How AI at Wimbledon helps fans this summer

New AI technology is being used to help tennis fans better enjoy Wimbledon this year. The All England Tennis Club have teamed up with IBM to collect and combine data on player and ball movements using tech like Hawkeye. The stats will be used to give predictions on who might win or lose a match.

A fan hyper-car has broken the Goodwood Hill record with a time of 39.08 seconds. The McMurty Spéirling car beat the record set in 1999 by racing driver Nick Heidfeld in an F1 car.

Also in this episode:

• Ofcom: Two thirds of young people see harmful content online, but just 16% report it
• Nasa makes history with first rocket launch from Australia
• Why space tourism could damage the o-zone layer
• ​​Earth’s oldest known wildfires raged 430 million years ago
• The gamer recreating Simpsons hit-&-run into an open world game

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