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Conservationists turn to AI in battle to save red squirrels bbc.in/4i0CfnK

Conservationists turn to AI in battle to save red squirrels

The tech is being used to automatically control the creatures' access to feeders at sites across the UK.

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Temu owner misses sales forecast as Chinese economy slows bbc.in/3CEeOAl

Shares of Temu owner PDD slump as China slowdown hits sales

US-listed shares of the e-commerce giant fell nearly 11% on Thursday following the announcement.

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PayPal down for customers worldwide as thousands report issues bbc.in/3OkO36y

PayPal down: Thousands of customers report brief outage

The online payment company says a brief technical issue has now been resolved.

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Bluesky chief doesn't know age limit for platform bbc.in/3OhyKvk

Bluesky chief doesn't know age limit for users

Jay Graber wrongly said you needed to be 18 to use Bluesky, when the actual age limit is 13.

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US proposes breakup of Google to end search monopoly bbc.in/48WRREF

Google told to sell Chrome to end search monopoly

The tech giant is resisting fiercely, calling the proposal "wildly overbroad" and claiming it will hurt consumers.

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Australia wants to ban kids from social media. Will it work? bbc.in/4fBD1WK

Australia wants to ban kids from social media. Will it work?

The government has just tabled laws to block access to under-16s - but the proposal is divisive.

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'God's influencer' to be made first millennial saint in April bbc.in/3CBu15b

'God's influencer' to be made first millennial saint in April

London-born Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia aged 15, will be canonised by the Catholic church in 2025.

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The Sidemen: We've hit YouTube limit so are moving to Netflix bbc.in/3YZmZPf

The Sidemen: We've hit YouTube limit so are moving to Netflix

The YouTube stars explain why they're moving reality show Inside to Netflix for its second series.

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Social media ban for under-16s 'on the table' in UK bbc.in/4hYcwMD

Social media ban for under-16s 'on the table' says UK government

The tech secretary Peter Kyle also said he wanted an "assertive" approach from the regulator, Ofcom.

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Instagram testing tool that removes all recommended posts bbc.in/3APv1Cg

Instagram testing tool that removes all recommended posts

Its reset feature would cleanse a user's feed of personalised content suggested by algorithm.

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Google angry at reported plan to force it to sell Chrome bbc.in/3Cx9G0N

Google reacts angrily to report it will have to sell Chrome

It's reported the US government wants the world's most popular web browser to be sold off to address monopoly concerns.

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Seven-year-old gets job offer from Russian IT firm bbc.in/3Zczmcc

Seven-year-old coder Sergey gets job offer from Russian IT firm

The software company's boss said Sergey, who teaches coding in online videos, was "a kind of Mozart".

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Trump names 'big tech' critic Brendan Carr to head US comms regulator bbc.in/40T603U

Trump names 'big tech' critic Brendan Carr to head comms regulator

Carr, a free speech advocate and longtime FCC member, has accused some social media firms of censorship.

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Roblox to ban young children from messaging others bbc.in/3UWpalE

Roblox to ban young children from messaging others

Parents will also be able to view and manage their child's account, including limiting their screen time.

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'Record breaking' 60m homes watched Tyson vs Paul fight, Netflix says bbc.in/4eCUahn

Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul: Netflix says 60m households watched fight

But the streaming giant's first foray into live boxing was beset with technical glitches.

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‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago? bbc.in/4hPKUt4

On patrol at Mar-a-Lago, robotic dogs have their moment

Robotic dogs are helping law enforcement protect President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida residence.

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Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI bbc.com/news/articles/c93716…

Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Mr Musk, a co-founder of the company, is accusing it and the tech giant of operating a monopoly.

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X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it? bbc.in/3UU0sSV

X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?

Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.

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Bitcoin hacker sentenced to five years in prison bbc.in/4fqVW6h

US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions

Ilya Lichtenstein laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with his wife Heather Morgan aka Razzlekhan.

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Outage hits Bluesky just as the platform's popularity takes off bbc.in/3URm9TB
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