Aardman Animations was founded #OnThisDay in 1972. Here's a look behind the scenes at how they crafted the cute creatures for the BBC's Things We Love. bbc.in/4cz82cQ
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💻 New technology to show why images and video are genuine launches on BBC News
‘Content credentials’ feature means visitors to the BBC News site will now see a ‘how we verified this’ button underneath images and videos on BBC Verify content.
More ➡️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/c…
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Introducing Gatekeepers. A new podcast from Radio 4
As Facebook turns 20, @JamieJBartlett uncovers how social media allowed a new digital elite and their platforms to conquer the planet and control what we see.
Gatekeepers | Listen First on BBC Sounds
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You can now catch up on all of Sounds Amazing 2024, from @BBCAcademy and @BBCRD, on the link below. There's sessions on everything from AI and ML to blockbuster Sound Design...
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We're thrilled that the Adaptive Podcasting toolset has now been open sourced. So please read more about our learnings, dig into that source code, and let us know how you get on with your experiments!
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We’re thrilled to have been nominated for @GramophoneMag's Orchestra of the Year!
A huge thank you to everyone who has voted for us so far. If you’d like to find out more and vote, follow the link below.
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If you’re looking to chill out on National Relaxation Day, listen to a at home recording from 2020 of ‘Relax’ by Frankie Goes To Hollywood as part of our Great Northern Playlist. 🎶
Listen to the full track on @BBCSounds: bbc.in/3QRDXgf
Want to try your luck at managing the worlds most demanding popstar? And get them onto the stage in time to not lose your job?
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Choose your own documentary and explore the exploration of brand new technology with Click 1000...
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As social media develops and evolves we're experimenting with a BBC Mastodon server to try decentralised and distributed social technologies.
You can now follow BBC R&D, Radio 4 and 5 Live at social.bbc
More on this and the Fediverse here: bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-ma…
If you want to find out more about the process and technology behind some of the biggest pilots on Taster, and hear from the people who made them, then the MakerBox Case Studies page has everything you need...
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Feeling nostalgic for a different era of computer? Then dive into the Computer Literacy Project Archive on Taster. Complete with thousands of programmes and the chance to run over 160 BBC Micro programs...
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