spencer: that was laura. now, time for a look at this week s tech news. social networking platform linkedin is cutting 700 jobs and phasing out its localjobs app in china. the microsoft owned company said the move aims to streamline its operations. it follows a wave ofjob cuts across big tech. apple co founder steve wozniak has been explaining why he was among the tech titans warning of the dangers posed by artificial intelligence. mr wozniak told the bbc s zoe kleinman that while the tech has exciting potential, he fears it could be misused by bad actors. i think it s going to get better in what it s able to do and hopefully, hopefully, hopefully, we finally agree on regulations that basically say, you do the bad things, you know, you re out of line. vietnam is cracking down on anonymous social media accounts. users of local and global social platforms like facebook will have to verify their identity under the proposed measures.
karen scott has already been tested for the gene due to her family history of breast cancer. she did not have it but hopes other women will be tested. 0rcadians are all over the world. this is a massive discovery. and hugely important for the health of every individual in orkney, and the generations to come. there are other communities within the uk that have a known prevalence of brca gene variants but identifying founder mutations like this is rare. women with the same variation have already been found across the uk and america, which means their roots, most likely, lead back to 0rkney. laura goodwin, bbc news. a new mural by the graffiti artist banksy has appeared on the wall of a derelict farmhouse in the uk seaside town of herne bay in kent. the mural, called morning is broken, shows a young boy opening curtains made of corrugated iron
laura goodwin has the story. people have lived here on the island of westray for many thousands of years. in part, the community s deep connection to their roots have helped scientists solve a 25 year medical puzzle an increase in family history of breast cancer first noticed by the screening services in 0rkney. now a team of geneticists have come to the island to communicate their findings face to face. over time, a pattern emerged, that we were starting to come across a gene difference in the gene that was, at that point, we were uncertain of the meaning of, but we kept finding it. and i was really suspicious that that gene alteration was important, and it was explaining the pattern of breast and ovarian cancer that we were seeing in those what appeared to be branches of one big family. around one in 1,000 women across the uk have a brca1 variant. the study found one in 100 people with 0rkney grandparents have this particular variant.
ofjust under 600 people. 0ur scotland science and innovation correspondent laura goodwin has the story. people have lived here on the island of westray for many thousands of years. in part, the community s deep connection to their roots have helped scientists solve a 25 year medical puzzle an increase in family history of breast cancer first noticed by the screening services in 0rkney. now a team of geneticists have come to the island to communicate their findings face to face. over time, a pattern emerged, that we were starting to come across a gene difference in the gene that was, at that point, we were uncertain of the meaning of, but we kept finding it. and i was really suspicious that that gene alteration was important, and it was explaining the pattern of breast and ovarian cancer that we were seeing in those what appeared to be branches of one big family. around one in 1,000 women across the uk have a brcai variant. the study found one in 100 people with 0rkney grandparents