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Facebook blocks Australian users from viewing or sharing news - BBC News
It comes in response to a proposed law that would force the company to pay publishers for content.
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Google to pay Murdoch's News Corporation for stories - BBC News
Rupert Murdoch has championed the idea that internet platforms should pay media companies for material.
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'Spy pixels in emails have become endemic' - BBC News
Email app Hey reveals that two-thirds of the messages it handles contain the hidden trackers.
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BBC - Travel - Welcome to Polebridge: One of the US' last frontiers
For more than a century, settlers have been drawn to this pioneering town because of the sheer beauty of the surrounding wilderness – but residents worry that may soon change.
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BBC - Travel - The Himalayan peak off limits to climbers
Climbing Machhapuchhare is forbidden, a rarity in a country like Nepal that has embraced mountain tourism so enthusiastically that even the world's highest point gets overcrowded.
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Perseverance rover: Nasa robot heading for a bulls-eye landing - BBC News
The American space agency says its Perseverance robot is lined up perfectly for its mission at Mars.
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Coronavirus: Priest providing 'takeaway ashes' for Ash Wednesday - BBC News
More than 600 portions of holy ashes in sauce containers have been distributed in County Donegal.
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Princess Latifa: 'Hostage' ordeal of Dubai ruler's daughter revealed - BBC
"I just want to be free," Princess Latifa, daughter of Dubai's ruler, says in video messages secretly recorded from a villa where she was being held following her failed escape in 2018.
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The flesh-eating disease spreading in Australia - BBC Future
Scientists are scrambling to understand rising cases of Buruli ulcer in Australia – and of the role humans and possums play in spreading it.
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Computer says go: Taking orders from an AI boss - BBC News
As artificial intelligence systems get more prevalent, some of us already have computers as managers.
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How Congo-Brazzaville's shark population came under threat - BBC News
The shark population off Congo-Brazzaville is threatened as desperate fishermen search deeper waters.
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Robots deployed at A68A mega-iceberg remnants - BBC News
A UK research ship arrives at the remains of what was once the biggest iceberg in the world.
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Abydos beer factory: Ancient large-scale brewery discovered in Egypt - BBC
The archaeological find in the Abydos burial ground is thought to date back about 5,000 years.
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BBC - Travel - The untranslatable word that connects Wales
A blend of homesickness, nostalgia and longing, "hiraeth" is a pull on the heart that conveys a distinct feeling of missing something irretrievably lost.
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Does yoga have a conspiracy theory problem? - BBC News
Some online yoga influencers are accused of spreading conspiracy theories. Does yoga have a problem?
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Solving Covid easy compared with climate - Bill Gates - BBC News
Solving global warming would be “the most amazing thing humanity has done”, says the billionaire.
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UAE Hope mission returns first image of Mars - BBC News
The United Arab Emirates' spacecraft at Mars sends back a stunning first view of the Red Planet.
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Soldiers killed in Napoleon's 1812 retreat buried - BBC News
The remains of French and Russian soldiers who died in the disastrous retreat are laid to rest.
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Can online sex fill the connection void? - BBC Worklife
Social isolation has also meant sexual isolation for people keen to explore physical intimacy. Is virtual sex enough – or do we need to be touched?
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Covid: Claims vaccinations harm fertility unfounded - BBC News
Social-media posts - some described as "scare stories" - are based on misunderstandings, experts say.
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CaSSIS mission: The camera capturing Mars' craters and canyons - BBC News
The instrument takes images of dust storms, frost deposits and minerals on the Red Planet's surface.
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Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle - BBC News
The test is first step towards all-paper bottle that can withstand pressure from fizzy drinks.
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Anna Sorokin: Fake heiress released from US prison - BBC News
Anna Sorokin was jailed in 2019 after spending years living as a wealthy socialite in New York.
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Europa Clipper: Nasa's ocean world mission gets launch date - BBC News
A mission to study a moon that could be home to extra-terrestrial life has been given a launch date.
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Rare Nasa photos reveal Amazon 'gold rivers' - BBC News
The satellite images reveal miles of unregistered gold mining in Peru's Amazon rainforest, Nasa says.
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