Holiday credit card charges – and how to avoid them
Britons on holiday spend £1bn a year on fees when using their credit and debit cards abroad. There are ways round it, as Simon Gompertz explains.
The perilous search for ‘Himalayan Viagra’
More valuable than gold, Yarsagumba fungus is only found in the Himalayas above 3,000 metres.
Emotional surveillance
How facial recognition is being used to identify suspects in crowds and spot suspicious behaviour.
Chinese whispers
Two Chinese companies are implicated in the scandal around the Malaysian investment fund, 1MDB.
Shedding pounds
With ever-more money being spent on fitness, BBC News asks who spends most and what is it spent on?
‘Don’t be do-gooders. Do things’
Cafédirect boss John Steel says his firm is not “here to be do-gooders, we’re here to do things”.
‘It was pretty crazy’
Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi had never met before they teamed up to launch cloud storage giant Dropbox.
Farnborough Airshow: Brexit and bulging order books dominate
The UK may use Farnborough, the biggest aerospace event of the year, to signal its vision for the industry.
Budget airline Ryanair forced to land after plane depressurizes, sending dozens to the hospital
Passengers of budget airline Ryanair expressed anger over the way the company treated them following an unscheduled landing in Germany.
Amazon could make a big impact in health by helping people eat better
Amazon is in position to work with employers and health systems to bring better food to workers