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Uber Eats ad criticised for peanut allergy joke

The Super Bowl advert faces a backlash for appearing to make light of a man with a peanut allergy.

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The AI companions you can have conversations with

A new breed of talking AI systems are now available for increasingly realistic two-way chats.

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‘The internet was my drug of choice’

The BBC speaks to three people in a 12-step programme for “digital addiction”.

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War-torn Sudan hit by internet blackout

The internet outage comes on top of a 10-month civil war which has forced nine million from their homes.

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Chicken shop boss loses £12k in Tesla trademark row

Amanj Ali has been left out of pocket after taking on Elon Musk’s company in the dispute.

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Facebook and Instagram to label all fake AI images

The tech will detect images – but not video or audio – made by other companies’ AI generators.

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Tesla owners told not to drive with Apple headsets

Videos have emerged showing people wearing the virtual reality headsets while in self-driving cars.

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‘Russia’s Google’ owner pulls out of home country

Yandex has previously been accused of hiding information about the Ukraine war from the Russian public.

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Snap to lay off ‘approximately’ 10% of its staff

The firm said in 2023 it had 5,000 employees, suggesting around 500 people are facing redundancy.

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Fake videos on Meta should be labelled, says board

The group says a fake video of President Biden on Facebook highlights an “incoherent” policy.

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