By Steffan Powell Gaming correspondent “I had a moment of realisation of just how much we’d have to design, there’s a lot of space in space!” Todd Howard, game director of Skyrim and Fallout 4, is speaking to the BBC ahead of the launch of his most ambitious project to date. Starfield is a sprawling…

Some companies are staying flexible about coming back to the office – but others are putting their foot down in a way they haven’t since the pandemic. Throughout the past couple of years, many employers have been relatively lenient about office returns, even in stricter industries like finance and consulting. In response, employees have largely…

By Gordon Corera BBC Security correspondent Ukraine cyber-operators are being deployed on the front lines of the war, duelling close-up with their Russian counterparts in a new kind of high-tech battle. “We have people who are directly involved in combat,” says Illia Vitiuk, the head of the Ukrainian Security Service’s (SBU) cyber department. Speaking inside…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News Torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, with more flooding expected. The governor of Rio Grande do Sul said it was…

By Gem O’Reilly Digital reporter Young, vibrant and bubbly, YouTuber Tiba al-Ali became a hit with her fun-loving videos about her life. She started her channel after moving from her native Iraq to Turkey at the age of 17 in 2017, talking about her independence, her fiancé, make-up and other things. Tiba appeared happy and…

By Will Jefford BBC News The pilot of the helicopter that crashed outside Leicester City’s stadium, killing five people including its chairman, said “I’ve no idea what’s going on” as it spun out of control. Eric Swaffer, 53, made the comment before the helicopter hit the ground outside the King Power Stadium on 27 October…

These days, Cave is one of rock’s elder statesmen. But decades ago, he started out in a band who caused chaos wherever they went, as new film Mutiny in Heaven recounts, writes Daniel Dylan Wray. On his upcoming US tour, the Bad Seeds frontman Nick Cave – who for the last 40 years has been…

The infamous surfboard-stealing sea otter of Monterey Bay is still on the run – but her strange behaviour is drawing attention to the many challenges this species faces. At first it looks like she is up to her usual tricks again. A southern sea otter, with her thick, dark fur glistening with water – as…

E-waste is mounting. Now the UK Royal Mint has found a new way to extract the precious metals hidden in laptops and phones to reduce our reliance on raw materials. Through security, equipped with a pair of safety glasses and a white lab coat, I’m taken behind the scenes at the Royal Mint near Cardiff,…

By Hannah Ritchie BBC News, Sydney “People have been let off the leash,” Thomas Mayo says quietly, swiping through screenshots. Racist memes depicting First Nations Australians as “grifters”, “wife beaters” and “primitives” flash across his phone. Then, personal threats appear – accusing him of “providing cover for evil”. Mr Mayo is one of the public…