BT has revealed plans to create a network for a 165-mile ‘drone superhighway’. The tech firm’s working on a comms system which could facilitate dozens of drones in the sky, delivering goods or carrying out services. BT’s Drone Director David Pankhurst talks to us about the ways drones could use the so called ‘superhighway’.

Amazon has filed 10,000 lawsuits against the admins of Facebook groups offering people money and free products to leave fake reviews on the site. The groups are set up to recruit people willing to write false and misleading reviews to artificially boost product ratings and give them more chance of being bought.

Also in this episode:

• Snapchat calling and messaging to be made available on the web
• Climate Change Committee on UK’s preparation for heatwaves
• Researchers discover dormant black hole outside our galaxy
• The vitamin supplement that can reduce feelings of depression and anxiety
• Roblox reportedly hacked and extorted In Phishing Attack
• Netflix’s latest anti-password sharing test lets users ‘buy’ additional homes

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