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Three-hour takedown, AI labelling: India's new social media rules spark debate -- Critics worry the rules would be a compliance challenge for tech platforms and could expand censorship.

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Machine yearning: The one-sided truth of AI 'romance' AI can write you love poems and some people even have romantic feelings towards it. But can a machine ever love you back?

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The woman tasked with kicking Australian kids off social media

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I turned myself into an AI-generated deathbot - here's what I found

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The wearable tech that lets spectators feel the match

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Is your phone altering your memories? Modern phones edit all our photos with AI, from simple enhancements to hallucinated facial features. Is it changing our view of reality?

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The gadgets set to change your daily health and wellness - Tech Now test out new gadgets disrupting the health industry at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

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How to identify AI-generated videos online -- BBC Verify shares tips and tricks on how to spot AI-generated videos circulating online.

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Eggie, Neo, Isaac and Memo are domestic robots. But would you let them load your dishwasher? -- Joe Tidy meets robots being trained to tidy up all your mess.

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Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone -- A new bleak-sounding app has been downloaded in droves by many youth who live by themselves - and fear dying alone.

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AI 'slop' is transforming social media - and a backlash is brewing -- Social media has been flooded with fake, AI-generated images and videos. But will the majority of users actually care?

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Meet MOFO: will.i.am's rapping AI toy

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The Secret Genius of Modern Life

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Dating Apps: The Inside Story

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Seven Days on Mars

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Can Scientists Save the World?

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Trump and the Tech Titans

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Penguins: Spy in the Huddle

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The TikTok Effect

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Britain's Railway Empire In Colour

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We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands -- A couple who stayed in Shenzhen discovered their intimate moments were filmed as spy-cam porn.

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The mysterious singer with millions of streams - but who (or what) is she? -- Sienna Rose has millions of Spotify listeners, but fans don't know what to believe about whether she's real.

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The 'AI mirrors' letting blind people see themselves -- Artificial intelligence is helping blind people access visual feedback about their bodies, sometimes for the first time. The consequences are only just emerging.

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A faceless hacker stole my therapy notes – now my deepest secrets are online forever -- Meri-Tuuli Auer told her counsellor things about her life she didn't want her closest family to know.

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Call to change UK law after BBC finds women were covertly filmed on nights out -- A private members' bill asks for a change to voyeurism legislation to stop videos being posted online for profit.

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Google to let people track and report more personal information -- The search giant will let people ask for more information to be removed from search results.

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Wrapped helps Spotify add users despite artists' criticism over fees -- The Swedish music giant saw record users despite artists saying they aren't paid enough to put their music on the platform.

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Apple and Google agree to change app stores after 'effective duopoly' claim -- The UK's markets regulator says the proposed commitments "will boost the UK's app economy".

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Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', US trial hears -- The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles

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Using AI for medical advice 'dangerous', study finds -- Oxford researchers find that using AI to make medical decisions presents a risk to patients.

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New advice for parents about 'toxic' social media -- A pilot project will offer support to parents when discussing online content with their children.

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Discord to start requiring face scan or ID to access adult content -- The online chat service, which has 200 million monthly users, will blur adult content by default.

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AI chatbots pose 'dangerous' risk when giving medical advice, study suggests -- It found people using AI for health reasons found it hard to identify what advice they should trust.

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£10m data hall will boost UK's AI power, says firm -- A data centre operator says its new unit is designed for tasks that need a lot of computer power.

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EU tells Meta to let rivals run AI chatbots on WhatsApp -- A Meta spokesperson said the EU had "no reason" to intervene over it changing the app in January.

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AI scams appearing genuine, security expert warns -- Islanders are being warned of a scam using AI images of the chief minister and the local media.

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Call to embrace AI or 'be smashed' by it -- The MP for Blyth makes the call at a conference in the town addressing A1's impact on everyday life.

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AI lets botanic garden visitors chat to plants -- Cambridge University says its exhibition is a "playful way" to let people ask about ecology.

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