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Should robots look like humans?

SoftBank pauses production of the Pepper robot.

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Have apps helped tackle the pandemic?

Did exposure and contact tracing apps live up to the hopes for them?

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Football and online hate

Can social platforms stop the racist abuse of black players?

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Fresh questions over Pegasus spyware

How the Pegasus software from Israel’s NSO Group has kept ahead of attempts to block it.

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Intel’s road ahead

Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of Intel, outlines his plan to regain the lead in silicon chips.

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China cracks down on online games

A state-run media outlet brands online games ‘electronic drugs’ and calls for more curbs.

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Removing carbon from the air

Can tech to capture and store carbon prevent a climate catastrophe?

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Fears over Afghan biometric data

Human rights activists say the Taliban could use government databases to target citizens.

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AI: Reality and hype

Is language-based artificial intelligence as capable as it seems?

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China's video games ban

The government cuts children's gaming time to just three hours a week

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El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment

Cryptocurrency fans celebrate, but will Salvadorans benefit?

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Wikipedia’s editing war

Can the online encyclopaedia be impartial in a world of hotly-contested narratives?

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A turning point for Facebook?

Will US press reports about Facebook bring tighter regulation or a breakup a step closer?

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A ‘practical’ quantum computer

Are quantum computers ready to make the leap from the lab to the business?

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Facebook’s punishing week

The social giant suffers one of its worst weeks after a tech blunder takes it offline.

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Bezos' rocket blasts Star Trek actor into space

William Shatner becomes oldest person to travel to space, aboard the Blue Origin craft.

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Tech for future living

How the metaverse, energy tech, and AI might influence how we live in years to come.

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Whistleblower piles pressure on Facebook

Frances Haugen tells the British parliament that Facebook’s algorithm puts users at risk

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The Squid Game coin scam

How cryptocurrency scams have become an everyday event

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Ransomware gangs face a crackdown

Is the tide finally turning in the battle against ransomware attacks?

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The global rise of ransomware

How hackers stole millions, and why they're so difficult to stop

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A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?

El Salvador's president made Bitcoin legal tender, now he wants to build a city

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@jack exits Twitter

What next for the social media platform after Jack Dorsey quits?

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When crypto met football

How NFTs and fan tokens have found their way into the world of football

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The UK's plan to rein in big tech

New laws are designed to regulate social media and tech giants. Will they work?

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Tech Tent quiz of the year 2021

What better way to review the big tech stories of 2021 than with a battle of wits?

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Tech predictions for 2022

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ tech team on what we'll all be talking about over the next 12 months

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The return of CES

The major tech show returns to Las Vegas after going virtual during the pandemic

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Theranos and Silicon Valley

What does the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes tell us about tech startup culture?

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The largest gaming deal in history

Microsoft plans to buy mega games company Activision Blizzard in a deal worth almost $70bn

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