US release of 3D-printed gun software blocked

The blueprints to make untraceable guns were expected to be available for download on Wednesday.

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Slow broadband needs switch-off date, say business leaders

The government should set a date for turning off the copper network, says the Institute of Directors.

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Apple boosted by selling more expensive iPhones

The tech giant has managed to beat forecasts thanks to sales of more expensive iPhones and services.

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Facebook bans pages aimed at US election interference

The social network has found evidence of a co-ordinated campaign to influence the US mid-term vote.

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Why is Samsung's Galaxy S9 flagship struggling?

The technology company says sales of its phone were lower than expected, but has plans to fix the problem.

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Vue cinema denies website is crashing under high demand

"Virtual queues" on the Vue cinema website have left some customers struggling to see popular films.

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Thousands download 3D-printed gun designs

Legal action in eight US states seeks to ban the blueprints, published four days ahead of the planned date.

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Dixons Carphone says data breach affected 10 million

The retailer says details of 10 million customers were affected by last year's data breach.

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From books to behemoth

Amazon's profits dazzled this week - how Jeff Bezos brought it from bookstore to behemoth in 20 years.

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Uber halts development of self-driving trucks

The ride-hailing firm says it will now focus solely on the development of self-driving cars.

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Overwatch League: London Spitfire triumph in first final

London Spitfire scored a solid victory over its opponent, Philadelphia Fusion, in the e-sports final.

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US military draws up 'do not buy' list for software

US military programs and agencies will be stopped from using code that could compromise their work

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DJI's new drone revealed by Argos catalogue

The store's literature has photos and technical details of the as yet unannounced Mavic 2 Pro drone.

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BT loses TV rights for 'ultimate fighting' and NBA basketball

The firm is understood to have lost the rights to broadcast NBA basketball and UFC ultimate fighting.

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Idaho inmates hack prison system and steal $225,000 in credits

The scheme was discovered after the prisoners boosted their accounts with artificial credits.

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What's the least popular emoji on Twitter?

The obscure "input symbol for Latin capital letters" is now less popular than "aerial tramway" on Twitter

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Fake news 'crowding out' real news

New laws must be introduced to clamp down on the "wild west" social media world, MPs say.

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Google: An A to Z of search results

Searching for each letter of the alphabet can lead you to some unexpected places...

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Fake news a democratic crisis, MPs warn

Social media sites should face regulation, the committee investigating fake news proposes.

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Scroll Free September: Social media users urged to log off

Social media users are being asked to try Scroll Free September, as part of a public health campaign.

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Google bans crypto-mining apps from Play Store

The change means apps that let people mine coins on their phones will soon be purged.

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Twitter shares fall 18% as number of monthly users slips

The messaging platform makes record quarterly profits but monthly usage numbers disappoint.

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Facebook: Explaining the company's historic share slump

Its shares fell by a fifth wiping $120bn off its value, the biggest one-day loss in history.

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Virtual reality paintings possible in Moscow art gallery

The workrooms of Natalia Goncharova and Kazimir Malevich can now be explored by museum visitors.

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Facebook stops InfoWars host posting for 30 days

The suspension comes after videos posted by the channel were found to break Facebook's policies.

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Amazon delivers record quarterly profit

Shares in the e-commerce giant jump on record profits, driven by online sales and its cloud services.

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PewDiePie 'sorry' for meme mocking Demi Lovato

The YouTuber is being criticised for appearing to make fun of Demi Lovato being in hospital.

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Radio 1 pulls Logan Paul interview

The station says 'it doesn't feel right' to run the chat with the controversial YouTuber.

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Lunar eclipse: Skygazers await century's longest 'blood moon'

During this total eclipse, Earth's natural satellite will turn a striking shade of red or ruddy brown.

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Smartphone economy

From lunch delivery to comics, Myanmar's start-ups are bouncing back after decades of isolation.

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Vote Leave's targeted Brexit ads released by Facebook

The social media ads that helped Vote Leave win the EU referendum are published in full for the first time.

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US warns of supply chain cyber-attacks

National Counterintelligence and Security Center says 2017 was a "watershed" year for such hacks.

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Facebook shares slump 20% after growth warning

A warning that profits growth will slow sends Facebook shares sliding 20% at the start of Wall Street trading.

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Amazon tool flags Congress members as suspects

The American Civil Liberties Union compared photos of the politicians with a database of arrested people.

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Chinese shipping firm infected by ransomware

Ransomware knocked out communications in the US offices of the shipping and haulage firm.

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Tommy Hilfiger smart clothes track wearers

The new line will provide the brand with information on what happens to clothes when they leave the store.

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YouTube removes 'hate speech' videos from InfoWars

The channel has also been banned from broadcasting live for 90 days for posting "hate speech".

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Segway electric skates face 'hoverboard ban'

Self-balancing electric skates designed by Segway will not be allowed on the pavement in the UK.

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Facebook's shares tumble as growth disappoints

The social media firm's shares were hit by news that growth in monthly active users is slowing.

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Qualcomm axes NXP deal after failing to get Chinese approval

Qualcomm's NXP deal scrapped after deadline passes without approval from Chinese regulators.

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Swann's home security camera recordings could be hijacked

Researchers found a way to spy on motion-triggered clips logged by Swann Security's cameras.

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Drone Bill may ban children from owning larger aircraft

A government proposal would ban children from owning flying gadgets weighing over 250g.

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Google cars self-drive to Walmart supermarket in trial

A tie-up with Walmart will see shopper driven to pick up groceries ordered online.

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Kylie Jenner and David Beckham make Instagram rich list

The reality star can make up to $1m per post, while David Beckham is Britain's highest earner.

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Jobseekers 'more likely to deactivate Facebook'

Researchers looked at eight factors predicting whether people had left or thought about leaving Facebook.

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Kuri the cute home robot gets canned by Bosch

Production of Bosch's home robot is cancelled ahead of a planned release to retailers.

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Porn site showed men 'tricked into gay sex'

A man accused of dressing as a woman to lure men into sex acts pleads not guilty to the charges.

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NHS: New health secretary Matt Hancock says use more apps

Matt Hancock, who replaced Jeremy Hunt as health secretary, tells Newsbeat there is "loads to do" with apps in the NHS.

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Police facial recognition system faces legal challenge

Civil rights group Big Brother Watch says the police technology breaches the Human Rights Act.

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Seven o'clock is peak time for pizza

Ancient food foraging behaviour has now adapted its rhythms to online food deliveries, say academics.

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Facebook plans office in China

The firm has registered an office in China, but details are no longer visible on the government website.

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Russian hackers penetrate US power stations

The ongoing attacks could have let the hackers shut down power networks, say US officials.

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Facebook angers Flanders with Rubens ban

A ban on ad featuring a bare-chested Jesus has prompted the Flanders Tourist Board to write to Mark Zuckerberg.

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Kuwaiti influencer defends controversial remarks on Filipino workers

Sondos Alqattan had criticised new laws that give Filipino workers better working conditions.

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Chrome browser flags Daily Mail and other sites as 'not secure'

Google's Chrome browser also flags Argos, Boohoo and Roblox as having security issues.

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Openreach to cut price of fast broadband

The firm that operates much of the UK's infrastructure will drop wholesale price as demand increases.

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UK snooping 'unlawful for more than decade'

The method by which GCHQ was given access to mass data was unlawful for years, a data watchdog rules.

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Alphabet surprises as ad sales beat forecasts

Google's parent company is facing a record penalty in the EU which knocked $5bn off its profits.

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Plenty of Fish rapist Lee Savage jailed

Lee Savage met his victims on the dating website and mounted a persistent campaign to rape them.

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WhatsApp ‘admin’ spends five months in an Indian jail

The man's family say he is paying the price for being a 'default admin' of the group

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Hyperloop test pod sets speed record

German engineering students set a record as their pod hits 457km/h in a hyperloop tunnel test.

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Uber driver streamed hidden camera videos on Twitch

Uber and Lyft suspend a driver who live-streamed videos of his passengers without their knowledge.

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Sign-language hack lets Amazon Alexa respond to gestures

A prototype uses an artificial intelligence system that can interpret hand movements.

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American student makes 3D arm for County Durham girl

Student Edward Whipple made the arm after seeing a Twitter appeal by Chloe Smith's mother.

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Your summer podcast guide: Why 2018 is the year of the 'podcast boom'

Why podcasts are gaining in popularity - and a guide to what you should be listening to this summer.

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Full-fibre broadband pledge for new homes

All of the UK will have full-fibre broadband coverage by 2033 under a new national telecoms strategy.

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Elon Musk's farting unicorn fight settled

The billionaire chief executive of Tesla got in a row with a Colorado potter over use of the image.

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Hackers net almost $1m in Russian bank raid

The theft is the latest in a series by the MoneyTaker gang which has targeted Russian banks

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Hackers 'targeting US mid-term elections'

According to Microsoft, at least three Congressional candidates have been targeted by hackers.

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Singapore medical records hack hits 1.5m

Major medical records hack uncovered in Singapore, affecting 1.5m people (a third of the population) - government

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India lynchings: WhatsApp sets new rules after mob killings

The changes come as increased violence is blamed on rumours of child abductions, spread over WhatsApp.

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UK criticises security security of Huawei products

The report revealed shortcomings in the Chinese firm's engineering processes.

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Money to help Trump immigrants rejected

A software company criticised for working with US Border Control has a donation to a refugee charity rejected.

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Eyes on the skies

Farnborough Airshow in pictures: The big, the fast, the noisy.

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Google's Loon brings internet-by-balloon to Kenya

The network of balloons travels by predicting the speed and direction of winds in the stratosphere.

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PUBG game apologises for 'offensive mask'

The makers of a popular online game apologise after an in-game item upsets some Korean fans.

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Zuckerberg in Holocaust denial row

The Facebook founder's assertion that Holocaust deniers should be given a voice has outraged many.

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Fortnite: Schools 'could learn lessons from gaming'

Should teachers in Wales adopt some of the techniques from gaming to make lessons more engaging?

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Different world

This is how people did their jobs before having all the answers at the tips of their fingers.

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Roblox blames 'gang rape' on hacker adding code to game

The makers of the online children's game say a hacker uploaded malicious code to one of its servers.

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Farnborough Airshow: Aston Martin unveils sports car for the skies

James Bond's favourite car company has plans to develop small aircraft with engine giant Rolls-Royce.

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Apple iCloud: Chinese data now managed by state-owned firm

Privacy advocates have warned that storing iCloud data on Chinese servers will make emails and messages vulnerable

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Abuse inquiry fined £200,000 for email data breach

A mass email using the "to" field instead of the "bcc" field identified possible abuse victims.

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3D-printed gun blueprints given go-ahead by US government

After a four-year battle with the US government, Defense Distributed can publish blueprints for guns.

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The app changing the dating scene for India's disabled people

The BBC's Ayeshea Perera meets the makers of an app seeking to improve opportunities to socialise.

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Elon Musk apologies to Thai cave diver for Twitter attack

The tech entrepreneur called a British cave diver in Thailand a "pedo guy" for mocking his mini-sub.

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Google braced for giant Android fine from EU

The European Commission has claimed Android unfairly extended Google's dominance of search.

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'Netflix effect' poses challenge to British TV

Video streaming services now have more subscribers than traditional pay TV services in the UK.

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Rose gold rising

Rose gold clothes, shoes, furniture, cars, weddings - why is this colour still so popular?

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Driving ambition

A student racing car competition wants to tackle a global shortage of recruits into engineering.

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Biggest losers: Who shed followers in the Twitter detox?

Twitter has started deleting locked accounts, leaving several celebrities with much fewer followers.

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Facebook moderators 'keep child abuse online'

An undercover film suggests moderators are routinely keeping up content that violates Facebook's policies.

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Election interference to be sniffed out by early-alert system

The tool will track "dark" sources to help government and other groups tackle subversion attempts.

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos beats Bill Gates in new rich list

The Amazon founder is now richer than Bill Gates has ever been.

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Apple unveils its latest emojis on World Emoji Day

If you're bald, ginger, grey-haired - or love lobster - these are the ones you've been waiting for.

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Blogger brummymummyof2 fat-shamed by Instagram troll

Emma Conway's image of her in a swimming costume was photoshopped by a stranger online.

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Emotional surveillance

How facial recognition is being used to identify suspects in crowds and spot suspicious behaviour.

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Google's job hunting service comes to UK

Google's centralised job hunt services signs up most individual sites with one major exception.

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AI will create as many jobs as it displaces - report

But PwC warns there will be "winners and losers" with many roles set to change.

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Amazon website crashes on Prime Day in US and elsewhere

The e-commerce giant is experiencing outages in the US and elsewhere as its summer sale gets underway.

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Netflix shares plunge as subscriber growth stalls

The firm's shares dive 14% after it misses its projections for subscriber growth.

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Uber investigated over gender discrimination

The ride hailing firm is being investigated over a complaint about gender inequality, the BBC understands.

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Amazon Alexa: is it friends with your kids?

Debate is raging over whether smart speakers are suitable for children.

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Smart luggage reviewed

The Travel Show's Lucy Hedges looks at the latest in smart luggage.

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Kodak Bitcoin mining 'scam' evaporates

The company behind a Kodak-branded crypto-currency scheme confirms the plan has collapsed.

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Amazon Prime Day deals 'not what they seem'

Shoppers are warned to check prices and be wary of high-pressure sales techniques.

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British caver 'could sue' Elon Musk over Twitter attack

The entrepreneur called the diver a "pedo" after he ridiculed his effort to help missing Thai boys.

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Aliens killed by spelling mistake in 2013 Colonial Marines game

A typo in the code of a poorly reviewed game from 2013 is being blamed for one of its biggest problems.

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A musical instrument for astronauts and other news

BBC Click's Nick Kwek looks at some of the best technology stories of the week.

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How this Grand Theft Auto stream is highlighting US gun crime

Professor Joseph De Lappe has created a modified GTA stream where every dead body represents a real death in 2018.

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'Virtual reality cured my fear of heights'

How Fay Nugent beat her phobia by riding Wilber the Whale through a 10-storey tower block.

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Autonomous car is first to get round Goodwood circuit

A self-driving car has become the first to make it round the Goodwood race circuit.

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May pledges to boost aerospace amid Brexit fears

Prime Minister promises extra investment for industry weeks after Airbus threatened to leave UK.

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Lift-off for Scotland: Sutherland to host first UK spaceport

The UK Space Agency backs Scotland's north coast as the place to launch satellites to orbit.

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Rolls Royce develops propulsion system for flying taxi

The engine maker is working on a flying vehicle which it says could take off by the early 2020s.

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Russians indicted over US election hack

Twelve Russian intelligence officers are indicted for hacking Democrat emails during 2016 election.

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Facebook will not remove fake news - but will 'demote' it

It says fake news is not against its "community standards".

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Fake Twitter users: Celebrities lose followers amid crackdown

Some users, such as Katy Perry and Barak Obama, lost more than two million followers.

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Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to dead daughter's account

In a key ruling, a German court says the parents have rights to the account under inheritance law.

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Cambridge Analytica staff set up new firm

Auspex will be an ethical consultancy, its founder say, using similar data analysis techniques.

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NHS still reliant on 'archaic' fax machines

The outdated technology was last widely used in the 1990s.

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Marvel magic

The artists who help create the look of the all-conquering blockbusters reveal their secrets.

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ZTE inches closer to resuming business in US

Once the Chinese tech giant pays a $400m deposit it can start buying US-made parts for its phones again.

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Survey: Half of young people want electric cars

Young drivers increasingly want to buy electric cars - but myths are still deterring older drivers, survey shows.

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Stolen sensitive military files sold on dark web

Tank tactics and drone details were up for sale by hackers who got them from military networks.

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India adopts 'world's strongest' net neutrality norms

The new principles explicitly forbid telecom operators to differentiate between online content.

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YouTube blackout in middle of England match

Google's YouTube TV goes down at a crucial moment in England's World Cup semi-final.

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Facebook scandal: Who are the firms selling your data?

Data brokers such as Acxiom make millions of pounds a year selling access to your data.

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Emma's Diary faces fine for selling new mums' data to Labour

UK's data watchdog plans to fine the owner of the Emma's Diary baby advice and gift service £140,000.

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Apple employee 'stole driverless car secrets'

An engineer is accused of stealing databases and hardware, and trying to flee to China.

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Daimler races to keep up on driverless cars

Daimler is teaming up with Bosch to launch a small fleet of driverless taxis in California next year.

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Uber executive resigns after race discrimination probe

The ride-hailing firm's head of human resources has left after claims she mishandled complaints.

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Electric carmaker Tesla to build factory in Shanghai

Tesla's move comes as the US-China trade war heats up.

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Facebook faces £500,000 fine from UK data watchdog

The data protection watchdog plans to fine Facebook £500,000 over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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PayPal told customer her death breached its rules

Payments firm apologises after writing "insensitive" letter to cancer victim about her debt.

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Why was Elon Musk at the Thai cave rescue?

A mini-sub delivered by the entrepreneur was said to be "not practical" by the rescue effort's chief.

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UK slips further down global broadband league table

Singapore has average speeds of 60Mbps and speeds are rising around the world but UK still lags behind.

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Mobile phone warning road signs 'a UK first'

In a UK-first the system detects a phone is in use in a passing vehicle and triggers a warning.

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Glenn Burrows: Illegal Sky TV device trader jailed

Glenn Burrows traded under the names "Ooberstick" and "Oober media".

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Ground breaking tech

Virtual reality, drones and automation are making mining safer and more productive.

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Uber invests in Lime city scooter hire company

The deal with Uber means users will be able to hire scooters via the ride-hailing company's app

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Nazi-themed goods found on Amazon marketplace

The sale of the merchandise was helping hate groups "prosper", a report by rights groups says.

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Twitter 'shuts down millions of fake accounts'

Up to 70 million fake accounts are shut as Twitter seeks to limit abuse of its service, according to reports.

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Smart home gadgets in domestic abuse warning

New list aimed at women offers information and advice.

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How WhatsApp has helped heroin become Mozambique’s second biggest export

As many as 40 tonnes of heroin could be passing through Mozambique every year, in a trade that is boosted by the use of mobile phone apps.

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Electric cars: New-build homes could be fitted with charge points

Hundreds of thousands more charge points could be installed under plans from the transport secretary.

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BP says card payment problem resolved

The fuel giant said all its petrol stations can now accept card payments after a three-hour outage.

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Fetch rover! Robot to retrieve Mars rocks

UK engineers will design a robot in an audacious plan to bring home Mars rocks to study for signs of life.

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Exoskeleton that allows humans to work and play for longer

The technology to give people superhuman powers is being developed, but is it the right thing to do?

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Banks ordered to show tech back-up plans

They must show how they would cope with a cyber-attack or tech failure, following problems at TSB.

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Elon Musk offers to help Thai cave rescue

The billionaire suggests inflating a tube "like a bouncy castle" to try to retrieve the trapped boys.

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Dark web sting leads to arrest of alleged spyware thief

The alleged thief tried to sell the code on the dark web and asked for $50m, say prosecutors.

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YouTuber in row over copyright infringement of his own song

YouTuber Paul Davids has been cited by the video platform for infringing the copyright of his own song.

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Three YouTube vloggers die in waterfall plunge

Tributes have been paid to three members of the High On Life travel collective.

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Is 3D printing the future of social housing?

A family in France has become the first in the world to move into a 3D-printed home.

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What tech giants really do with your data

Nine surprising realities about what the likes of Facebook, Tindr and Twitter do with our details.

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Facebook finds Independence document 'racist'

Algorithms that seek out hate speech on Facebook remove parts of the Declaration of Independence.

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New guidelines for 'revenge porn' crimes

Repeat offenders or those who set up fake social media accounts will face the toughest sentences.

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Sentinel satellite exposes sulphur dioxide pollution

Europe's Sentinel satellite tasked with tracking dirty air maps the major emissions of sulphur dioxide.

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Kim Dotcom loses latest appeal against US extradition

The internet mogul remains eligible for extradition to the US, a New Zealand Court of Appeal rules.

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MEPs vote on controversial copyright law

Legislation that aims to bring copyright laws in line with the digital age goes before European MPs.

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Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history

Half of the members in a subreddit dedicated to the Marvel baddie will be wiped from the forum.

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Baidu's self-drive buses enter 'mass production'

Chinese technology giant Baidu says the vehicles will soon be used across China and in Tokyo.

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Internet cables can aid quake detection

A new method using existing communications cables could make earthquakes easier to detect.

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How to hide your Gmails from prying eyes

Google has admitted app developers can sometimes read your Gmail messages if this setting is on...

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Seamus Heaney letter reunited with owner

The letter surfaces just as an exhibition to honour Seamus Heaney opens in Dublin.

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Sony posts whole movie in trailer's place

Khali the Killer was online for more than six hours before the film's upload was deleted.

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Aspen, Colorado swaps 4 July fireworks for drone light show

Aspen, Colorado says it has altered its annual Independence Day festivities because of a wildfire risk.

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Social media apps are 'deliberately' addictive to users

Insiders tell a Panorama investigation that social media firms knowingly hook users to their apps.

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Prostitution websites ban debated by MPs

Some claim the sites aid illegal sex-trafficking, but others say a ban would endanger prostitutes.

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Roblox 'gang rape' shocks mother

A parent has written a Facebook post describing how the avatar of her seven-year-old daughter was attacked online.

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Gavin Williamson interrupted by Siri during Commons statement

Gavin Williamson apologises saying "it is very rare that you're heckled by your own mobile phone".

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Gmail messages 'read by third parties'

Google confirms that private Gmail messages can sometimes be read by third-party app developers.

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Facebook shuts down Hello, Moves and tbh apps

Hello, Moves and tbh will all close within the next 90 days, the social network has announced.

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Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at EU copyright law

The pages go dark ahead of a vote on controversial new rules on website uploads and links.

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Spotify users demand refunds over Drake promotion

Spotify's promotion of the singer, even on ad-free accounts, prompted some fans to ask for money back.

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Haptic gloves help blind people to 'see' art

A virtual reality kit is helping visually impaired people "see" art through haptic gloves.

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Jawbone fitness trackers removed from online shops

Problems with the app that should log data have made the fitness trackers "useless", said Which?

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NHS data breach affects 150,000 patients in England

A coding error is blamed for information being used for purposes other than individuals' care.

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Elon Musk calls Tesla 'a real car company'

The electric car maker's chief congratulates staff as it finally produces 5,000 Model 3 cars in a week.

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Dashcam footage submission website goes live

A dashcam manufacturer creates a portal for submitting video to the police.

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Facebook reveals its data-sharing VIPs

The social network names more than 110 companies given special rights to access users' data.

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Instagram apologises for removing photo of two men kissing

Photographer Stella Asia Consonni was told her photo did not follow Instagram's community guidelines.

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Hidden 'shame' of elderly scam victims

Many older victims of fraud are too embarrassed to tell anyone that they have been cheated.

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Adapt or die

Carlos Ghosn says traditional car companies face many challenges in an era of automation and electrification.

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