Lily Jamali
@lilyjamali.bsky.social
North America Technology Correspondent, BBC News
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1/ What is this photograph?
It's a custom-made mask fitted for a software engineer in northern Virginia who suffered third-degree burns on her face when the Tesla Model Y she was in crashed and caught on fire. A heroic crowd of bystanders could not open the doors
1/ What is this photograph?
It's a custom-made mask fitted for a software engineer in northern Virginia who suffered third-degree burns on her face when the Tesla Model Y she was in crashed and caught on fire. A heroic crowd of bystanders could not open the doors
September 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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1/ What is this photograph?
It's a custom-made mask fitted for a software engineer in northern Virginia who suffered third-degree burns on her face when the Tesla Model Y she was in crashed and caught on fire. A heroic crowd of bystanders could not open the doors
1/ What is this photograph?
It's a custom-made mask fitted for a software engineer in northern Virginia who suffered third-degree burns on her face when the Tesla Model Y she was in crashed and caught on fire. A heroic crowd of bystanders could not open the doors
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In case you missed it live: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
#Trump #Russia #Ukraine #France - and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple investments in the US
#Trump #Russia #Ukraine #France - and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple investments in the US
BBC World Service - The Newsroom, 07/08/2025 01:06 GMT
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In case you missed it live: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
#Trump #Russia #Ukraine #France - and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple investments in the US
#Trump #Russia #Ukraine #France - and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple investments in the US
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I was presenting this week's episode of Tech Life on the BBC World Service
- What happened to DeepSeek? @lilyjamali.bsky.social reports
- AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? @joetidy.bsky.social reports
- Alasdair Keane interviews Volvo’s tech lead
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- What happened to DeepSeek? @lilyjamali.bsky.social reports
- AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? @joetidy.bsky.social reports
- Alasdair Keane interviews Volvo’s tech lead
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
August 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I was presenting this week's episode of Tech Life on the BBC World Service
- What happened to DeepSeek? @lilyjamali.bsky.social reports
- AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? @joetidy.bsky.social reports
- Alasdair Keane interviews Volvo’s tech lead
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- What happened to DeepSeek? @lilyjamali.bsky.social reports
- AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? @joetidy.bsky.social reports
- Alasdair Keane interviews Volvo’s tech lead
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A highlight of my visit to the Vintage Computer Festival at the Computer History Museum… discovering the BBC Micro - albeit a few years late! Thanks to @davidga.me for the history lesson!
August 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
A highlight of my visit to the Vintage Computer Festival at the Computer History Museum… discovering the BBC Micro - albeit a few years late! Thanks to @davidga.me for the history lesson!
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I got to do something great a week ago: join a 25-year reunion for people who worked at #Napster. While the original experience was rough for most of them, this was a chance to process it with old friends. It remains one of the most remarkable stories of that era. wapo.st/3HdcJhv
August 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I got to do something great a week ago: join a 25-year reunion for people who worked at #Napster. While the original experience was rough for most of them, this was a chance to process it with old friends. It remains one of the most remarkable stories of that era. wapo.st/3HdcJhv
Ethics watchdogs say the Trump family’s new mobile venture represents another means for potential corruption and conflicts of interest.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump Organization enters mobile phone business
It is the latest plan by US President Donald Trump's family that looks to cash on his name.
www.bbc.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Ethics watchdogs say the Trump family’s new mobile venture represents another means for potential corruption and conflicts of interest.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Today is the end of Skype as Microsoft shuts it down.
I have spoken to people whose lives were impacted by it, including a long-distance couple who fell in love over Skype and a woman who used it to find closure following her husband's death.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I have spoken to people whose lives were impacted by it, including a long-distance couple who fell in love over Skype and a woman who used it to find closure following her husband's death.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Skype shutting down: Your memories as Microsoft shuts down the video calling service
As Microsoft shuts it down, we’ve spoken to people whose lives were impacted by the tools.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Today is the end of Skype as Microsoft shuts it down.
I have spoken to people whose lives were impacted by it, including a long-distance couple who fell in love over Skype and a woman who used it to find closure following her husband's death.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I have spoken to people whose lives were impacted by it, including a long-distance couple who fell in love over Skype and a woman who used it to find closure following her husband's death.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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1gmt/2bst #TheNewsroom here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - 📻
featuring @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple and tariffs; also #MikeWaltz; #Netanyahu #Harrods, and farewell to football superfan, Manolo el del Bombo of Spain.
@nickrandell.bsky.social keeping us on air
featuring @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple and tariffs; also #MikeWaltz; #Netanyahu #Harrods, and farewell to football superfan, Manolo el del Bombo of Spain.
@nickrandell.bsky.social keeping us on air
World Service - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC World Service on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1gmt/2bst #TheNewsroom here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - 📻
featuring @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple and tariffs; also #MikeWaltz; #Netanyahu #Harrods, and farewell to football superfan, Manolo el del Bombo of Spain.
@nickrandell.bsky.social keeping us on air
featuring @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple and tariffs; also #MikeWaltz; #Netanyahu #Harrods, and farewell to football superfan, Manolo el del Bombo of Spain.
@nickrandell.bsky.social keeping us on air
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AP NewsAlert: Wisconsin attorney general sues in attempt to block Elon Musk from handing out $1 million to voters
March 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
AP NewsAlert: Wisconsin attorney general sues in attempt to block Elon Musk from handing out $1 million to voters
From today’s “#TeslaTakeover” protest in Berkeley, CA.
Our report is here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our report is here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
From today’s “#TeslaTakeover” protest in Berkeley, CA.
Our report is here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our report is here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Do we only publish where we are required by law?”
That’s a quote pulled from internal documents at Match Group.
This damning investigation finds Match Group has long known about abusive users on their apps but failed to share that info with users.
A MUST-READ:
19thnews.org/2025/02/dati...
That’s a quote pulled from internal documents at Match Group.
This damning investigation finds Match Group has long known about abusive users on their apps but failed to share that info with users.
A MUST-READ:
19thnews.org/2025/02/dati...
Dating app cover-up: How Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps
The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark.
19thnews.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Do we only publish where we are required by law?”
That’s a quote pulled from internal documents at Match Group.
This damning investigation finds Match Group has long known about abusive users on their apps but failed to share that info with users.
A MUST-READ:
19thnews.org/2025/02/dati...
That’s a quote pulled from internal documents at Match Group.
This damning investigation finds Match Group has long known about abusive users on their apps but failed to share that info with users.
A MUST-READ:
19thnews.org/2025/02/dati...
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Here's Tuesday afternoon's #GlobalNewsPod
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#Gaza, #Jordan #Rubiales and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on OpenAi and Musk
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#Gaza, #Jordan #Rubiales and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on OpenAi and Musk
BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Trump: “Let all hell break out” if Hamas does not release hostages
Both sides accuse each other of ceasefire violations
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here's Tuesday afternoon's #GlobalNewsPod
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#Gaza, #Jordan #Rubiales and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on OpenAi and Musk
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#Gaza, #Jordan #Rubiales and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on OpenAi and Musk
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Possibly useful tip: the Trader Joe's precooked hardboiled eggs seem to be immune from the egg price hikes so far. The downside is that eating wet eggs from a bag makes you feel worse about yourself.
February 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Possibly useful tip: the Trader Joe's precooked hardboiled eggs seem to be immune from the egg price hikes so far. The downside is that eating wet eggs from a bag makes you feel worse about yourself.
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AI’s ‘Sputnik Moment’:
BBC’s Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social on the Deepseek storm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC’s Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social on the Deepseek storm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
DeepSeek AI shakes American swagger and upends assumptions
The app spooked the markets as well as the bullish sense of American superiority in AI development.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
AI’s ‘Sputnik Moment’:
BBC’s Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social on the Deepseek storm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC’s Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social on the Deepseek storm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We're live at 2gmt: #TheNewsroom here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - 📻 @lilyjamali.bsky.social on #DeepSeek and #Nvidia; plus #Goma; #Gaza; #Neymar and #Auschwitz
World Service - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC World Service on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We're live at 2gmt: #TheNewsroom here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - 📻 @lilyjamali.bsky.social on #DeepSeek and #Nvidia; plus #Goma; #Gaza; #Neymar and #Auschwitz
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I told the BBC that the Biden Administration made an "unforced error" in crafting and defending a law that gives the President outsized control over who owns TikTok. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I told the BBC that the Biden Administration made an "unforced error" in crafting and defending a law that gives the President outsized control over who owns TikTok. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“It was a terrible idea to put the future of a massive information platform into this political maelstrom,” Georgetown Law’s @anupamchander.bsky.social tells me re: TikTok.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Musk, MrBeast, Larry Ellison - Who might buy TikTok?
Several potential US buyers have expressed interest in purchasing the social media platform.
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“It was a terrible idea to put the future of a massive information platform into this political maelstrom,” Georgetown Law’s @anupamchander.bsky.social tells me re: TikTok.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
SUNDAY at 2pmET/11amPT — I interview Stanford’s Marietje Schaake about her new book “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley.”
Please RSVP here to join us. We invite you to submit your questions.
dc.alumni.columbia.edu/marietjescha...
Please RSVP here to join us. We invite you to submit your questions.
dc.alumni.columbia.edu/marietjescha...
The Tech Coup:
dc.alumni.columbia.edu
January 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
SUNDAY at 2pmET/11amPT — I interview Stanford’s Marietje Schaake about her new book “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley.”
Please RSVP here to join us. We invite you to submit your questions.
dc.alumni.columbia.edu/marietjescha...
Please RSVP here to join us. We invite you to submit your questions.
dc.alumni.columbia.edu/marietjescha...
I got to test 1-800-ChatGPT on WhatsApp with my @marketplace.org pal Meghan McCarty Carino. It’s… a work in progress.
youtu.be/JFHOsIBB-Yw?...
youtu.be/JFHOsIBB-Yw?...
TikTok Heads to the Supreme Court | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
YouTube video by Marketplace APM
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December 20, 2024 at 5:29 PM
I got to test 1-800-ChatGPT on WhatsApp with my @marketplace.org pal Meghan McCarty Carino. It’s… a work in progress.
youtu.be/JFHOsIBB-Yw?...
youtu.be/JFHOsIBB-Yw?...
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Brilliantly reported by my colleague @grahamjfraser.bsky.social, our story about Apple Intelligence making up BBC News app headlines when summarising notifications seems to be exactly the sort of thing Apple wanted to avoid with a slower, “thoughtful” approach to genAI
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
Apple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Brilliantly reported by my colleague @grahamjfraser.bsky.social, our story about Apple Intelligence making up BBC News app headlines when summarising notifications seems to be exactly the sort of thing Apple wanted to avoid with a slower, “thoughtful” approach to genAI
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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From BERKELEY PD:
We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. nixle.us/FZ3E9
We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. nixle.us/FZ3E9
We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. from Berkeley Police Department : Nixle
We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley.
EVACUATE NOW
People in the Tsunami Zone are in IMMEDIATE DANGER and MUST EVACUATE NOW. Stay east of 7th St. This is ...
nixle.us
December 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM
From BERKELEY PD:
We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. nixle.us/FZ3E9
We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. nixle.us/FZ3E9
Anyone in NorCal feel that earthquake? (Testing if #earthquaketwitter has landed here on bluesky yet)
December 5, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Anyone in NorCal feel that earthquake? (Testing if #earthquaketwitter has landed here on bluesky yet)
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#BBCNews - ‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago?
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By @lilyjamali.bsky.social
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By @lilyjamali.bsky.social
On patrol at Mar-a-Lago, robotic dogs have their moment
Robotic dogs are helping law enforcement protect President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida residence.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:21 AM
#BBCNews - ‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
By @lilyjamali.bsky.social
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By @lilyjamali.bsky.social
@emilyliu.me Hi Emily, i’m with BBC News. Possible to connect briefly about the outage? I’m at lily.r.jamali@bbc.co.uk. Thanks!
November 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM
@emilyliu.me Hi Emily, i’m with BBC News. Possible to connect briefly about the outage? I’m at lily.r.jamali@bbc.co.uk. Thanks!