guru rory cellan—jones will be with us.announced self driving lorries will be tested on uk roads, so we lorries will be tested on uk roads, so we ask if you would be happy driving next to a 44 tonne d riverless driving next to a 44 tonne driverless juggernaut. driving next to a 44 tonne driverlessjuggernaut. use the hashtag to get in touch. some tweets coming in, one viewer says it's terrifying but exciting, the thought of driving next to a d riverless the thought of driving next to a driverless truck. a court in south korea has found the heir to the samsung empire guilty of bribery, embezzlement and perjury. jay y lee, the de facto head of the $300 billion business empire — and grandson of the founder — has been sentenced to five years in jail. his lawyers say he will appeal. so what exactly did he do? it started with this — $36 million donated by samsung to organisations linked to former south korean president park geun—hye. she was removed from office and is also facing corruption charges. back in 2015 the samsung conglo

our technology correspondent is rory cellan—jones.d like to ask you for your take on uber, the latest twist and turn uber story. what an extraordinary story. i can think of a previous occasion where a venture capital backer of a major company has got into a mud fight with that company, or at least its founder, while still being a major backer. benchmark capital, one of the big names in silicon valley, basically accusing travis kalanick of all sorts of misdeeds, unhappy with the culture he has created at the company, unhappy with the idea that he will still have influence. what have they been doing the last few years?! have they suddenly woken up to what is going on?! arianna huffington has been brought onto board. there has been a huge weight of money coming behind this company, an extraordinary amount of backing, $8 billion or so, and you would have thought that people putting that money bind the company would have asked a few questions a bit earlier. moving onto facebook, disney pulling out of netflix, starting its own streaming. is

rory cellan—jones reports.ing companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. the law reform is an opportunity to keep up with the change in technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. the new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what data companies hold on you and get it erased. there will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often seek consumers handing over data by default. and the data watchdog will be able to fine companies up to £70 million, or 4% of their global turnover. the new law is almost entirely based on a major new european data protection regulation that comes in next may. it's designed to tackle the power of the giant firms which store our information. we are now leaving a data trail wherever we go. turn on your mobile phone and you could be uploading your exercise details, or even your dating preferences. get on pu

here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones.our data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. the law reform is an opportunity to keep up with the change in technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. the new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what data companies hold on you and get it erased. 2 there will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often seek consumers handing over data by default. and the data watchdog will be able to fine companies up to £70 million, or 4% of their global turnover. the new law is almost entirely based on a major new european data protection regulation that comes in next may. it's designed to tackle the power of the giant firms which store our information. we are now leaving a data trail wherever we go. turn on your mobile phone and you could be uploading your

rory cellan—jones reports., a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. the law reform is an opportunity to keep up with the change in technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. the new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what data companies hold on you and get it erased. there will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often seek consumers handing over data by default. and the data watchdog will be able to fine companies up to £70 million, or 4% of their global turnover. the new law is almost entirely based on a major new european data protection regulation that comes in next may. it's designed to tackle the power of the giant firms which store our information. we are now leaving a data trail wherever we go. turn on your mobile phone and you could be uploading your exercise d

here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones.able resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. the law reform is an opportunity to keep up with the change in technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. the new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what data companies hold on you and get it erased. there will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often seek consumers handing over data by default. and the data watchdog will be able to fine companies up to £70 million, or 4% of their global turnover. the new law is almost entirely based on a major new european data protection regulation that comes in next may. it's designed to tackle the power of the giant firms which store our information. we are now leaving a data trail wherever we go. turn on your mobile phone and you could be uploading your exercise details,

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more details about this story.luable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all kinds of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. the law is an opportunity to keep up with the changing technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers will have more control. the new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what data companies hold on you and get it a race. there will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often see consumers handing over data by default and the data watchdog will be able to find up to £70 million for companies, or 4% of the global turnover. the new law is almost entirely based on a major new european data protection regulation that comes in next may. it is designed to tackle the power of the giant firms which draw our information. we are now leaving a data trail wherever we go, turn on your mobile phone and you could be uploading your exercise details or even your da

our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, is here.lly this could affect millions of people. it is huge, what we are effectively saying is the european general data protection regulations and the huge piece of legislation agreed a year or so ago coming in next may and effectively the government has decided to cut and paste it and put it into british law so it continues after we leave the eu. the decision has been made that this harmonisation of data protection laws across europe will continue. it is a harmonisation, an update but also a real toughening up, particularly in relation to this giant american tech companies who are being told that if they want to process our data and move it across borders, they have to give us much more control over it. for those businesses, smaller ones that rely on moving peoples data around and improving their bottom line by using it, how will they be effected? this have a huge effect on them. for the last six months mike inbox filled up with people wanting to advise small businesses on how to cope with

rory cellan—jones is at a carphone warehouse for us. why aren't people buying so many phones then?ed and what's really worried its investors is they may be holding off a little before upgrading, may be waiting another six months. part of the reason is modern smartphones are capable devices, they all look much the same, and people are finding it quite difficult when a new device comes along to work out what is different about it. then there's the price. we've seen of course the pound fall against the dollar, and as it's fallen, the price of these has risen. just yesterday, samson fought out a new phone with a price tag of £869. there are rumours when the new iphone comes out, probably next month, that its price could sort above £1000 for some models. that phone is expected to be a really big hit, but it will need to bea really big hit, but it will need to be a huge hit to make investors in this retailer and others feel a bit more cheerful. thank you. a woman in america has won the biggest lottery prize ever awarded to a single ticket—holder. 53—year—old mavis wanczyk — here wearing

as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports, the new law would bring the uk in line withof the eu. your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all kinds of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. the law is an opportunity to keep up with the changing technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers will have more control. the new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what data companies hold on you and get ita data companies hold on you and get it a race. there will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often see consumers handing over data by default and the data watchdog will be able to find up to £70 million for companies, or 4% of the global turnover. the new law is almost entirely based on a major new european data protection regulation that comes in next may. it is designed to tackle the power of the giant firms which draw our information. we are now leaving a data trail wherever we go, turn on your mobile phone

let's speak to our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones.? i think it became clear how seriously the company took this. when the chief executive broke off his holiday, came back to google and sent out his 11 oh, it said he supported the right of staff to express themselves. but then it said, ourjob is to build great products for users that make a difference in their lives. to suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not ok. he took it very seriously and ended up with this man being fired. thanks very much. a number of british women from south asian backgrounds are reporting cancer later than other ethnic groups, because of a perceived stigma about the disease. that's according to researchers, who say they are worried that cultural taboos are leading to women dying prematurely in the south asian community. amber haque has been looking at what could be done to try to remove the stigma. this lady found a lump in her breast when she was 36. she grew up in a strict indian

joining me now is our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones.n which he put those comments out there? there isa put those comments out there? there is a wider context which is the debate going on in silicon valley about gender imbalance in technology firms. with google in the front line of that, obviously it is a major employer and with a big imbalance between men and women working in softwa re between men and women working in software engineering. this was a male software engineer who put out a 3000 word memo internally, to promote discussion, he said. he talked about a politically correct culture and went into some detail about what he described as biological differences, which made women less suitable for these front—line engineering jobs than men. 0bviously, front—line engineering jobs than men. obviously, this caused a lot of debate internally, the memo was then distributed more widely and sparked offa distributed more widely and sparked off a lot of anger, frankly, amongst women who have been campaigning for more diversity in silicon valle

economies of both the uk and the eu. joining me to tell us more is our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jonest will bring in which will effectively ta ke it will bring in which will effectively take europe's sweeping new data protection regulation which comes in next may and put that lock, stock and barrel into uk law. great effort has been gone too to give businesses certainties because they're already grappling with the indications of this new european wide law. britain is saying, we're putting the law into practice, everything should be fine, it should be easy enough to reach an agreement during these brexit talks about data protection. when we talk about data protection. when we talk about data protection and exchange, what sort of things were talking about? protection and exchange, what sort of things were talking abounm protection and exchange, what sort of things were talking about? it is the lifeblood of the modern digital economy, every bit of information that you put on facebook, shopping companies have on you, that they need to exchange across european boundaries. europe has gone t

rory cellan—jones is here, what are they launching? this is just starting in america, you won't see it in the uk for a while, but a real mark of how competitive this world is. they are doing some deals, they will get original content from the likes of buzzfeed, some american sports franchises, basketball and so on, and they are offering you the chance to watch tv through facebook. mark zuckerberg has a slightly cheesy quote, watching a show doesn't have to be passive, it can be a chance to share an experience and bring people together who care about the same things, so what about caring and sharing, but really they are about advertising revenue. they are already hugely dominant. i think they are looking at netflix and amazon, but also looking at youtube, which is owned by google, the other big powerhouse of the internet in terms of advertising. they are looking at how much money youtube is now churning out for google, and they are thinking, we would like some of that. i think it is going to be pitch to the kind of people who make you k