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Saturday, 30 November 2019
Facebook bows to Singapore's 'fake news' law with post 'correction'
It is the first time the social media giant has added a correction to a post under the new law.
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Friday, 29 November 2019
Apple to take 'deeper look' at disputed borders
The review comes after the tech giant was criticised for maps showing Crimea as Russian territory.
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Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views
Websites that copy news stories from legitimate sites are making money from Google and Amazon ads.
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Goo Hara and the trauma of South Korea's spy cam victims
Goo Hara's death shows it's often the victims of spy cams who are punished the most.
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Rise of comic book piracy 'a real problem'
Comic book creators search for ways to combat the rise of illegal digital sharing of their work.
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Spying tools website taken down after UK raids
International police have arrested 14 people who may have sold or used the cyber-spying tools.
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What happens inside a fridge recycling plant
What happens to your old fridge when it's time to replace it, the BBC's Dougal Shaw reports.
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Deadline for UK drone registration approaches
Drone owners in the UK must register them by the end of Friday or face a £1,000 fine.
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General election 2019: BBC complains to Tories over Facebook advert
BBC lawyers ask the Tories to stop running a Facebook advert using edited footage of its reporters.
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Thursday, 28 November 2019
Jet suit man flies off Royal Navy ship and other news
BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the week's best technology news stories.
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Amazon: What does 'peak season' mean for employees?
The technology company is resisting calls for its staff to join unions, but do they need to?
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How to make phone batteries that last longer
A breakthrough in battery technology would be an engineering triumph and spur to other technologies.
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Teaching children to build satellites in school
South African start-up XinaBox is teaching children to build satellites using a modular chip.
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Twitter: 'My boyfriend died but I still like to read his tweets'
Adam Parker says it's "good news" that Twitter is going to create a way to memorialise accounts.
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Apple removes designer Ive from leadership page
The former design head is deleted from Apple's web page, ending speculation about his departure date.
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Netflix 'reactivated' users without permission
Some former Netflix customers are being charged subscription fees, months after closing their accounts.
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Blocked TikToker: I don't believe app's explanation for device ban
The maker of a video about China's abuse of the Uighurs rejects TikTok's explanation for blocking her.
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Chess champion Garry Kasparov condemns Apple's Crimea map change
Ukrainian politicians and bloggers are also outraged after the firm shows it as a Russian territory.
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Pegasus: India may cite WhatsApp breach to store data locally
India is reportedly citing a major WhatsApp breach to make a further case for data localisation.
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Feroza Aziz: I'm not scared of TikTok
TikTok has apologised to Feroza Aziz who was blocked after criticising China's treatment of Uighurs.
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General election 2019: Why we all see politics differently on social media
Why our digital life means political campaigners target us in ways we might not realise.
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Wednesday, 27 November 2019
TikTok apologises and reinstates banned US teen
Chinese-owned TikTok has apologised to a US teenager who posted a video criticising China's treatment of Muslims.
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German murderer wins 'right to be forgotten'
The man was convicted of murder but has won the right to have his name removed from search results.
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Go master quits because AI 'cannot be defeated'
Lee Se-dol retires from the game of Go after conceding that computers "cannot be defeated".
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Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands
Apple Maps now shows Crimea - annexed from Ukraine in 2014 - as part of Russia, when viewed there.
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How a cake company pioneered the office computer
How the Lyons catering company pioneered LEO, the first electronic office system
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