the olympic games at a ceremony in tokyo. it took place in an empty stadium with fewer than a thousand spectators because of the pandemic. the ioc president said preparing for the games had been a difficultjourney with unprecedented challenges. there's confusion and growing criticism over the uk government's plans to allow some key workers in england — from transport workers and police to those controlling the power network — to take daily covid tests instead of self—isolating. business leaders says the scheme needs to be significantly expanded. more than 100 people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western india. officials say that dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad. now on bbc news, click.

as the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different. but go about our lives is bound to be different.— be different. but exactly how it is hard to _ be different. but exactly how it is hard to say. _ be different. but exactly how it is hard to say. on - be different. but exactly how it is hard to say. on this - it is hard to say. on this week's show, we will be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know is a bit better. and looking at how online shopping could be getting social. but first, we will be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. the idea of visual search is nothing new. it is

something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using a picture rather than words. but the idea does seem to be gaining ground, now. toys, animals, food. no need to type, just take a snap instead and you will get a result. and that is thanks to something called visual search. you must have seen it popping up in your amazon shopping app, perhaps pinterest, even snapchat helping you find and buy products online. and there are also more useful applications like ipolly vision, which visually describes objects to its users. but perhaps most powerful of all of them is the google lens. it has been around for about four years, but now seems to be having its day,

with the company claiming they have over 3 billion users logged every month. and it is actually quite simple to use. first you point your phone at something like my cat, here, neo. you press search, and then the app asks google assistant what the objectives. it tells me he is a black cat, and, finally enough, as a black cat, he might be good luck. the google lens app in can translate text, tell you where to buy a shirt, and even cheat on your homework. the app's computer vision is pretty accurate. and google lens is impressing in other ways. what i will do to test this out is take a picture of this view in front of me, zoom in, get past

the trees, and there we go, the london skyline. analogue is going on here. what lens is doing is that it is tapping into google earth's representation of the planet, matching the angle, and identifying the skyline from where i am.— where i am. our mission is like, how— where i am. our mission is like, how do _ where i am. our mission is like, how do you _ where i am. our mission is like, how do you get - where i am. our mission is like, how do you get close | where i am. our mission is l like, how do you get close to how two people naturally think about asking questions so that we can answer them as, you know, as seamlessly as possible, without the user having to do mental gymnastics of now i need to translate it into a way that the computer can understand.— into a way that the computer can understand. and so detested in the field _ can understand. and so detested in the field i _ can understand. and so detested in the field i went _ can understand. and so detested in the field i went along - can understand. and so detested in the field i went along with - in the field i went along with television's fred syriac �*s to so about being a major lead to a horticulturist for a day. fix, a horticulturist for a day. raspberry! ok, a dense flower. it makes you realise the diversity of all the flora,

right? _ diversity of all the flora, right? if— diversity of all the flora, riiht? ., ~ , diversity of all the flora, riiht? . ~ , ., , diversity of all the flora, riiht? w , ., , ., right? it makes me realise how much i don't — right? it makes me realise how much i don't know. _ right? it makes me realise how much i don't know. but - right? it makes me realise how much i don't know. but as - right? it makes me realise how much i don't know. but as fredj much i don't know. but as fred was also finding out, it still isn't perfect. i'm getting something different every time i click on it.— i click on it. that is the thing. _ i click on it. that is the thing. you _ i click on it. that is the thing, you see. - i click on it. that is the thing, you see. so - i click on it. that is the | thing, you see. so what i click on it. that is the i thing, you see. so what is going on? i thing, you see. so what is going on?— thing, you see. so what is iioin on? ., ., ., going on? i have no idea. even with google's _ going on? i have no idea. even with google's bus _ going on? i have no idea. even with google's bus resources i going on? i have no idea. evenl with google's bus resources and years spent training lens, it can still get things wrong. but for the most part it almost always now is it. google lens focus on objects. so i thought what if i took a photo of my mug. a picture of my face and it comes up with nothing. at all. it doesn't have facial recognition enabled. but then i wondered will it ever be a part of it? welcome i directly asked google, and they were a bit vague. they never actually mentioned facial recognition at all. now, this doesn't necessarily mean that they will move into that space. it is an

absolute minefield and usually controversial. but there is a tool already out there that does focus on faces. it works similarly to lens, in that it scans through 900 million images from across the internet to find matches. and it is pretty accurate. i have never seen a picture of me before. what site is this? the website itself says that it believes you have the right to find yourself on the internet and protect your privacy and image. but it has been slammed by a number of outlets for how it can be dangerously misused. potentially to stalk others and stripping away our privacy. and thatis stripping away our privacy. and that is the thing. there are no real restrictions. despite the site saying that it is for searching for yourself, what is actually stopping me from searching for someone else. nothing. what, a couple of

terms and conditions and privacy boxes? all right, tick, tick, done. and i have a result. also, i have been able to buy a membership that allows me to have up to 25 premiums urges daily. why would i need that many if i am just going to be searching for myself? with their permission, i decided to look up some work colleagues. and it really, really does feel like a stalker�*s dream. but you could take a picture of anyone that you see on the street and, with this tool, find hundreds more online. and that's worrying. now, it doesn't trawl through most social media sites like the controversial clea rview.ai like the controversial clearview.ai does, but it can still cause a magnitude of privacy issues. so we reached out to pimeyes about our concerns and they said that it is technically impossible for them to verify the person who is conducting the search. as

they don't identify people in any way. but this means the lack of any safeguarding means that there could be a lot of issues for other people. what's happening _ issues for other people. what's happening online _ issues for other people. what's happening online and _ issues for other people. what's happening online and in - issues for other people. what's happening online and in these. happening online and in these tools that you can have on your phone makes the stalking and learning of people �*s pattern is very easy. the people who are hurt by these technologies are hurt by these technologies are not the people who are building them. again, it is facial recognition technology or object recognition technology in general. we just need to think about are these tools for everyone?— tools for everyone? visual searching _ tools for everyone? visual searching can _ tools for everyone? visual searching can become - tools for everyone? visual searching can become the| tools for everyone? visual - searching can become the next big way that we interact with the world. but how these tools develop and how they are being used over time is something we should be keeping an eye on. hello and welcome to the week intact. it was the week that samsung hinted more affordable foldable phones would be unveiled at its unpacked event on august 11. netflix announced

it would add videogames or subscribers at no extra costs. and a day—long strike in america for better pay and conditions for uber and lyft drivers. and another billion blasted into space. this time the turn of amazon founder and world bridges human, jeff bezos. the rocket was in—flight for ten minutes and ten seconds. richard branson, whose virgin craft was first a few weeks ago, sent a tweet. three robots crashed into each other on a factory�*s grid, distracting grocery deliveries. the world's first 3d printed steel footbridge was revealed in amsterdam in the city public red light district. the a0 foot, six ton mx 3d smart bridge will incorporate sensors which researchers can use to analyse foot traffic. and finally this week we saw this

giant robot who is learning to pick up cigarette buts on the beach, but it needs your help. this is the beachbot. it uses microsoft's drove artificial intelligence system to help it work. people send in photos to teach at what to look for. a global hub that has felt the silence of the pandemic. so how do we bring back the buzz? even now, as things open up here in london, the streets may be alive with diners and drinkers, but many office buildings are at a fraction of capacity. we often talk about how the pandemic has changed the way that we live and work, but what we don't know is which of these changes are here to stay. so planning for the future and trying to get back to some sort of new normal could be rather

challenging. renting and running large office spaces is costly. where you get to know how many people will spend how much time in them. so while we have seen so—called smart buildings pop up for some years, now, never has the need for flexible space and a safer, efficient lower people felt more important. this is 22 bishopsgate, a new building housed to designed to house 12,000 staff, and from the ground up technology has been built in. if you are an employee, you enter the building using an app as soon as you walk in. bluetooth beacons will recognise you. if you are a visitor, you get sent a qr code. there is a facial recognition option, to. no standard reception desk. even the left can know where to take you. if you have arrived by the

much loved method of cycling, the app would have told you where to park it as well. and you can also book a meeting room through the app and that means when you arrive you don't need to touch anything, you can just walk straight in. and if you don't turn up on time, it won't be long before it is made available to someone else. and once you enter the room, well up once you enter the room, well up here is a movement centre, so we can keep track of the number of people who are in here and exactly where they are standing, so this the air—conditioning needs to be turned up or down, that can happen automatically. there is also an air—quality sensor over here. the air in this building is at the moment pretty good but if it does become poorer, then the air holding unit can and purify it. the smart space's platform ai is still learning and it should one day be able to make its own decisions. but right now it still needs a human to make those changes based on incoming information. the

those changes based on incoming information.— information. the benefits of the smartphone _ information. the benefits of the smartphone bring - information. the benefits of the smartphone bring all. information. the benefits of| the smartphone bring all the systems into a single place, we can have those sites from the data generated. on this floor, if the c02 data generated. on this floor, if the co2 levels exceed 600 ppmi if the co2 levels exceed 600 ppm, we could change the quality in the space. in another building, you won't be feeling tired. here that won't happen. mil feeling tired. here that won't ha en. �* ., feeling tired. here that won't hauen. �* ., ., ., , happen. all of the data being cathered happen. all of the data being gathered to _ happen. all of the data being gathered to people's - happen. all of the data being gathered to people's phones| happen. all of the data being - gathered to people's phones and sensors in the building is together here on what is called the digital web. this gives the building manager the ability to make any changes as and when needed. that means the climate and lighting can be amended easily and if you want to zoom in on the spot, you can tap in ona table, in on the spot, you can tap in on a table, make this bigger or smaller, really interact with it well. it is almost like being in there right now. over here we have the air quality and also the energy that is being used in the building. and this is a vital part. there is no point in air—conditioning where there are unexpectedly no star, for instance. then we can

change the view and look at the whole building. i do this over here. i'm not sure if i'm tall enough. the building manager is taller than me. we have the whole building, pretty much struck down to my height. it feels like all the action is done here. we are there. what is happening. oh no, it is on its side. the first rule of click, we can break anything. but do people want to embrace the technology? and what if you don't have a smart phone or a flat battery because make do you get the day off? if flat battery because make do you get the day off?- flat battery because make do you get the day off? if you are resistant to _ you get the day off? if you are resistant to smart _ you get the day off? if you are resistant to smart phones - you get the day off? if you are. resistant to smart phones there is a facility to get a plastic card, but you will miss out on all the other great things in the applet be able to get the offers and discounts in the marketplace, or book restaurants or facilities. marketplace, or book restaurants orfacilities. it restaurants or facilities. it is restaurants orfacilities. it is definitely a mobile first building. is definitely a mobile first buildini. ~ ., is definitely a mobile first building-— building. what data is collecting? _ building. what data is collecting? is - building. what data is collecting? is getting| building. what data is i collecting? is getting the building. what data is - collecting? is getting the sort of detail of somebody moving around the building, or is it not to that level? and what is with that data? we

not to that level? and what is with that data?— with that data? we attract anonymized _ with that data? we attract anonymized data - with that data? we attract anonymized data on - with that data? we attract| anonymized data on where with that data? we attract - anonymized data on where people visit in the building. that allows us to provide an expense were there are pushing events, there is a copy of the on the mezzanine. they go through to the location services on the smartphone. the location services on the smartphone-— the location services on the smartphone. the location services on the smarthone. , ., smartphone. other companies are in this space. _ smartphone. other companies are in this space, too. _ in this space, too. retrofitting older buildings as well. honeywell's buildings is also hoping to create a more versatile space to cater for an unpredictable working future. in light of cofidis, is added video analytics options for social distancing and mask wearing. when up like config can also give control to those who work there. within the app there are lots of options like being able to book your workspace so you can go into the calendar and figure out exactly what desk you want to sit out. it can also find your colleagues. it doesn't mean you can follow them around the

building but if they are sat at a desk and logged that spot on the app and you will know where to find them or where to avoid them. it's been updated to accommodate full planning fixable working a bit better and also could provide some reassurance to those who are nervous about returning to the office. ., ., , office. ventilation is quite ke at office. ventilation is quite key at the _ office. ventilation is quite key at the moment - office. ventilation is quite key at the moment and i office. ventilation is quite - key at the moment and everyone is paying a lot of attention to it. a practical perspective it's a lot easier for me to change a temperature on my phone that it is to send an e—mail or have the team that manage that to get a maintenance guy to go out and log into something and make changes. log into something and make chances. , ., , , ., changes. yes, the app and simplify — changes. yes, the app and simplify things _ changes. yes, the app and simplify things and - changes. yes, the app and j simplify things and provide useful anonymized insight to employers. you'vejust useful anonymized insight to employers. you've just got to be convinced of the desirability of your smartphone yet again being the control to your life. now during the pandemic, most of us have been doing a lot more online shopping. and of course the tech giants have taken notice

of this and as a result, a whole new world of virtual retail is opening up and could be becoming a lot more embedded in everyday activities. we've been finding out more. live shopping channels. they've been a roaring success since the 80s, generating billions in sales and blazing a trail in home shopping. get sales and blazing a trail in home shopping.— sales and blazing a trail in home shopping. get two pairs for £20. home shopping. get two pairs for £20- and _ home shopping. get two pairs for £20. and while _ home shopping. get two pairs for £20. and while internet i for £20. and while internet shopping — for £20. and while internet shopping has _ for £20. and while internet shopping has taken - for £20. and while internet shopping has taken over, l for £20. and while internet i shopping has taken over, here at the studios of ideal shopping to you can see that the model is still alive and well. —— idealshopping the model is still alive and well. —— ideal shopping direct. now big tech wants to turn social media into one big shopping channel but they don't want you to realise. in the past year, social media companies have introduced loads of new features to tie shopping into everything we do on their

platforms. if that's youtube offering up things to buy from videos or our screenshots being scanned for products. the problem is we used to go into these for entertainment. consciously and subconsciously, we're now going to shopping all the time. even if we don't want to be. , ., ., ., ., ~ to be. they are going to make it more immersive, _ to be. they are going to make it more immersive, more - to be. they are going to make i it more immersive, more visual. whatever they can do to take that lucrative behaviour from us and just dial it up.- us and 'ust dial it up. social media us and just dial it up. social media giant _ us and just dial it up. social media giant instagram - us and just dial it up. social media giant instagram hasl us and just dial it up. social - media giant instagram has even redesigned the interface and put shopping front and centre. what we are making available to businesses is to help make their content, their existing content, shopper ball. if you're posting a beautiful image, you know, and there is an item that's available for

within that, make that shopper ball, make that actionable. 98% of people on instagram follow a business and people come to our platform to be inspired by new brands and to find new products, that's what they want to do on instagram.— to do on instagram. instagram, tiktok, facebook _ to do on instagram. instagram, tiktok, facebook and _ to do on instagram. instagram, tiktok, facebook and others i to do on instagram. instagram, | tiktok, facebook and others are letting businesses take customers to check out within their platforms. so they can pay without ever having to leave the apps. but what do the social media companies get from this deal? well, the answer, as always, is collecting even more data about your habits.- data about your habits. now, that social — data about your habits. now, that social media _ data about your habits. now, that social media platform i that social media platform knows your payment details, they also know the types of things that you buy, they know more about your decision—making process and it allows them to provide advertisers with even more targeted information. so ou more targeted information. so you may have tuned into a live shopping channel before or you may never have even seen one

but get used to it because live stream shopping is vital to the social media giant's strategies. but it's been souped up for a new generation with influences, interactivity and fast payments. this model is already massively successful in china and even kim kardashian has had a go. thank ou for kardashian has had a go. thank you for tuning _ kardashian has had a go. thank you for tuning in. _ kardashian has had a go. thank you for tuning in. so _ you for tuning in. so unsurprisingly, - you fortuning in. so unsurprisingly, the us tech giants are waking up to its potential. giants are waking up to its potential-— giants are waking up to its potential. one of the most powerful — potential. one of the most powerful aspects - potential. one of the most powerful aspects of - potential. one of the most powerful aspects of social| powerful aspects of social media is that it's a passive experience. you don't really have a specific goal when you go to instagram. your goal really is to be entertained in the two minutes you are waiting for the bus to come all the microwave to beep. and that makes you less susceptible to manipulation. that means that whatever is thrown at you, you are willing to accept in the name of entertainment. you may be shopping _

name of entertainment. you may be shopping online _ name of entertainment. you may be shopping online for— name of entertainment. you may be shopping online for more - be shopping online for more thanjust products. the be shopping online for more than just products. the 50 million people around the world who consider themselves creatives want you to pay for their content. traditionally, if they were not plugging brands they were not earning money and the last year has meant more have realised they need their audiences to pay them directly.— need their audiences to pay them directly. the coronavirus pandemic— them directly. the coronavirus pandemic was _ them directly. the coronavirus pandemic was a _ them directly. the coronavirus pandemic was a wake-up - them directly. the coronavirus pandemic was a wake-up calll them directly. the coronavirus i pandemic was a wake-up call for pandemic was a wake—up call for a lot of people who realised that they needed to come up with a different way to make money if it wasn't going to be working at a cafe or running their hair salon and a lot of those people that we saw who were not able to do their comedy act at the local bar anymore, both people went to instagram and youtube and tiktok and tried to build their personalities there. just tiktok and tried to build their personalities there.— personalities there. just like oane personalities there. just like online newspapers, - personalities there. just like online newspapers, creators personalities there. just like - online newspapers, creators are increasingly introducing pay walls and asking the users to subscribe, tip and buy. the

thought is you can actually earn a living from only 1000 fans. let's say each subscribe for £5 a month. it's not a fortune but it's a decent amount of money.- fortune but it's a decent amount of mone . , , ., amount of money. hey, everyone! for us, amount of money. hey, everyone! for us. that — amount of money. hey, everyone! for us, that means _ amount of money. hey, everyone! for us, that means wanting - amount of money. hey, everyone! for us, that means wanting to - for us, that means wanting to spend some cash but for creatives with small audiences, it means they can build creative careers online. and now social media companies are giving creators the tools to charge users. even twitter is giving users the ability to charge their followers. would you really pay to read extra tweets? well? you are going to have to do. so get your wallet out as your social media feed is now going to become a living mall. if that's creatives charging you directly for the videos or live shopping finding a new home on a much smaller screen. now, these days, it seems to take longer than ever to wait for a lift. there may

be have fewer people out and about upward social distancing, we cannot all be packed in. and also, you really don't want to get stuck in a with someone right now — not anybody and diakhaby weiss smart lifts have been gaining popularity as data could offer the solution —— and thatis could offer the solution —— and that is why smart lifts. the wa we that is why smart lifts. the way we help _ that is why smart lifts. the way we help is _ that is why smart lifts. the way we help is we - that is why smart lifts. the way we help is we make i that is why smart lifts. tue: way we help is we make sure they are up and running when you come to the office and you have been may be waiting more in the subway and you just want to get to your office and you don't want to wait in a huge queue because out of four lifts only one is working, for example. the problem with lift is that they don't work well. basically, they break down on an average of four times a year. people get stuck into them for hours and hours. a total of 1a00 years of stuck people every year in the world. so a smart box is connected to

each lift and, using ai, traffic patterns are worked out from the data gathered. it means the breakdowns can be anticipated and lifts can be made available on the floors they are needed most. itide made available on the floors they are needed most. we can rovide they are needed most. we can provide to _ they are needed most. we can provide to building _ they are needed most. we can provide to building managers i provide to building managers clear analytics of which floor are the most abused, how other traffic patterns during the day, which are the door cycles and how they can actually reprogram the lift patterns to match the traffic patterns of the building.— match the traffic patterns of the building. and wheelchair users can — the building. and wheelchair users can have _ the building. and wheelchair users can have an _ the building. and wheelchair users can have an even - the building. and wheelchair. users can have an even longer wait but that could be about to change. if you're waiting for one of these lifts, you can use a connected smart device instead of reaching for the button. it is potentially useful for wheelchair users. but the interface is already being developed so that people needing that extra space can be allocated lifts but are less crowded, or evenjust allocated lifts but are less crowded, or even just dedicated to them — which should be pretty efficient. that's it for

this week. as ever, you can keep up with the team on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter at abc click and we will be back next week. thanks for watching. goodbye. —— @bbccllck. —— @bbcclick. hello. after another fairly warm and mostly dry day on friday, things are now changing with the weather. we've got some heavy showers and some thunderstorms moving their way in from the south—west and through the course of the weekend, it's going to turn cooler and fresher with some downpours for some places, particularly towards the south. that's down to the fact that this area of low pressure is pushing its way in, and that's going to generate some really heavy downpours at times, some showers, some thunderstorms as well. and if you do catch some of those thunderstorms, they could bring some disruption to travel, particularly across parts of southern england

and south wales, there is a risk of some localised flooding. so as we head through saturday morning, then, initially the heaviest of the downpours will be close to the south coast and they'll slowly work their way northwards across the southern half of england and wales as we head through the day. some of them bringing some thunderstorms, some hail and some gusty winds mixed in with some of those heavy showers. further north across the uk, most places staying dry with some warm sunshine. temperatures around 26, possibly 27 degrees in the warmest spots towards the north—west. we've got more cloud just lurking around those eastern coasts of scotland and north—east england as well. into saturday evening, we keep that threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms going on across some southern and south—eastern parts of england. they should ease a little bit overnight. many places starting sunday morning on a dry note and temperatures a little bit fresher overnight than they've been recently, between about 12 to perhaps 16 degrees or so. now, through the second half of the weekend, then, low pressure still not far away. it's just starting to drift its way a little bit further eastwards, so that's going to bring another day of fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. but i think the focus of most of them during sunday will be

across southern and south—eastern parts of england, perhaps one or two into south wales, too. but for the rest of the uk, once again, some dry and some warm weather with fairly light winds and long spells of sunshine. temperatures down a notch on recent days, so by the time we get to sunday, highs typically about 20—2a degrees for most of us. again, watch out for localised flooding with those torrential hit—and—miss heavy showers. into monday, and another day of a few showers around across southern parts of england and wales and if you do catch one, it could be heavy and thundery as well. but i think much of the uk seeing again some spells of sunshine and largely dry conditions with temperatures about 20—2a degrees on monday. into the working week, it does remain pretty unsettled. more showers in the outlook, as you can see, but turning a little bit drierfurther south across the uk. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. i'm sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, where the olympic games are now underway. there were fireworks but hardly any spectators as the opening ceremony took place a year later than planned. saturday will see the first medals being awarded as athletes try to focus on competition rather than covid. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. the rest of the day's headlines: a funeral�*s held for haiti's presidentjovenal moise after he was shot dead at his home two weeks ago. more than 100 people have died in western india in landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains.

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