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Saturday, June 13, 2026 2:22 PM ET

BBC News - Technology

Molly Russell's dad says PM rushing social media restrictions 'deplorable' -- Father of a teenager who took her own life after viewing harmful content says plans appear to have been brought forward for a "political reason".

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Brazil bets on 'smart vests' for World Cup glory - Player tracking technology has helped the Brazilian football team gather years of data on its stars in the run up to the 2026 World Cup.

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The insect farm raising millions of flies beneath London

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What we know about US sea drone used in helicopter crew rescue mission off Oman coast

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Could humanoid robots be heading for the battlefield?

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Science says dating app users fall into the same cycle. Here's how to spot it -- Download, burnout, delete, repeat: Dating app users follow a predictable and dangerous pattern. These are the signs you're falling for it – and how to escape.

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Businesses use Google's AI to trick you. Google is quietly fighting back -- A BBC investigation revealed a simple way to get AI chatbots to spit out misinformation. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem.

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Why is AI burying my CV?

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The stadium with the world's largest screen built for sports

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Social media on trial: Four important cases to watch -- Social media firms face thousands of lawsuits, the BBC looks at four which could be significant.

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The ancient trick making food waste useful and tasty -- Instead of throwing away byproducts of food processing, fermentation is making them valuable.

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Fads, not friends, now dominate our social media feeds -- Social media platforms used to be about communication between friends. The business model is to increase the time people spend on their apps and increase ad revenue.

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How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush -- GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything from creativity to critical thinking.

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How the Victorians Built Britain

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Dolly: The Sheep that Changed the World

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How to Build A Dinosaur

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Inside the Rage Machine

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The Darkest Web

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Dating Apps: The Inside Story

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Trump and the Tech Titans

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Anthropic suspends new AI tools over US government security concerns -- Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, released publicly this week, sparked concerns about cybersecurity and hacking.

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Social media ban for under-16s would be unenforceable, charity warns -- The focus should be on banning features that make it addictive, head of the Molly Rose Foundation says.

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Meta vs the nipple - the 'never-ending' censorship battle -- Medical tattooists say they are frustrated with images of nipple tattoos consistently being mistakenly flagged.

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What does Amazon investing £1bn mean for a county? -- The online giant opens its new sorting centre and has plans for a second hub nearby.

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Is it OK to play AI songs on the radio? -- AI-generated songs are increasingly finding their way onto radio station playlists.

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Elon Musk's stratospheric rise to trillionaire status - in charts -- The BBC breaks down how the tech mogul's fortune has grown.

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Who is Elon Musk and what is his net worth? -- The boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX, already the world's richest person, is now also its first trillionaire.

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How Soviet prisons spread a secret 'language of thieves' now spoken by millions -- The tricks of the jail jargon Fenya were once used to bewilder guards in Stalin's Gulags. Now they are being used by Russian cyber-criminals.

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What do Puerto Ricans think of the viral song about their homeland? -- People from Puerto Rico reflect on how the catchy tune has attracted attention to where they live.

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'Police only took me seriously after my TikTok post' -- Saskia Ponting says Gloucestershire Police only took action after seeing herTikTok videos.

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Palantir's legal action over mayor's Met deal veto -- Scotland Yard wanted to use Palantir's AI tech to speed up criminal investigations and cut costs.

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AI 'filling in gaps' in lung cancer diagnoses -- The technology is being rolled out at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

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'Everyone think it's easy to be a social media influencer - but it's not' -- Cheshire talent manager Lauren Davies runs an agency for fellow online content creators.

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Canada proposes teen social media ban - with workaround for tech firms -- The bill includes a new regulator and sweeping measures to curtail "harmful content" online.

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