The world’s changed a lot since Seán McLoughlin, better known to 31 million subscribers as Jacksepticeye, began making YouTube videos.

He started uploading content in 2012, in what many people consider to be the platform’s “golden age” when vlogging, video game playthroughs and comedy escapism were all the rage.

Like many in the content creation space, he’s been branching out in recent years, taking more acting jobs and getting involved in film production.

BBC Newsbeat’s Andrew Rogers caught up with McLoughlin to talk about his new role in Hitman, his work on bringing one of his favourite video games, Bloodborne, to the big screen and why he misses the “whimsical” days of the internet.

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Up to 750 Ukrainians living in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have been given the opportunity to evacuate as part of a …

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Remarkable footage has been released showing the defection of a North Korea soldier across the border at the Panmunjom truce …

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Chancellor John Healey has just announced the Budget: setting out the government’s tax and spending plans for the coming years.
So what does and doesn’t the Budget include, how could it impact you and are you eligible for the one-off energy bills payment of £100?
BBC economics editor Faisal Islam has everything you need to know.

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Londoners can now travel in autonomous cars for the first time, after Uber was granted a licence to operate a test fleet of self-driving vehicles. Each vehicle must have a safety driver behind the wheel, but the UK government says fully self-driving cars will be available in late 2027.

Driverless cars are the latest threat facing London’s iconic black cabs, over a decade after the introduction of ride-sharing apps revolutionised transport in the city.
Tristan Redman meets Tom Scullion, who has been a cabbie for over 30 years, and asks whether one of the world’s hardest memory tests – the Knowledge – can compete with AI.

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Timecodes:
0:00 – Introduction to episode
0:40 – We meet Black cab driver Tom
2:25 – What’s a typical day in the life of a taxi driver?
3:58 – How do you become a black cab driver?
7:16 – How did Uber affect black cab drivers?
8:49 – Tom’s thoughts on driverless cars
10:11 Are driverless cars safer?
12:10 – Why does Tom think they won’t work in London

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