TECH Solutions - Can we stomach the latest emerging food innovations?

Our growing appetite for novel food tech - from lab grown meat to nano-packaging.

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TECH Solutions - Wikipedia in Chinese editing war of words

A ban on some pro-Beijing "editors" may lead to bias in the online encyclopaedia, some people fear.

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TECH Solutions - The Rolling Stones: Robot dog 'Spot' shares Mick Jagger's moves

A unique robotic version of Start Me Up celebrates 40 years since the release of The Rolling Stones' Tattoo You album.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook's metamorphosis - will it work?

Will Mark Zuckerberg's bet on a new name and the metaverse succeed?

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TECH Solutions - The moment Facebook became Meta

Meta, the rebranded Facebook, made its debut at the company’s headquarters with a new sign today.

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TECH Solutions - Gigabit broadband: Half-a-million rural homes to get boost

The government aims to plug rural areas into the most "reliable connections available".

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TECH Solutions - Facebook: We are putting safety before profits

Facebook Vice President says Meta is about making sure people feel good about using their services.

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TECH Solutions - Location data collection firm admits privacy breach

Huq says two apps it collects data from did not seek correct consent from users.

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TECH Solutions - Meta: Facebook's new name ridiculed by Hebrew speakers

The social media giant joins a number of companies that have encountered translation blunders.

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TECH Solutions - Robo-boat sails on an Amsterdam canal and other tech news

LJ Rich looks at the best of the week's technology news stories.

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TECH Solutions - UK’s electric Arrival promises greener deliveries

A modular design lets vehicles carry the batteries needed for expected trips, avoiding extra weight.

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TECH Solutions - Inside the controversial US gunshot-detection firm

BBC News has been given access to ShotSpotter, the controversial US technology company that detects gunshots.

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TECH Solutions - Why the vending machine is making a comeback

From milkshakes to pizzas, new vending machines are selling an expanding range of products.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand

The social media giant says the new name will better encompass what it does.

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TECH Solutions - Chinese payment-terminal company searched by FBI

Pax Technology is a major provider of payment terminals worldwide.

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TECH Solutions - Arm-Nvidia: Europe investigates chip-designer sale

Regulators have "serious doubts" about the technology giant's $40bn takeover of British company Arm.

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TECH Solutions - Pikmin Bloom: Why Pokémon Go creators are working with Nintendo again

New game wants to encourage people to get walking, again, but this time planting virtual flowers.

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TECH Solutions - Iran blames foreign country for cyberattack on petrol stations

Tuesday's attack crippled a system that lets motorists buy subsidised petrol, causing long queues.

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TECH Solutions - Whistleblower: Facebook's response to child abuse 'inadequate'

Another anonymous Facebook employee has detailed how the firm allegedly handles child abuse images.

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TECH Solutions - Start-up launches £495,000 hoverbike in Japan

The Tokyo-based company hopes the vehicle will rival the popularity of supercars.

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TECH Solutions - Tech giants try distancing themselves from Facebook

TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube are facing claims they are failing to protect children.

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TECH Solutions - Broken tech: What is the right to repair?

Calls to allow consumers to be able to choose who fixes their products is a growing movement.

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TECH Solutions - Novara Media has YouTube channel briefly deleted

The reinstatement of the left-wing outlet is the second U-turn over removing political content this month.

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TECH Solutions - Ministers face High Court battle over WhatsApp use

Campaigners are seeking a crack down on ministers' use of private emails and auto-deleting messages.

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TECH Solutions - Cyber-attack hits UK internet phone providers

Several companies have been targeted in recent weeks, according to an industry body.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook earns $9bn despite whistleblower scandal

The firm posts strong profits as it continues to face negative press over leaked internal documents.

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TECH Solutions - Tesla surpasses $1 trillion valuation after Hertz order

The electric carmaker becomes the fifth such company to reach the milestone after its shares rise 12%.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook: 'Financial interest to create a safe environment'

Facebook's vice-president of content policy, Monika Bickert, spoke to the BBC about the site.

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TECH Solutions - Frances Haugen tells MPs: 'Facebook makes hate worse'

The former Facebook employee gives evidence to MPs amid fresh revelations about the company.

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TECH Solutions - Pixel 6: Hands-on with Google's 'magic eraser' phone

Google says its latest smartphone can erase unwanted objects and people from photographs.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen faces UK Parliament

Frances Haugen, who leaked thousands of documents, is appearing before MPs working on online safety.

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TECH Solutions - Tesla withdraws self-driving beta over software issues

Elon Musk says Tesla is rolling back its latest self-driving car software after a series of issues.

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TECH Solutions - Schools pause facial recognition lunch plans

Nine schools in Scotland had planned to allow pupils to pay for their meals using the technology.

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TECH Solutions - Digicel Pacific: Australia's Telstra buys Pacific firm 'to block China'

The government and telecoms giant Telstra purchase Digicel Pacific in a joint venture.

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TECH Solutions - Molly Russell's father meets Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen

Molly, 14, died after viewing graphic content on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.

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TECH Solutions - Tesco website and app back up after hack attempt

Shoppers had been locked out of the supermarket's website following an outage that began on Saturday.

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TECH Solutions - Ofcom orders phone networks to block foreign scam calls

UK networks agree to block almost all internet calls coming from abroad if they pretend to be UK numbers.

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TECH Solutions - Is internet addiction a growing problem?

Experts warn that the pandemic lockdowns have made more people vulnerable.

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TECH Solutions - Climate change: How technology is helping cities tackle climate disasters

Cities are under threat from floods, forest fires and other disasters - how is tech helping with emergency responses?

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TECH Solutions - Twitter says Online Safety Bill needs more clarity

The government says it will tackle extreme posts but Twitter warns Ofcom will be "muddling through".

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TECH Solutions - Will Apple be the last US tech giant left in China?

As Microsoft closes down the main version of LinkedIn, Apple looks more alone in China than ever.

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TECH Solutions - Twitter's algorithm favours right-leaning politics, research finds

The social-media giant has found tweets from parties on the political right are "amplified" more.

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TECH Solutions - Robo-cat waiters come to restaurant chain and other news

Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week's technology news stories.

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TECH Solutions - Amazon sees fresh push to unionise in New York

Warehouse workers in Staten Island hope to organise, in the latest labour push at the firm.

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TECH Solutions - How to plug the UK into desert sunshine

One company plans to build the world's longest electricity cable to connect Morocco to the UK.

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TECH Solutions - Robot artist Ai-Da released by Egyptian border guards

Authorities, who held the robot for 10 days, feared that it may have been hiding covert spy tools.

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TECH Solutions - British entrepreneur sells company to Twitter

Nick D'Aloisio previously sold an app to Yahoo when he was only 17 years old.

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TECH Solutions - Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social

The former US president was banned from Twitter and Facebook following the US Capitol riots.

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TECH Solutions - Nigerian romance scam suspects targeted 100 women - FBI

Eight Nigerian men are charged in South Africa after an international operation involving Interpol.

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TECH Solutions - Nearly 45 million received scam calls in three months, Ofcom says

Almost a million people in the UK were misled by calls or messages over the summer.

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TECH Solutions - Activision Blizzard: More than 20 staff leave after harassment claims

The video games giant is attempting to repair its reputation following a series of lawsuits.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook fined a record £50m by UK competition watchdog

The CMA says the social media giant, which also may be changing its name, deliberately broke rules.

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TECH Solutions - UK to turn old phones into gold

The Royal Mint plans to recycle gold and precious metals from old phones and laptops.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook settles US worker discrimination claims

The tech giant will pay $14.5m to settle claims it routinely hired foreign instead of US workers.

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TECH Solutions - Squid Game helps Netflix subscriptions pick up

The streaming giant added 4.4 million new users in the third quarter as foreign language shows continued to fly.

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TECH Solutions - Rats take down Devon broadband

About 1,800 Openreach customers are affected by the outage in North Devon.

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TECH Solutions - DNA: How genes could affect our mind and body

Decode Genetics is researching how genetics shape our bodies, our minds and our personalities.

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TECH Solutions - Can Online Safety Bill tackle social media abuse of MPs?

After Sir David Amess' death, we look at the detail of the Online Safety Bill and what measures it offers.

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TECH Solutions - Google's Pixel 6 processor brings AI photo features

New AI features such as "magic" photo editing and on-device voice processing come with the new chip.

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TECH Solutions - Discovery Tour Viking Age: Can video games teach history?

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has been adapted for use in schools for teaching about the Vikings.

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TECH Solutions - Schools warned over facial recognition systems

Biometric data is being used by some schools to allow pupils to make contactless lunch payments.

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TECH Solutions - Pornhub owner settles with Girls Do Porn victims over videos

A group of 50 women sued MindGeek over a sex-trafficking operation by Girls Do Porn.

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TECH Solutions - Apple unveils new computer chips amid shortage

The new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips expand the firm's use of silicon it has designed.

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TECH Solutions - The battle to make lighter life-saving body armour

New materials are making body armour lighter but nanotechnology could provide a breakthrough.

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TECH Solutions - Amazon's Jeff Bezos 'may have lied to Congress'

Top lawmakers say Mr Bezos and other Amazon executives may have misled them about the firm's business practices.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook denies weak performance on hateful content

The firm responds to stories in the Wall Street Journal about its content moderation.

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TECH Solutions - I get abuse and threats online - why can't it be stopped?

Online abuse against women is on the rise, but why aren't the police, government and social media sites doing more to stop it?

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TECH Solutions - Can driving data help make our roads safer?

Sensors in cars and on lampposts are used to spot erratic driving and locate dangerous hotspots.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook to hire 10,000 in EU to work on metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg is a leading voice on the metaverse - a virtual reality version of the internet.

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TECH Solutions - You may be able to book a flying taxi within three years

Firms are racing to bring flying taxis and the mini-airports they need into service.

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TECH Solutions - Apparently, it's the next big thing. What is the metaverse?

What does it mean, and what have Facebook and Fortnite got to do with it?

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TECH Solutions - Microsoft Chief Digital Officer tops Powerlist

The Powerlist 2022 recognises the most powerful people of African and African Caribbean heritage in the UK.

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TECH Solutions - Self-driving Waymo cars clog up dead-end San Francisco street

Waymo says its automated vehicles are following traffic orders when they enter the dead-end street.

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TECH Solutions - Sea-like robots float at Tate Modern and other tech news

Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week's technology news stories.

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TECH Solutions - Sunderland University cyber-attack fix date unknown

Officials say they "just do not know" when online services at Sunderland University will be fixed.

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TECH Solutions - Apple takes down Koran app in China

The popular Islamic app was removed in the country, after an official request.

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TECH Solutions - YouTube U-turns over David Davis vaccination passports clip after protest

The site says "sometimes we make the wrong call" after being accused of attacking free speech.

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TECH Solutions - Super-sized wind turbine race happening ‘too quickly’

Huge wind turbines are pushing the limits of what ports and installation vessels can handle.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook helps AI take a first-person view of life

It hopes artificial intelligence may one day tell you where on earth you've put your keys.

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TECH Solutions - Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn in China

The company will offer a jobs-only site with no social-media elements, instead.

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TECH Solutions - Climate change in India: Teen inventor's solar-powered ironing cart

India's ironing vendors use charcoal as fuel, but Vinisha Umashankar's cart harnesses the Sun's energy.

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TECH Solutions - Neighbour wins privacy row over smart doorbell and cameras

The Amazon devices were found to invade privacy and break data laws in a landmark UK case.

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TECH Solutions - Bitcoin: Bank deputy calls for urgent crypto regulation

The Bank of England's Sir Jon Cunliffe raises concerns about the financial stability risk of cryptocurrencies.

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TECH Solutions - NHS Covid pass app suffers outage

The app widely used to prove vaccination status for travel suffered an outage Wednesday.

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TECH Solutions - US leads Bitcoin mining as China ban takes effect

Research shows the US taking the top spot for global mining following a crackdown in China.

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TECH Solutions - Should our DNA dictate what we eat?

Companies are offering dietary advice based on customers’ propensity for certain heath conditions.

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TECH Solutions - Sunderland University cyber attack causes extensive IT problems

Sunderland University's website, IT and phones are down but teaching will continue if possible.

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TECH Solutions - Legal challenge to ‘government by WhatsApp’

Campaigners secure judicial review of rules that order ministers and officials to delete instant message chats.

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TECH Solutions - Apple shares drop on reports of iPhone 13 chip shortage

Bloomberg reported that Apple could produce up to 10 million fewer iPhones due to the chip shortage.

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TECH Solutions - Magic Leap reveals new AR headset and fresh funding

The firm secures an extra $500m in funding from investors as it announces a new headset.

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TECH Solutions - UK cyber head says Russia responsible for 'devastating' ransomware attacks

UK security agencies say most of these attacks on the UK come from cyber criminals in Russia.

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TECH Solutions - Why does the internet keep breaking?

Outages of Facebook and its family of apps now lead to significant disruption for firms worldwide

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TECH Solutions - Google gives security keys to 10,000 high-risk users

It follows warnings to users targeted by state-sponsored hackers, and expanded two-step security.

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TECH Solutions - Silenced no more: A new era of tech whistleblowing?

Frances Haugen's Facebook leaks and the new Silenced No More Act may help others to come forward.

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TECH Solutions - Star Trek's William Shatner on his plan to boldly go into space

The actor - who plays Captain James T Kirk in the original Star Trek series - is set to go into space for real.

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TECH Solutions - The plant with seeds that can grow meat

In an Icelandic greenhouse barley is being grown which could help produce meat without animals.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook whistleblower to appear before UK Parliament

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen will appear before MPs looking into regulating big technology.

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TECH Solutions - The hi-tech headbands that claim to reduce your stress

Devices that measure brainwaves are increasingly being used by athletes to improve their performance.

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TECH Solutions - On patrol with a real-life Robocop

Police are using a robot to fight crime in Los Angeles.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook apologises as services including Instagram hit again

The new outage comes just days after Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp were down for nearly six hours.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook to act on illegal sale of Amazon rainforest

The social network changes its policy following a BBC investigation.

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TECH Solutions - Google, Youtube ban ads on climate misinformation

The company says it will prohibit monetizing content which contradicts the science on climate change.

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TECH Solutions - Samsung apologises for Russian app download error

The firm said a message sent to UK users saying Russian software had been installed was a mistake.

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TECH Solutions - Legal action over alleged Uber facial verification bias

Two unions allege the system used to check drivers' identity works less well for darker skin tones.

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TECH Solutions - Robot arm finds lost items and other tech news stories

LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.

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TECH Solutions - Duolingo boss plans to take on TikTok with maths

Luis von Ahn, chief executive of language-learning app Duolingo, talks about taking on TikTok with a maths app.

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TECH Solutions - Tesla: Elon Musk says company headquarters will move to Texas

Elon Musk announces that the most valuable car company in the world is moving away from California.

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TECH Solutions - How tech could help spot disasters before they happen

How technology could help the insurance industry spot potential disasters before they occur.

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TECH Solutions - How the semiconductor shortage could be a problem for you

Intel is making an effort to combat the global semiconductor shortage at their new site in Arizona.

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TECH Solutions - Sky launches streaming TV with no satellite dish

By ditching the satellite and the need for a set-top box, the offering will shake up the market.

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TECH Solutions - Twitch blames server error for massive data leak

The livestreaming site says a mistake exposed its data to a malicious third party on the internet.

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TECH Solutions - Intel not considering UK chip factory after Brexit

Boss Pat Gelsinger said the chip-maker would "absolutely" have considered the UK if it was part of the EU.

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TECH Solutions - Whistleblower breaks Facebook secrecy wall, MP says

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will soon give evidence to a parliamentary committee.

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TECH Solutions - Twitch reportedly suffers massive data leak

Documents, shared in online forums appear to show records of payments made to streamers.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook harms children and weakens democracy: ex-employee

Mark Zuckerberg denies claims, heard in the US Senate, that Facebook puts profits before people.

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TECH Solutions - How remote flying of drones will transform the future

BBC Click's Paul Carter look at the technology allowing drones to be piloted from miles away.

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TECH Solutions - Amazon opens first UK non-food store

The Amazon 4-star shop in Kent will sell a range of products which are bestsellers on its website.

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TECH Solutions - Ofcom lays out new rules for TikTok and Twitch

Video-sharing platforms have a legal duty to enforce strict rules - or be fined or even suspended.

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TECH Solutions - 'The buck stops with Mark' - whistleblower blasts Facebook's aversion

Frances Haugen said Facebook researched youth addiction, yet did not act, in order to save profits.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook 'prioritises safety above profit'

The company rejects claims, made by an ex-employee to US Congress, that its products harm children.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook and Instagram outage: How did it affect influencers?

Influencers react to Monday's social media outage.

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TECH Solutions - What happened to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram?

Facebook has apologised after it stopped working for users around the world for several hours.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook down: Zuckerberg apologises for six-hour outage

Billions of users were affected by the outage - which also took down Whatsapp, Messenger and Instagram.

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TECH Solutions - Should you date someone based on their music taste?

Finding love through music, the app matching-up couples based on their 'emotional profiles'.

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TECH Solutions - Microalgae: Could it become a food of the future?

In a site near Reykjavik, geothermal energy is being used to create products rich in protein.

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TECH Solutions - Windows 11 launches with redesigned start menu

Microsoft's latest operating system is being offered as a free upgrade from Tuesday.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram suffer outage

Social media sites owned by Facebook were knocked offline on Monday, tracking sites showed.

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TECH Solutions - Making Facebook safer means less money - whistleblower

Frances Haugen tells CBS that changing the algorithm would mean people spending less time on the site.

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TECH Solutions - Frances Haugen: Facebook whistleblower reveals identity

Facebook ex-product manager Frances Haugen says the company prioritises "growth over safety".

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TECH Solutions - The classic cars being converted to electric vehicles

Historic cars are being retrofitted with recycled electric motors and batteries.

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TECH Solutions - Ofcom approves Openreach fibre price cuts, angering rivals

Independent fibre providers warn that the reduction in price could harm investment and competition.

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TECH Solutions - Lime fights back against QR code snatchers

The company says vandals have been peeling off QR codes to render its vehicles useless.

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TECH Solutions - DeepMind faces legal action over NHS data use

A law firm is bringing the action on behalf of 1.6 million patients at the Royal Free NHS Trust.

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TECH Solutions - Click News: A round-up of the best tech stories

LJ Rich looks at the week’s technology news including a cryptocurrency trading hamster.

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