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Thieves snatched his phone in London – it was in China a month later

Akara tells the BBC about the journey his phone took after it was snatched from his hands by thieves.

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Google abusing ad tech dominance, UK competition watchdog finds

The regulator says anti-competitive practices could be harming online publishers and advertisers.

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Man accused of using bots and AI to earn streaming revenue

Prosecutors in the US say he fraudulently earned millions of dollars through billions of streams.

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Telegram CEO Durov says his arrest ‘misguided’

Pavel Durov has hit back at French authorities following his arrest in Paris last week.

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Trump says Musk could head ‘government efficiency’ force

In a speech at an economic club Thursday, the former president endorsed the Tesla boss’s idea for a task force on government spending

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YouTube restricts teenager access to fitness videos

The platform says it is acting on concerns about teens being over-exposed to “idealised” body types.

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AI’s solution to the ‘cocktail party problem’ used in court

The technology has been used to filter out background voices in audio evidence in a US murder case.

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Markets slide as Nvidia shares plunge almost 10%

Stocks drop as disappointing US economic data dampened investor optimism about the AI boom.

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Phone companies asked to help tackle rise in thefts

Some 78,000 people had their phone or bag snatched last year, more than double the previous year.

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Inside the deepfake porn crisis engulfing Korean schools

The crisis engulfing more than 500 schools and universities involves many underage victims.

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