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BBC News - Technology

Just now -- AI to help planes avoid climate-warming 'sky graffiti' -- A new UK trial hopes to reduce the condensation trails from planes, which can trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere. -- Just now

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US states call for big changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins - US states are suing the social media giant to force an overhaul of its platforms for young users.

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India built the world's biggest digital payments miracle. Now comes the bill

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Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?

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The million-dollar global spectacle of Esports World Cup

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The secret codewords that scammers hate -- Deepfake scams might use your voice, but they don't know what's in your head. Five minutes of preparation could save your loved ones from falling for fraud.

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The iPhone's hidden fix for motion sickness -- A buried iPhone setting is turning heads and saving stomachs. But does relief just mean more time staring at your screen?

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Is tech ruining the World Cup?

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How AI-powered drones are transforming warfare

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Why Japanese firms are being so slow to use AI -- Japanese risk aversion and conservatism blamed for slow AI take-up by the country's business sector.

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Is football AI-proof? Why tech investors wanted a slice of the World Cup -- What was the thinking of the investors backing the now-canned plan, and are such proposals in the future inevitable?

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The Chinese robot army transforming the UK's retail industry -- Britain's weak productivity growth and labour shortages are creating an opportunity for China's robotics firms.

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Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote -- They think democracy has run its course - so they're setting up their own nations instead.

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The Tech Billionaire Takeover

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How the Victorians Built Britain

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Second data centre planned for Lanarkshire as regulations tightened -- Tech company DataVita intend to expand their current site in Airdrie and construct a second centre in the area, previously designated as an AI growth zone.

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How Scottish FA used AI in selecting new Scotland boss Pocognoli -- The days of board members sifting through applicants and picking the best are long gone thanks to football analytics and AI.

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Man who rates benches on Instagram finally finds his 10/10 -- Rate This Bench founder Sam Wilmot says his favourite bench is in a South Gloucestershire churchyard.

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Film commission backs Amazon MGM expansion of studios -- The Berkshire film studio was previously home to iconic horror studio Hammer Films.

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Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says -- Millions of phones across England and Wales bleeped with a "severe alert" notification on Friday.

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Battery warning after near miss bin lorry fire in Edinburgh -- A worker spotted smouldering rubbish in general waste that had been collected from Polwarth area of the city.

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Plans for £20m hub to develop new medicines using AI -- The hub is funded by the Medical Research Council and based at Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

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UK-made drones strike targets inside Russia -- The drones have been used for the first time in mainland Russia to hit military and industrial targets.

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Why Gen Z women know more about periods than their mums -- From PMOS to cycle syncing, young women are teaching their mums about periods.

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Police arrest alleged driver in 100mph stolen Amazon van pursuit -- A suspected thief is held after leading police on a 40-minute chase in a stolen Amazon van.

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Rise in service problems reported by mobile users -- Sure says it is experiencing an increase in issues with services as it introduces 5G.

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Why tech bosses keep sharing their manifestos about AI -- Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is the latest Big Tech name to pen a letter thousands of words long about AI.

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France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s -- The Constitutional Council says it infringes upon freedom of expression - but President Macron vows to prepare a new draft.

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Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross -- BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.

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