that involved this rather embarrassing attire, a combination of shorts, a tank top and my best shoes. first i have put on heels in three months. otherwise the picture may not upload very well. i had some difficulty with pictures of my own that i thought would work. so once i got the picture uploaded, and i did feel i was dressed like a 16—year—old, it is really quite incredible because it offered something that no store does. i'm flicking through the catalogue and 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? its 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 the two to fit the clothes to anyone‘s unique 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 queue? some of these outfits definitely look more ridiculous than others, of course 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'm going to go for this dress. it looks nice there, looks ok. so i'm 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. tada! ok, i am actually pretty amazed by how much this looks like the virtual image. let me just stand in the right position. so if we get a photo of that, put in 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's glitter absolutely everywhere. so i may have got a great idea in advance of how it's going to look, but it's not until you get your hands on something you can really tell the quality. although, in fairness to this, it is a £20 dress. the inspiration came actually from a very different world, from military lidar technologies we used to develop mapping technologies, so you could actually see how maps look on topographies, like intelligence maps

look on topographies, and when we developed those technologies, we actually had a kind of eureka moment — that actually the human body is a bit like a topography, and any clothing item's picture, we can look at it as if it was an intelligence map, and apply more or less the same technologies, and use that to solve 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. we think high streets will persist, but we are under no illusion that the number of retail units will probably decrease. so there's forecasts that said by 2025, we would lose 25% of retail stock. we think that might have been accelerated, and we're looking at a 1—2 year horizon instead of a five—year one. 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 years of trying these sorts of things that claim to show you what clothes will look like on you, this one does seem to have worked. i mean, that virtual you in the dress really did look like the real you in the real dress. yeah, i was actually pretty impressed. i tell you what, though, i am a real stickler for clothes being comfortable when they're on, and i don't think an app will ever be able to tell you that. true, i'm not sure that it's my first priority, although i don't want things to be too tight around the stomach because i want to be able to eat. but also the feel of the fabric, you do sometimes want to really touch it. yeah, absolutely, absolutely. so last week we talked about the next generation of the xbox video games console. playstation were due to launch the ps5 last week too, but they delayed. one week later, and marc cieslak has some information. after months of hype and feverish online speculation, the most popular video games console in the world, the playstation 4, is about to be replaced with, you guessed it, the playstation 5.

there's a lot of hype around this playstation event, because playstation's next—generation console is so shrouded in mystery. it is the follow—up to one of the biggest selling consoles all time, and yet it's coming out at the end of this year, and we still don't know what it looks like or what games we're going to be able to play on it. sony has been able to sell 104 million playstation as, making it the second—best—selling console of all time, beaten only by its older sibling, the playstation 2, with 150 million consoles shifted. so its next machine 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. playing video games is one of those ways. gaming has proved so popular that there has been a 48% increase in console sales. today's reveal for the playstation 5

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 ps5 itself. a curvy console that will come in two flavours. a standard machine with an ultra hd blu—ray drive, and a digital edition which lacks the drive. of course, sony showcased fan—favourite games like spider—man, this time around an expansion of the 2018 title, now starring miles morales. and we got a taste of racing game gran turismo 7, which now features a story mode, and more third—person adventuring with mechanised animals in a far—future usa in a new horizon title, forbidden west. the latest ratchet & clank game showed off the speed of the ps5‘s solid—state drive, virtually eliminating load times, creating vast play areas that do

away with programming tricks like ledges and narrow gaps that the player must squeeze through. these are clever ways of allowing the console to load the next area without the player noticing. the ssd is so fast here, it does away with that programming sleight of hand. but surely there is more to this next generation then shiny visuals and load times. i think this next generation isn't just about better graphics. it's actually about your experience as a gamer. they're trying to remove some of the barriers between the point where you want to play a game on the point where you're playing the game. cutting down loading time, cutting down the time it takes for the game to download if you're going to do it 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 wars of old are set to continue, as the rival xbox series x machine is also scheduled to launch this year as well.

both machines will be backwards compatible, being able to play games designed for the previous generation's hardware, the xbox one and ps4. but sony and microsoft have so far remained tight—lipped 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 arrive towards the end of this year. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that google maps added a new covid—i9 alert feature in selected countries, including the uk and us, to help people plan trips around restrictions. fastbrick robotics robot hadrian x was shown breaking its own speed record for laying bricks. up to 200 per hour.

and aesthetics company nextmotion announced it's developing what it says is the world's first aesthetic injection robot to operate independently to provide treatments. it was also the week that ibm announced it would no longer offer, develop or research general face recognition technology. in a letter to us congress the company said it firmly opposes use of any technology for mass surveillance or 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 tech to the police until federal regulations were in place. remote doctor app babylon health acknowledged it suffered a data breach after after one of its users found they had access to dozens of video recordings of other patients‘ consultations. babylon said it has now fixed the issue and notified regulators. retailer gap has bought 73 warehouse robots to help with demand created by online orders. these sort picking 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 sometimes situations 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 its famous dome. these devices use ultrawide band radio signals to judge how far away each is from the others. if a visitor to the cathedral

or the museum inadvertently draws too near someone else, the light that here you see absolutely still, will begin to move and there will be an audible sensation, a kind of buzz. meanwhile, this gallery in new york state is planning to use the same device to allow its visitors to lose themselves in its artworks without wandering into others who are similarly absorbed. we wanted to make sure people could have an extra 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 that is very important for us is the possibility to programme them so we can host groups up to six people altogether and avoid the devices to ring among each other 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 mix at a safe distance in their respective environments. this nudge tactic is already a hit at the de krook library in belgium. it is not a big deal, it is just an extra step in entering the library. it is easy to use, because you are not really using it actively, but it helps you be aware. and the advantage of a decentralised device is that no personal data is stored anywhere. because we can give immediate feedback we do not need to store anything. we do not need to log any personal information, we do not need to send any personal data to a backend or the internet or a gateway or whatever. it is a completely privacy proof solution that will help support social distancing

in the moment itself. but collecting some data isn't always a bad idea. as well as helping shoppers avoid each other, these neck bands could help shops plan to keep customers apart. when bump‘s adopted by retailers, it gives them a lot of insight into how the store 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 real data rather than assumptions. there are places, though, that can only reopen accepting the fact that people do have to be more closely packed together. like sporting events. and that is why they're happening behind closed doors. yeah, with fans being unable to go to matches, everyone loses out. it's not good for fans nor for the players who cannot hear the support of their fans.

paul carter has been looking at this and we will hear about it in a second, after we say... hello, paul, how have you been? hey, spen, hey, lara. i'm all right, thank you. i'm clinging to what little bit of sanity i had left before all this started, but i am doing ok. what have you been up to? we are used to travelling a lot on this show and that is out of 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 fantasy vii and red dead redemption ii. sounds fun. well, i'm glad to hear you have been busy. what have you been looking at with sport? football. and i'm delighted to say that i can finally say football 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, 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 to mostly empty stadiums. in denmark, the season restarted at the end of may. to try and create some sort of atmosphere in what had been dubbed ghost games, superliga club aarhus 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 and i must say it worked out very well. actually at some points it was very moving. the first game where we had it we had a very late equaliser, a very 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 screen so if players wanted, they could run out and cheer and the fans could see them. also in denmark, league leaders fc midtjylland turned their stadium into a drive—in. fans were able to watch the games on the screens erected in the car park with commentary on the car radio. they lost 1—0, so it may have been a long drive home. elsewhere, one company are taking the concept of virtual fans one step further. oz sports created a solution giving supporters a chance to appear inside the stadium as avatars, using mixed reality. so we have people where they can sign up from their homes, they can pick their avatar, they can put on their favourite jersey for their favourite club,

they can pick a seat in the stadium and we bring them into a new parallel universe that is mixed with the broadcast. so the director of the broadcast is making decisions on switching cameras et cetera, sees an augmented version of the fans. maybe they can see a great moment with someone in the stadium is doing something fun, maybe a dance of their favourite club or cheering and they could zoom into that, just to bring energy into the game to show that there are people out there that are cheering for the club, et cetera. sky sports revealed this week that they are going to be using crowd noise from the game fifa20 for their premier league broadcasts. the stands might not be full, but they'll sound like they are with sky sports crowds. while bt sport have been experimenting during their bundesliga coverage by playing relevant crowd noise

over match events. both broadcasters will be offering the crowd noise as a choosable 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 around, as they do for the english clubs, 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 as 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 @bbcclick. thank you so much for watching and we will see you soon. bye. bye— bye. for most of as another fine day. some fear whether cloud will develop towering thunderstorms and we could have hail and gusty winds but the chance of any one storm hitting your

region is very low and most of us will not get thunderstorms. there is a weather system are circulating that uk at the moment that is helping to generate some of the clouds and thunderstorms. it is with us clouds and thunderstorms. it is with us for the next few days. we could have similar weather across the uk for the next few days. at risk of showers and thunderstorms. by the end of the afternoon we will have seen end of the afternoon we will have seen storms developing across parts of the midlands. the thinking is that in the south it is probably going to be shower and storm three, warm, sunny going to be shower and storm three, warm, sunny weather here. from the east midlands into northern parts of wales and eastern areas of northern ireland to be could see heavy downpours through the course of the late afternoon and into the evening. eastern scotland and the entire north sea coast, completely different story. it has been overcast and misty in places. that will continue through this evening and overnight. the showers will die away overnight. the end of the night is dry and very warm in places.

temperatures no lower than 14 degrees in liverpool. monday, that weather system that i showed you, that where the system circling the uk are still with us, it will continue to generate showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow the distribution of showers and storms will be somewhat different. perhaps across northern parts of the country, at the midlands and the south will see far fewer storms. temperatures in the sunshine will get up to around 24 celsius. into tuesday we are expecting showers to once again become more widespread across the uk. you can see showers brewing there in almost every corner of the country. thunder and lightning is a possibility on tuesday almost anywhere. typical summer tuesday almost anywhere. typical summer temperatures, into the low 20s in the south. this kind of weather is going to continue for a few more days. it looks as though at least until around thursday we will see those showers. goodbye.

good afternoon. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said it will be down to government ministers to decide when the two metre rule on social distancing can be relaxed in england. a formal review is due to report byjuly 4th — the day pubs and restaurants are set to reopen. tomorrow, all non—essential shops in england can reopen, but as our business correspondent katy austin reports, the way we shop will have to change.

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