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Robot Bores: AI-powered awkward first date

As Cars Get Smarter, Massachusetts Votes on Their Future

Chip wars: The US v China

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and her dad: Should we make holograms of the dead?

Climate change: You've got cheap data, how about cheap power too?

How social media is preparing for US election chaos

Coronavirus: Is virtual reality tourism about to take off?

It's Hard to Escape Facebook's Vortex of Polarization

Quantum Computing Is Bigger Than Donald Trump

The Robot Ships Are Coming ... Eventually

Biden campaign fury at blocked Facebook ads

Marriott Hotels fined £18.4m for data breach that hit millions

WFH or Work at the Office—More Tech Employees Can Now Choose

For Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google business is booming

UK fusion experiment used in hunt for clean energy

Dog training technique helps robot learn and other news

Getting too many texts? Blame the election

Wisconsin Republicans say hackers stole $2.3m

School tours turn virtual ahead of application deadline

Diet app promoted by Apple harmful, say campaigners

Spotify and Joe Rogan under fire over Alex Jones role

BBC issues new guidance for social media usage

NHS Covid-19 app to issue more self-isolate alerts

The Tech Antitrust Problem No One Is Talking About

Samsung sees sales surge from rival Huawei's ban

Animal Crossing: 'My sister lives on in a video game'

Surprise! The Section 230 Hearing Wasn’t About Section 230

Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Ankhi Das: Facebook India's policy head quits amid hate speech row

Facebook, Twitter and Google face questions from US senators

Senior police voice concern over failed IT systems

Trump campaign website hacked in 'cryptocurrency '

The AI Company Helping the Pentagon Assess Disinfo Campaigns

Big Tech’s Election Plans Have a Blind Spot: Influencers

BT signs 5G deal with Ericsson to help ditch Huawei

Aston Martin: Mercedes to take 20% stake in luxury brand

Fluffy animals gambling ad was irresponsible, says watchdog

How KSI earned more than his teachers by playing Fifa

TikTok shrugs off Trump attack with expansion plans

The GOP Makes an Unlikely Closing Pitch: Amend Section 230

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed until December despite developer crunch

Experian: Credit agency told to stop sharing data without consent

Brexit border software developers warn of delays

Woolworths High-Street 'relaunch' proves a hoax

Tinder offers face-to-face video chats for potential matches

To Save the Planet, Get More EVs in Used Car Lots

The inventor who wanted to keep his daughter safe

Mobile networks banned from selling locked phones

Social media: Is it really biased against US Republicans?

Uber sued by drivers over ‘automated robo-firing'

Facebook, Google and Microsoft 'avoiding $3bn in tax in poorer nations'

Jack Ma's Ant Group set for record $34bn stock market listing

Facebook avoids Apple with cloud-gaming launch

Pakistan's PM asks Facebook to ban Islamophobic content

Therapy patients blackmailed for cash after clinic data breach

An Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients

The explosive problem of 'zombie' batteries

Covid: Laptop allocation for deprived pupils cut at some schools

How the rAInbow AI chatbot is tackling domestic abuse

Samsung Group titan Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78

Climate change: Technology no silver bullet, experts tell PM

Mario Kart Live: Mixed-reality karts race around the home

iPhone 12 launch causes NHS Covid-19 app confusion

The man who taught Uber how to say sorry

Why AI live fact-checked the 2020 US presidential debates

Covid: 'Zoom boom' sees rise in cosmetic treatment calls

Rashford's free meal tweets made into Google map

The DOJ Is Fighting Google on a Shifting Battlefield

Dangerous products: 'I heard a loud crackle and bang'

French Covid app relaunches to bumpy start

How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information

Covid-19 app users can't get isolation payment

Electric goods 'should have repairability rating'

Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and YouTube all found recently hosting racist music

The apps promising to improve your sex life

Quest Sprout: 'The most wholesome thing on the internet'

Fabric responds to temperature changes and other news

The AI that spots Alzheimer's from cookie drawing

Huawei Mate 40 phones launch despite chip freeze

Stormzy takes starring role in Watch Dogs: Legion video game

Facebook and Twitter chiefs ordered to testify over Biden article

Dr Reddy's: Covid vaccine-maker suffers cyber-attack

Why Is Everyone Building an Electric Pickup Truck?

Huawei phones to get their own version of NHS Covid-19 app

Former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive to revamp Airbnb

The Tech Issues You Won’t Hear About at Tonight’s Debate

Quibi: 'Snackable' video app to close after six months

FBI says Iran and Russia have US voter information

Tesla shrugs off pandemic as sales hit new record

Rogue website sells 'dodgy wigs' to cancer patients

The Left and the Right Speak Different Languages—Literally

PayPal allows Bitcoin and crypto spending

Snapchat hits nearly 250m daily users

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Among Us game watched by 400,000

Domestic abuse: ‘Tech allowed him to track my location’

Five ways the virus has changed Netflix

Machines to 'do half of all work tasks by 2025'

Amazon parcel scam targets woman eight months after her death

The Anticlimax of the Google Antitrust Suit

Deals. Profits. Lock-in. Behind the DOJ Case Against Google

Covid Symptom Study regrets Samantha Cameron mask ad

Fake naked photos of thousands of women shared online

Google hit by antitrust charges in US over search

The Fate of Gig Workers Is in the Hands of California Voters

Bletchley Park’s contribution to WW2 'over-rated'

Edmund O'Leary: 'I am not OK' tweet sparks global response

Companies Are Rushing to Use AI—but Few See a Payoff

Mysterious 'Robin Hood' hackers donating stolen money

The forklift truck drivers who never leave their desks

Tokyo Olympics: Russian hackers targeted Games, UK says

The Hair-Raising, Record-Setting Race to 331 MPH

Covid contact-tracing app not sharing data with police

Google Trusted Contacts emergency location app discontinued

How AI farmed insects are helping to feed chickens

Instagram filters: 'Our skin is for life, not for likes'

Instagram filters: 'You can't wear my skin for likes'

Anti-Trump TikTokkers not declaring paid content

EU investigates Instagram over handling of children's data

Give These Apps Some Notes and They'll Write Emails for You

Is sainthood on the cards for a computer programmer?

How smart devices are exploited for domestic abuse

Drivers to be banned from picking up mobile phones

Twitter changes policy after Biden article block

Clarence Thomas Wants to Rethink Internet Speech. Be Afraid

Instagram targets rule-breaking influencers

British Airways fined £20m over data breach

QAnon: YouTube moves to purge 'harmful conspiracy theories'

Photographer 'devastated' by government-backed 'Fatima' dancer advert

Tiny robots create art and other tech news stories

'I'm sick of influencers asking for free cake'

Cruise Will Soon Hit San Francisco With No Hands on the Wheel

Twitter: Major outage affects users around the world

New jets promise to revive supersonic travel

Xbox Series X: First hands-on with the next-gen console and games

This Camera App Is Designed to Fight Fake News

How to Design a Supersonic Plane for the (Fairly Rich) Masses

Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims

High charges for rural broadband investigated by Ofcom

'Person in jetpack' spotted flying again near LA airport

MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music

How to win at video conferencing

Drone used to bust drug deal in China

NHS app updated to 'fix' phantom messages

Apple iPhone 12: The chip advance set to make smartphones smarter

Creating fuel from thin air with artificial leaves

Facebook bans Holocaust denial content

Homescapes and Gardenscapes ads banned as misleading

How it started: Belfast dad and daughter tweet goes global

Yelp to label businesses accused of racist behaviour

Culture secretary disowns 'crass' jobs advert

Facebook Tweaked Its Rules, but You Can Still Target Voters

America's Cup: The tech helping Ineos Team UK prepare

AI Can Help Diagnose Some Illnesses—if Your Country Is Rich

Testing Alone Won't Stop Covid. Just Look at the White House

Virtual puppets promise glitch-free video calls

Queen's Birthday Honours 2020: 'Covid-critical' broadband engineers awarded

US election: Twitter tightens rules on retweets and victory claims

Microsoft makes remote work option permanent

Does the House Antitrust Report Mean That Tech Is Evil?

FIFA: What it's like playing the game as a professional footballer

Sales Calls Have Gone Virtual, and AI Is Listening In

Driverless taxis to be available in Phoenix 'in weeks'

Xbox game streaming 'heading to iPhones'

Seagull brings down drone over Stranraer Academy

US man avoids jail in Thailand over bad resort review

Why some onions were too sexy for Facebook

Upside-down robot cleans up and other technology news

Carmakers compete to keep you entertained

US Army trials augmented reality goggles for dogs

The 14 Juiciest Quotes From the House Antitrust Report

Cellmate chastity gadget hack thwarted by screwdriver trick

Wisepay: School payments service hit by cyber-attack

Facebook to halt political ads after US election

Mobile call time rose by half after start of Covid-19 lockdown

Behind Anduril’s Effort to Create an Operating System for War

Final flight for British Airways' last two Heathrow-based Boeing 747 planes

Facebook bans Cornwall therapist's 'sexual' nipple tattoo ads

Cambridge Analytica 'not involved' in Brexit referendum, says watchdog

What is the cost of 'cancel culture'?

UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned women

Government to pay £2m to settle coronavirus testing case

College Going Virtual Means Reaching Young Voters Online. Good

2019 general election: Tories halved spending on Facebook ads

AT&T's DSL Phaseout Is Leaving Poor, Rural Users Behind

‘Do Not Track’ Is Back, and This Time It Might Work

Amazon: Jeff Bezos pressed over union 'spying' by MEPs

France passes new law to protect child influencers

GlaxoSmithKline tells staff to turn off Covid app at work

Microsoft probed over aim to double black staff numbers

Congress Unveils Its Plan to Curb Big Tech's Power

Facebook bans QAnon conspiracy theory accounts across all platforms

US tech giants accused of 'monopoly power'

Anti-virus creator John McAfee arrested over tax evasion charges

Silicon Valley Opens Its Wallet for Joe Biden

US election 2020: TikTok gets pulled into the campaigns

Meet Mat Prior - a creative director at EA Sports

Sali Hughes: I met the woman who trolled me online

The robot shop worker controlled by a faraway human

Trump continues Biden attack ads on Facebook

Excel: Why using Microsoft's tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost

Apple sues recycling firm that 'resold old gadgets'

'App thought I'd catch Covid through neighbour's ceiling'

Investigation launched into coronavirus test Excel error

Proud Boys: Far-right group becomes LGBT trend online

H&M fined for breaking GDPR over employee surveillance

YouTube apologises for mocking long videos

Covid: 16,000 coronavirus cases missed in daily figures after IT error

How Cities (and Citizens) Create Hostile Environments

The Turmoil Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ and Political Speech at Coinbase

Grindr accounts could be easily hacked with email address

Can a BBC reporter fool a face mask detector?

Ola: London bans Uber rival over safety concerns

HMS Queen Elizabeth: On board the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier

Many Top AI Researchers Get Financial Backing From Big Tech

US election 2020: 'Why I bought a voting machine on eBay'

Tesla's Latest Numbers Put Growth Concerns to Rest

Designer makes £77,000 from iPhone icons in a week

Airbnb blocks US Halloween bookings over party fears

Who Did Trump Infect? Tracing His Contacts Is a Big Task

I'm Done Being Mistaken for Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott

Facebook Finally Slowed Down—When We Needed It to Move Fast

Disappearing Covid-19 app alerts cause alarm

AI Can Help Patients—but Only If Doctors Understand It

Nintendo wins £1.5m in Switch hacking case

Meet the teens who developed a dementia app which uses music

1 House, 40 Roommates? During Covid, Co-Living Adds Up

E-scooters should be legalised says Transport Committee

Chinese vlogger dies after 'set on fire by ex during live stream'

Robotic virtual reality shoes and other tech stories

'Why I bought a voting machine on eBay' - the hackers protecting US election

Driverless taxis now for hire in Shanghai

Should you be buying a second-hand smartphone?

Amazon Ring: Phantom smart doorbell chimes alarm owners

US election 2020: Twitter removes Iranian accounts disrupting debate

US Senate subpoenas heads of Google, Facebook and Twitter

One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack - October 2020

US election 2020: Facebook bans more political ads

Blackbaud: Bank details and passwords at risk in giant charities hack

Publishers Worry as Ebooks Fly off Libraries' Virtual Shelves