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BBC News - Technology

Pizza-making robots promised the future. The results are half-baked - A string of failures has sapped confidence that robots will take over production at pizza restaurants.

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AI could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20

16 hours ago

'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope

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Time is running out for cyber security, warn top tech firms

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Robots are asking for tips. Who actually gets the money? -- Machines are sticking out their digital palms. Your reaction could help shape the future of the service industry.

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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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Is tech ruining the World Cup?

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How cutting-edge 3D imaging is transforming heart surgery

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Meta's $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety -- Perhaps our days of doomscrolling are numbered, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.

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How landscape gardening is being electrified -- The switch to quieter electric equipment is not going as fast as some would like.

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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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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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Will Robots Take My Job?

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The Tech Billionaire Takeover

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Inside the Rage Machine

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Secrets of the Human Body

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Deep Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil

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Dolly: The Sheep that Changed the World

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How the Victorians Built Britain

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How to Build A Dinosaur

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Noughties garage track named TikTok's UK song of the summer -- Kyla's 2008 track Do You Mind gained worldwide recognition in 2016 when rapper Drake sampled it on One Dance.

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Amazon rigged $20bn worth of ad prices, US lawsuit alleges -- Amazon responded to the lawsuit, arguing the US Federal Trade Commission "misunderstands" their ad market.

9 hours ago

Battery fire warning after 'sharp rise' in incidents -- People in West Northamptonshire are urged to bin batteries responsibly after waste collection fires.

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I've been to Gamescom six times - here's what excited me this year -- The BBC's Laura Cress gets a first look at the biggest games in Cologne from Witcher 3 to Alien: Isolation 2.

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Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers, mayor says -- Kai Wegner says the German capital and city-state would not cave in to a ransom demand for data stolen in a cyber-attack.

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What we know after the big Grand Theft Auto 6 preview -- The official look at the blockbuster video game leaves fans and critics impressed.

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'Not far enough': US parents and teens on Meta's new limits for young users -- As part of an $18bn settlement in a child-safety lawsuit, Meta announced new restrictions on its apps. We asked families what they thought.

3 days ago

Airport warns passengers ahead of busy weekend -- Manchester Airport is expecting around half a million passengers this bank holiday.

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I used to live in a quiet area - now a data centre overlooks my garden -- With the number of UK data centres set to rise, some communities are concerned about their impact.

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Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville among actors calling for law on AI voice cloning -- The performers are asking the government to give every person in the UK a legal right to own their voice.

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E-bike and e-scooter battery fires cause of 18 deaths and nearly 700 injuries in UK -- Fatalities included people who inhaled toxic fumes from fires or became trapped inside burning homes.

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Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic, US judge rules -- The company has been at loggerheads with the Pentagon over the use of AI by the US military.

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I was spending £700 a month: How I beat my late-night shopping addiction -- Younger generations are thought to be more susceptible to impulse spending. The BBC looks at ways to get it under control.

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Reform of all social media should come with Meta changes, UN says -- California's attorney general is now looking at TikTok and YouTube to enact teen safety features.

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What the Meta settlement means for the UK, and other questions after the deal -- Other social media firms are yet to respond, while the debate from campaigners is far from over.

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