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Biden to hit China with chip curbs over AI fears

12 Sep 2022

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What are Joe Biden's new curbs on US deliveries of computer chips sent to China? King Charles III is famous for his love of the natural world and was ...

Why our Queen was a technology pioneer

09 Sep 2022

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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II Royal Historian Sarah Richardson explains why the Queen was a ‘tech pioneer’. Her death was the biggest ...

Fake Apple Event tricks thousands

08 Sep 2022

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Were you duped by the fake Apple Crypto event? Meanwhile, at the actual event: Apple reveals iPhone 14 Pro with new ‘Dynamic Island’, e-sims and s...

Woman can ‘smell Parkinson’s’

07 Sep 2022

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Breakthrough: a woman in Scotland is helping scientists with diagnostic testing. Apparently, her heightened sense of smell means she can ‘smell Park...

Crypto's Ethereum Merge explained

06 Sep 2022

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The Ethereum Merge could be ‘the biggest event in crypto history’, experts say. Our tech reporter Simon Hunt explains. Apple event: could we see a...

The Rings of Power vs 'review bombing'

05 Sep 2022

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Three day pause for The Rings of Power reviews on Amazon. This comes as a tactic to help prevent online trolls from review bombing. Will Nasa’s Arte...

Girl power: G2 ESports CEO on game's HEL team

02 Sep 2022

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Welcome G2 Hel: the all-female League of Legends team. We speak to CEO of G2 ESports, Carlos Rodriguez. Plus, Will you get to test Twitter’s edit bu...

Living on Mars: breathing now possible

01 Sep 2022

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Visiting Mars is one step closer as a lunch-box-sized device called Moxie produces breathable oxygen. The tech has been to the red planet as part of N...

UK helping Nasa moon landing

31 Aug 2022

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Using AI to help Nasa land on the moon, we speak to the UK scientists working with Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on where to land the Artemis 3 roc...

Why did Nasa's Artemis 1 rocket launch fail?

30 Aug 2022

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Could the Artemis 1 rocket relaunch on Friday? How NFTs are infiltrating our Facebook feeds, and doing your weekly shop using WhatsApp. Also in this e...

Life on Mars clue after Nasa discovery

26 Aug 2022

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Volcanic rocks discovered by Nasa’s Perseverance Mars rover on the floor of the Red Planet’s 3.7-billion-year-old Jezero Crater are offering a tem...

Cancer PCR test ‘cuts diagnosis time’

25 Aug 2022

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A pioneering womb cancer test could reduce time taken to diagnose women with the condition by helping them to receive treatment much faster than is cu...

Twitter hits back over whistleblower security claims

24 Aug 2022

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Twitter has hit back over whistleblower claims that the social network has security holes placing personal - and allegedly even national security - da...

Nasa's Jupiter pics reveal auroras and giant storms

23 Aug 2022

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'Stunning' images of Jupiter revealed through Nasa’s super cosmic spyglass show auroras and giant storms swirling around the gaseous giant. Elon Mus...

PlayStation lawsuit: Sony ‘sued for £5 billion’ over games charges

22 Aug 2022

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Gaming giant Sony is being sued for £5 billion over claims of over-charging for games and purchases while playing the titles. Countdown to first Nasa...

Apple security risk for iPhones, iPads and iMacs

19 Aug 2022

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Update required as Apple admits a major security risk for iPhones, iPads and iMacs that could allow hackers to take complete control of the devices. P...

Crater of dinosaur-killing asteroid's 'friend' found

18 Aug 2022

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An asteroid crater that could be related to the one that wiped out the dinosaurs has been found beneath the Atlantic Ocean. The five-mile dent to Eart...

NOPE movie's VFX secrets revealed!

17 Aug 2022

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The VFX supervisor on Jordan Peele’s new UFO film NOPE shares their movie magic secrets. A plasma breakthrough could ‘let humans live on Mars’ a...

US vs Russia nuclear war 'could kill billions'

16 Aug 2022

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A nuclear war between the US and Russia could 'kill billions', a US study suggests. Models showed that firestorms would release soot into the upper at...

Crypto: Hope for Shiba Inu & Dogecoin?

15 Aug 2022

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Dogecoin & Shiba Inu users might be feeling more positive after the cryptocurrency gained in the past 24 hours. There’s backlash from the p...

Formula E technology powers car dreams after South Korea final | Special

12 Aug 2022

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As the Formula E World Championships come to an end we’re taking a look at the tech behind the racecars, and how it’s being applied to everyday EV...

Banned weapons 'sold for cheap on major websites'

11 Aug 2022

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Which? say they have found dangerous and illegal weapons being sold on sites like eBay, Amazon, AliExpress and Wish by third party sellers. We spoke t...

US vs China over Joe Biden’s computer Chips Act

10 Aug 2022

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President Joe Biden has signed into US law an act that is designed to boost the production of semiconductors for computer chips in the country. We spo...

WhatsApp's new avoid your friends feature

09 Aug 2022

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Mark Zuckerberg is rolling out some new features on Whatsapp to make it easier to avoid your friends. You’ll be able to leave a group without notify...

Elon calls for public bot count on Twitter

08 Aug 2022

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Elon Musk has challenged Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the platform. It’s after Musk’s lawyers put ...

Moon shot for South Korea and SpaceX

05 Aug 2022

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The craft, called Danuri, which means “enjoy the moon”, is South Korea’s “first step” in investigating the extent of its space exploration c...

TikTok ban by UK Parliament

04 Aug 2022

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Interview with Toby Lewis, global head of threat analysis for Darktrace and former deputy technical director for incident management at the UK’s Nat...

Galaxies probe gazes back 12 billion years

03 Aug 2022

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Princeton University scientists are investigating the building blocks of galaxies 12 billion years ago, or essentially the early days of the universe....

‘War and human extinction’ 2070 climate investigation

02 Aug 2022

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A study by the University of Cambridge is investigating links between global temperatures continuing to rise and whether humankind could be edging dan...

Google to Chrome users: You’re stuck with cookies until 2024

01 Aug 2022

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Google is again delaying its Privacy Sandbox project to switch off third party cookies on the tech giant’s Chrome internet browser by next year, and...

Instagram reverses its ‘TikTok redesign’

29 Jul 2022

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Instagram is reversing its ‘TikTok redesign’ following a public outcry from users which includes high-profile celebrities such as Kim Kardashian a...

Meta’s first-ever revenue drop

28 Jul 2022

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Facebook owner Meta has reported its first-ever revenue drop, amid growing competition from TikTok. Meanwhile, Instagram boss, Adam Mosseri, says...

Loch Ness Monster ‘plausible’ say scientists

27 Jul 2022

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Scientists say the Loch Ness Monster ‘could on one level be plausible,’ after a fossil discovery in a 100-million-year-old river system in Morocco...

Amazon Prime price increase: All you need to know

26 Jul 2022

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It’s bad news for Amazon Prime users, the price is going up by a pound a month. The tech giant said the increase was its first in the UK since 2014 ...

Solved: The mystery of Jupiter's missing rings

25 Jul 2022

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Astronomers appear to have solved the mystery of Jupiter’s missing rings. It had long been wondered why the planet does not have rings like its neig...

Sun’s ‘canyon of fire’ shoots solar storms at Earth

22 Jul 2022

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Electromagnetic explosions on the Sun’s surface have sparked what’s described as a “canyon of fire” that’s due to blast Earth with three day...

‘Robotaxis’ with video games and vending machines

21 Jul 2022

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Baidu has revealed pictures of a new fully electric, fully autonomous taxi in China. Apollo RT6 comes with a detachable steering wheel, which could al...

Would you eat lab sausages from umbilical cord?

20 Jul 2022

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Would you eat a sausage made in a lab? Well Dann Luining, founder and CTO of Dutch biotech company Meatable has done just that using cells from animal...

Drone ‘skyways’ plan for UK airspace

19 Jul 2022

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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 ...

Extreme heatwave risks as highs of above 40C possible

18 Jul 2022

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The UK could reach temperatures as high as 40 degree celsius today as the Met Office has issued a red weather alert. Hammersmith Bridge in London...

UK heatwave national emergency for extreme 41C weather

15 Jul 2022

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Hot weather ‘danger to life’ alert for Britain with record temperatures expected into next week. Researchers at the University of Oxford have iden...

Cosmic ‘heartbeat’ found billions of light-years from Earth

14 Jul 2022

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Far across the universe in a distant galaxy, MIT astronomers have spotted a strange radio signal that keeps firing out towards Earth in fast bursts. W...

Nasa reveals future for James Webb Space Telescope

13 Jul 2022

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The out-of-this-world technicolour images beamed back from the James Webb Space Telescope are only the beginning of what’s to come, that’s accordi...

James Webb Space Telescope pics: Deepest glimpse into universe

12 Jul 2022

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Nasa images from the James Webb Space Telescope are the first in colour and allow astronomers to peer back to the earliest images of time itself, near...

Leaked Uber files ‘reveal secret lobbying of politicians’

11 Jul 2022

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Thousands of leaked files reveal top politicians were secretly lobbied at meetings by Uber, while the firm’s former boss is claimed to have ordered ...

Nasa condemns Russia’s anti-Ukraine propaganda on ISS

08 Jul 2022

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Nasa has strongly condemned the actions of three Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station, who recently posed with flags considered anti-...

‘The Third Thumb’ you can control with your brain

07 Jul 2022

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Royal Society Summer Science Exhibit showcases benefits of ‘third-thumb’. Dani Clode’s ‘The Third Thumb’ attaches to your hand and is contro...

Amazon investigated over selling practices

06 Jul 2022

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Amazon is being investigated over concerns some of its selling practices might lead to customers getting a ‘worse deal’.The Competitions and Marke...

Drones deliver cancer drugs in 30 minutes

05 Jul 2022

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The NHS is trialling a new drone delivery service, to send chemotherapy drugs to the Isle of Wight. It’s working with drone firm Apian to send the d...

New hangover prevention pill goes on sale in UK

04 Jul 2022

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A new pill designed to stop you from getting a hangover is now on the market in the UK. The tablet from probiotic firm Myrkl is designed to break down...

Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade’s farewell to fans

01 Jul 2022

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Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade’s farewell to fans, narrated by his father, hits nearly 3 million views in just a few hours following the 23-year-old...

The killer whale duo’s shark killing spree

30 Jun 2022

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Researchers believe a pair of killer whales off the coast of South Africa have been on a great white shark killing spree. They said the duo, named Por...

New AI cane to help visually impaired people

29 Jun 2022

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A visually impaired university student and entrepreneur has created a brand new hi-tech version of the classic white cane, to help those with visual i...

Roe v. Wade: American's urged to swap period apps

28 Jun 2022

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The founder of a tech education company is advising women in America not to use period tracking apps, and increase their digital privacy after the rec...

How AI at Wimbledon helps fans this summer

27 Jun 2022

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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 a...

Electric car falls from third floor of Shanghai building

24 Jun 2022

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Chinese electric carmaker NIO’s revised a statement it issued following the deaths of two test drivers which emphasised that the accident wasn’t “...

Polio: Parents urged to vaccinate children

23 Jun 2022

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Parents of children not vaccinated against polio are being contacted in parts of London after the virus was detected in the city’s sewer system. We ...

Behind the fastest-growing supermassive black hole discovery

22 Jun 2022

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Astronomers have discovered the fastest-growing supermassive black hole of the last 9 billion years - and it's believed to be swallowing the equivalen...

Just Eat, Fitbit & Discord outage

21 Jun 2022

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Hundreds of big names like Just Eat, Fitbit and Discord experienced an outage today. Content delivery network Cloudflare has taken responsibility. A “...

New AI algorithm to combat online hate

20 Jun 2022

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Research has revealed the physiological processes involved in exercise and hunger. Molecules found in mice after they exercised showed a reduction in ...

Elon Musk’s $258bn Dogecoin 'pyramid scheme' lawsuit

17 Jun 2022

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Elon Musk’s been hit with a sudden lawsuit over Dogecoin, and the complainant wants $258bn. It’s been filed in New York by Keith Johnson who claim...

iPhone: could millions of users be due compensation?

16 Jun 2022

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Twenty five million iPhone users in the UK could be in line for compensation with legal action being taken against Apple over battery “throttling”...

RIP Internet Explorer

15 Jun 2022

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It’s time to say goodbye to our old friend, Internet Explorer. It was originally introduced in 1995 as the built-in browser for Windows 95. Microsof...

Crypto crash & Hillary Clinton at London Tech Week

14 Jun 2022

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Many major cryptocurrencies have fallen by up to a quarter of their value. The Evening Standard’s Tech Reporter, Simon Hunt, explains what exactly h...

Does Google's AI chatbot have feelings?

13 Jun 2022

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An engineer at Google has been put on leave, after claiming one of the company’s AI chatbots can express thoughts and feelings. 41-year-old Blake Le...

Jurassic World Dominion: living with dinosaurs

10 Jun 2022

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As Jurassic World: Dominion is released in cinemas, we’re asking the question: could humans feasibly live alongside dinosaurs?The third and final mo...

Stranger Things: Vecna maker explains all

09 Jun 2022

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As Stranger Things fans get to grips with the new villain Vecna, we speak with the special effects maestro behind the character. Barrie Gower, Creativ...

Monkeypox becomes ‘notifiable disease’

08 Jun 2022

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Monkeypox has been designated as a ‘notifiable disease’ in England, meaning GPs and medics now have to alert local health authorities to suspected...

Taser drones: aides quit in school stun guns row

07 Jun 2022

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A group of advisors at the company behind taser weapons have resigned over plans to introduce drones armed with stun guns into US schools. Axon Enterp...

Will Apple unveil AR headset at WWDC22?

06 Jun 2022

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Rumours of Apple’s AR headset grow, Goldeneye remake officially coming to Xbox, China launches astronauts to complete space station, and why compani...

World’s fastest supercomputer smashes speed record

01 Jun 2022

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Frontier, developed at Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, can make a billion, billion calculations every second. Over one billion methamphet...

How great white sharks beat the megalodon to rule oceans

31 May 2022

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Research suggests the megalodon - the biggest shark ever to have roamed the oceans - suffered demise as apex predator after the fearsome great white w...

Prehistoric Planet: behind the scenes

30 May 2022

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How did the team behind Prehistoric Planet bring to life dinosaurs that are over 66 million years old? We take you behind the scenes of the joint Appl...

Robot makes history painting the Queen

27 May 2022

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We hear from the maker of the humanoid which created the first-ever painting of the Queen done by a robot. 'Algorithm Queen' is expected to go on disp...

'World first' double hand transplant

26 May 2022

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A British man has had a double hand transplant in a ‘world first’ for a scleroderma patient. Steven Gallagher was diagnosed with the autoimmune di...

North Korea test-fires three ballistic missiles

25 May 2022

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North Korea fires three ballistic missiles just hours after US President Joe Biden left Asia. Japan confirmed at least two launches happened early on ...

Clubhouse on Russia-Ukraine war information

24 May 2022

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A room on the Clubhouse App, called ‘Ukraine Sitrep’, is helping hundreds of thousands of people - including many Russians - access objective info...

Monkeypox cases on the rise

23 May 2022

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Monkeypox: 20 confirmed cases in England, with cases predicted to rise. High risk or close contacts are being told to isolate for three weeks. We take...

Nasa on their Moon mission: VIPER

20 May 2022

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Nasa discusses its VIPER moon mission, how hackers threaten our global food supply, Tik Tok’s plans to get into gaming and more!  Nasa has...

Costa Rica ‘at war’ with Conti ransomware gang

19 May 2022

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The new president of Costa Rica has declared that his country is at war with a ransomware group. The cybercriminal gang known as ‘Conti’ has disab...

Is the US taking UFOs more seriously?

18 May 2022

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As Disney Plus prepares to bring in a cheaper ad-supported subscription service, there are fresh reports about how long its ad breaks might be. Accord...

Mars: Nasa's new search for life

17 May 2022

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To Mars: Nasa’s Perseverance will begin heading to a new part of the red planet called ‘Hawksbill Gap’. They hope rocks found here could provide...

North Korea military tackle 'explosive' covid outbreak

16 May 2022

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North Korea has drafted in its military to help deal with an 'explosive' outbreak of coronavirus. Experts said it could devastate the country - which ...

Black hole: man behind new Milky Way image

13 May 2022

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Elon Musk announces his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter is on ice as he probes the number of spam and fake accounts on the social media platform. A...

Crypto crash: Bitcoin cheapest since summer ‘21

12 May 2022

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Bitcoin drops to a low of $25,401, and is down more than 45 per cent so far this year - a long way from its $69,000 peak in November 2021.Can ‘pande...

Elon Musk on Trump's Twitter 'freedom'

11 May 2022

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Elon Musk says he’ll reverse Twitter’s ban on former US president Donald Trump as part of his plan to make account suspensions a “rare thing”....

Millions of cyber scams taken offline

10 May 2022

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New figures from Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre reveal a record 2.7 million online scams were taken down last year. The NCSC said there we...

Gaming kids 'banned' after 10pm

09 May 2022

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Children in China are to be banned from tipping video game streamers without parental consent - and they won’t be allowed to play on consoles after ...

Apple, Google & Microsoft ditch passwords

06 May 2022

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Apple, Google and Microsoft are all taking a major step to get rid of passwords. The tech giants announced they’re expanding support for a password-...

CIA asks Russians to slide into DMs

05 May 2022

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The CIA is asking Russians with state secrets to slide into its DMs. The agency posted a set of instructions in Russian on its official Instagram acco...

Elon’s Twitter fees for businesses & government explained

04 May 2022

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Elon Musk says there may be a 'slight cost' for businesses and governments using Twitter in the future. Posting on his personal account on the platfor...

Helicopter catches rocket then drops it

03 May 2022

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Hear the moment a helicopter catches a falling rocket mid-air. Unfortunately, the booster was then dropped into the ocean by mistake. However, Rocket ...

Snapchat on ‘leading the way’ in AR

29 Apr 2022

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We speak to Snapchat’s General Manager for the UK, Ed Couchman, who says the camera company wants to ‘lead the way’ in Augmented reality. The fi...

New mysterious martian aurora discovered

28 Apr 2022

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A new mysterious martian aurora has been discovered by a space probe orbiting Mars. The Emirates Mars Mission said their Hope probe has discovered the...

Elon Musk urged to ‘clean up’ Twitter

27 Apr 2022

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Elon Musk is being urged to ‘clean up’ Twitter’s digital town square, once his purchase of the social platform is completed. Tory MP Damian Coll...

Twitter's Dorsey welcomes Elon takeover

26 Apr 2022

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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has welcomed Elon Musk’s all-but-done takeover of the social media platform. An agreement was reached on Monday for the ...

Is Elon’s Twitter takeover close?

25 Apr 2022

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Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter appears to have moved a step closer, as he met with top execs from the social network. They met on Sunday, with the ...

Earth’s ‘hidden world’ | Earth Day 2022

22 Apr 2022

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In a special Tech & Science Daily episode to mark Earth Day, we explore the hidden secrets beneath the world’s surface with astronaut Jeremy Han...

Tesla profits rocket as electricity prices spike

21 Apr 2022

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Elon Musk’s e-car firm announces bumper $3.2 billion profits for 2022, with customers footing the bill for supply chain hikes. One hour less on your...

Netflix customers flee amid cost-of-living squeeze

20 Apr 2022

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Netflix blames inflation, war in Ukraine and competition for loss of 200,000 subscribers, sending stock price tumbling over 25 per cent. Next stop: Ur...