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Nvidia, a company that makes important chips for artificial intelligence (AI), is in the middle of tension between the United States and China. The United States has placed new restrictions that require Nvidia's H20 AI chip exports to China to have special licenses. This decision aims to protect US national and economic interests.
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Nvidia is a successful company that designs advanced chips for artificial intelligence. These chips help computers think and create new things, kind of like how our brains work.
Nvidia is so important because their chips are needed for major improvements in AI, causing the U.S. government to watch their relationship with China carefully.
The U.S. hopes these new rules will slow down China's development of advanced AI chips and help the U.S. be the leader in AI.
Since 2022, there have already been restrictions on Nvidia selling certain kinds of chips to China.
The H20 chip, one of Nvidia's creations, was designed to follow these existing restrictions.
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, uses less advanced chips in a way that could lead to major technology progress. This made the U.S. worried.
Companies like TikTok's parent company, Alibaba, and Tencent in China are currently waiting for orders of Nvidia's H20 chips, but because of the new rules, they may not get them.
In response to these new rules, Nvidia could lose $5.5 billion (£4.15 billion) from these orders it can no longer fulfill.
Despite the restrictions, China is still a big market for Nvidia. Last year, 13% of Nvidia's total sales were from China.
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A judge in the United States has decided that Google, a big tech company, isn't playing fair with online advertising. This means the company controls too much of the technology that decides where and which ads show up online. Google doesn't agree with the ruling and plans to fight back.
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Google was taken to court by the US Department of Justice and 17 US states. They believed Google was unfairly controlling online ad technology.
This is the second time Google has been told off for having too much control. The previous time was for online searches.
Google doesn't agree with the judge’s decision and will try to change it.
The judge explained that Google's unfair behavior hurt other businesses, the way things are supposed to work, and ordinary people searching the web.
The judge's decision is seen as a big win for people trying to make sure tech companies are playing fair.
Other big tech companies, like Amazon, were also mentioned in the case.
Google also makes a lot of money from its ad business.
The next part of this case will look at what should happen to Google now. Some people think the company is too big and should be split up.
Last year, a UK group also found that Google was playing unfairly with online ads.
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Discord, a popular social media site, is testing a new system that uses face scanning to check the age of users in the UK and Australia. These checks are in response to new laws that require websites with content for adults to have reliable ways to confirm the age of their users by July.
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Discord is testing age checks through face scanning in the UK and Australia.
Discord started for gamers, but now hosts different kinds of groups, including ones for adults.
The law in the UK says websites with adult content must have good ways to check users' ages by July.
Privacy campaigners, however, think these checks won't work and could cause privacy problems.
The new system asks users to scan their face or upload their ID card photo to prove their age the first time they come across adult content.
Discord says it will not collect or keep the users' face scans or ID card photos.
A group called Big Brother Watch warns the age check technology could lead to issues like security breaches and privacy violations.
Australia plans to ban social media for children under 16 years old this year.
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Cristina Balan, a former Tesla engineer, won a legal battle against Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk. This took place after she claimed that the company had hurt her reputation. Balan was fired from Tesla after pointing out a safety problem with the cars. Now, the case might start over, and Balan wants to go to court against Musk and Tesla.
Key Facts
Cristina Balan is a former engineer at Tesla who was fired after noting a safety problem with the cars.
She started a legal battle against Tesla and Elon Musk, claiming they ruined her reputation.
A judge initially agreed with an arbitration decision that ended her court case, but this decision was later reversed by another group of judges.
Balan now wants to restart her lawsuit and face Elon Musk and Tesla in court.
Balan was a very important engineer at Tesla, her initials are even on the batteries of some cars.
Tesla has previously accused Balan of secretly using its resources for her own benefit, but she has always denied this.
The court originally decided that Balan's case should be settled through arbitration due to a contract she had signed with Tesla.
The majority of legal experts consulted by BBC believe this legal battle is not over yet.
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People have been tricked by fake online banking apps being used by thieves to pretend to pay for items in person. After showing the seller that the payment has been "successful" on their app, they take the goods but the money never arrives in the seller's bank account.
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A man named Anthony Rudd lost £1,000 worth of tools to a scam using a fake banking app.
The scam involves people pretending to pay for items with a bank transfer using a fake app.
About 500 reports of these types of scams have been reported to Action Fraud in the past three years.
Some of these fake banking apps used to be on the Google Play store, but have now been removed.
The BBC found that some of these apps can still be downloaded from other places on the internet.
Anthony invited a man to his workshop to buy the tools, the man pretended to pay, and then left with the tools.
Anthony quit his job because the scam made him feel very upset.
The police have not been able to find the man who scammed Anthony.
A man named John Reddock also got scammed the same way while trying to sell a gold bracelet.
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There was a problem with Spotify that stopped people from being able to listen to music using the app. They fixed the problem and everything is working normally again.
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Spotify is an app people use to listen to music.
The app stopped working properly for a while.
Many people around the world could not use Spotify during this time.
It wasn't because of a "security hack."
Over 20,000 people reported the problem at the same time.
People couldn't search for music or view artists on the app during the problem.
Spotify has fixed the problem.
Some people said they might start using other music apps, like YouTube or Apple Music, because of the problem.
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Some celebrities, like Jack Black, Aimee Lou Wood and Usher, are part of this month's quiz game. The game challenges you to know which pictures are real and which ones are made by "AI" (which is kind of like a smart computer program).
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Celebrities Jack Black, Aimee Lou Wood, and Usher are in this month's game.
The game is about guessing if pictures are real or made by a smart computer program called "AI".
You can try to earn the highest score in the game.
To make sure the game is fair, you are encouraged to look up where the pictures and videos are from.
You're also asked to make sure real, trustworthy news sites have talked about these pictures or videos.
This game happens every month.
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The topic of AI discrimination is being discussed, and there's an exploration on whether it can be resolved. The use of artificial intelligence in comprehending dolphins' communication is also being looked at.
Key Facts
The article addresses AI (Artificial Intelligence) discrimination
AI discrimination is the unintentional bias in the output of AI systems
The article questions if this AI discrimination can be fixed
The use of AI in understanding dolphin communication is discussed
The time released for the audio content on AI discrimination is 26 minutes
The release date of the AI discrimination content is 15 April 2025.
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Finland is working on making the largest start-up area in Europe, named Maria 01. It's being built to give a place for new and growing tech companies to work and share ideas.
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Finland is building a large area for start-ups called Maria 01. "Start-ups" are new, small companies.
This area is being set up on an old hospital site of 20,000 square meters (think of it as 3 soccer fields together).
There are already about 240 start-ups working in the existing area.
Maria 01 is partly funded by the city of Helsinki. The city has donated over €6m ($6.7m; £5.2m) since 2016.
The plan is to become the biggest start-up area in Europe by 2028 with the addition of three new buildings.
A new program to help fast-growing start-ups is planned to start later this year.
Finland has already created 12 successful businesses, each worth a billion dollars or more, including game makers and a food delivery platform.
Finland's start-up ecosystem was ranked the 7th best in western Europe and 14th in the world last year. This system includes support from the government and universities.
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The Tech Now news report is about a company called Fuse in Montreal, Canada, which is working hard to create energy from a process called nuclear fusion. They hope this can solve the world's energy problems.
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The company working on nuclear fusion is called Fuse.
Fuse is located in Montreal, Canada.
The process they are trying to use to create energy is called nuclear fusion.
Nuclear fusion is a way to make a lot of energy without creating pollution.
Fuse hopes that their work can help solve the world's energy problems.
The information about Fuse was shared in a news report on a show called Tech Now.
The report about Fuse was first shown on April 12, 2025.
Tech Now reports can be watched for up to 11 months after they are first shown.
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This BBC Sounds program discusses studying massive ice formations in cold waters, AI discrimination, and using artificial intelligence to understand dolphin communication.
Key Facts
The program studies large ice pieces that float in cold waters.
They discuss a problem called AI discrimination.
The program talks about a solution to AI discrimination.
The show also focuses on how artificial intelligence helps us learn what dolphins are saying.
"AI" or "artificial intelligence" means computers that think like humans.
"AI discrimination" happens when these 'human-like' computers treat people unfairly based on things like age, race, or sex.
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Marc Cieslak talked about the new things happening in video games at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Many people who make video games were there to share their latest ideas.
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Marc Cieslak is the person who told us about the conference.
The conference was at a place called the Game Developer Conference.
The Game Developer Conference happened in a city called San Francisco.
A lot of people who make video games came to the conference.
These people came to share their latest ideas about video games.
They talked about how computer intelligence (that's when a computer can think and learn like a human) is being used in video games.
They also discussed new and upcoming changes in the video game world.
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This news article is about how people are trying to make air travel cleaner by using electricity instead of fuel. Two reporters from the show "Tech Now" are visiting Sweden and Zambia to learn more about this.
Key Facts
The show is called "Tech Now."
The episode they're talking about is called "Electric Flight: Will It Take Off?".
The reporters are named Adrienne Murray and Joe Tidy.
Adrienne is visiting Sweden to see how people are trying to use electricity for flying.
Joe is going to Zambia to see how a digital currency called Bitcoin is helping provide electricity.
The episode was first aired on March 29, 2025.
It is about 25 minutes long.
The show will be available to watch for 11 more months.
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Jay Springett, who works with technology, used a social media app called Butterflies AI that lets people and computer programs pretend to be people chat together. He enjoyed it, even though it was different from other apps he used. Meanwhile, some social media companies that have been around for a while are not doing as well as they used to, but a new one, Bluesky, is doing well because people can pick what they want to see on the app.
Key Facts
Jay Springett used a new social media app named Butterflies AI, where people can communicate with computer programs that pretend to be people.
He stayed on Butterflies AI for more than six months and found it interesting.
Big social media companies are losing users. For example, one unnamed company lost nearly a quarter of its users in the UK since January 2024.
Bluesky, a newer social media company, is getting more users.
Bluesky is different from other social media because it lets users decide what they want to see and do on the app.
A group called Free Our Feeds, with famous people like musician Brian Eno and actor Mark Ruffalo, wants to make social media better for everyone.
They are planning to raise $30 million over the next three years to help make social media open and fair to everyone.
It's hard for new social media companies to compete with bigger ones because the more people use a social media, the more valuable it is.
Non-profit organizations like Free Our Feeds and the Social Web Foundation hope to overcome this challenge.
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Mike Johns had a strange ride in a self-driving taxi in Los Angeles that made him spin in circles in a car park. The company that made the taxi, Waymo, fixed the problem with an update to their system.
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Mike Johns's ride in a driverless taxi went in circles in a car park.
He got stuck in the taxi because the car was not doing what it was supposed to do.
Johns made a video which became very popular and was shown on TV around the world.
The taxi was made by a company named Waymo, which is owned by the same company that owns Google.
Waymo fixed the problem with a software update.
This is not the first problem for Waymo. Last year, they had to bring back more than 600 cars after one hit a pole.
Waymo runs self-driving taxis in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas and is planning to start in Atlanta and Miami, Florida too.
Other companies like General Motors and Apple have stopped working on self-driving cars, but Waymo and others are still trying to make them work.
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A storm named Babet caused flooding at Claire Sneddon's home in Nottingham, UK in 2023. Since the flooding, new technology is being created to help people understand the risks of such disasters, and the UK Environment Agency has updated its information on flood risks.
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Claire Sneddon's house in Nottingham, UK was flooded by Storm Babet in 2023.
She was told her house was safe from floods when she bought it in 2021, but the storm caused damage that took nearly a year to repair.
Sneddon's insurance bill for the damages was around 45,000 pounds.
Climate change makes natural disasters like floods more likely.
The UK Environment Agency updated its National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA) in December, which shows how much flood risk there is from rivers, the sea, and rainfall for England.
According to the updated NaFRA data, 6.3 million houses in England are at risk from floods, which could increase to eight million by 2050.
The Environment Agency is working on a website to help people understand their flood risk.
A company called Climate X is creating digital tools which can show what might happen during extreme weather. Banks and property companies are testing these tools.
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Sierra Butler, a teacher with severe lupus, joined a new clinical trial using CAR-T therapy, a treatment that changes a patient’s immune cells to fight disease. CAR-T, mostly used for cancer, is being tested to treat lupus by targeting the cells causing inflammation, offering hope to patients who do not respond to regular treatments.
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Sierra Butler suffered from lupus, which damaged her heart and caused severe symptoms.
She was hospitalized multiple times and required emergency heart surgery in 2020.
Her regular lupus treatments were not working, leading to a referral to the Cleveland Clinic.
Butler’s condition improved significantly with new drug treatments before joining the CAR-T therapy trial.
CAR-T therapy involves changing a patient’s immune cells to attack harmful cells causing lupus.
This therapy has shown success in early studies, with some patients achieving remission and stopping all medications.
The treatment targets overactive B-cells responsible for inflammation in lupus patients.
The therapy is experimental and part of a complex clinical trial with very few participants.
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The movie "Interstellar," directed by Christopher Nolan, is being shown again in theaters using an old-style, very large film format called 70mm IMAX. A reporter from CBS News visited the projection booth where the movie is being played this way.
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"Interstellar" is directed by Christopher Nolan.
The movie is receiving a special release in theaters on 70mm IMAX film.
70mm IMAX is a large, traditional film format known for high image quality.
CBS News reporter David Morgan visited the projection booth showing the film.
This release highlights the use of old-school film technology rather than digital projection.
The experience is meant to offer viewers a unique, immersive way to watch the movie.
The story focuses on a futuristic, science fiction theme.
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Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee from Seattle, is charged with stealing personal data from over 100 million Capital One customers. She also reportedly threatened a California social media company and openly discussed the hack on online forums before her arrest.
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Paige Thompson is 33 years old and worked as a software engineer at Amazon Web Services.
She allegedly hacked Capital One starting in March, stealing data from credit applications.
The stolen data affected more than 100 million Capital One customers.
Thompson reportedly threatened to "shoot up" an unidentified social media company in May.
Seattle police filed a report about the threat after the company notified them.
Thompson openly talked about the hack on social media and messaging platforms like Slack and IRC.
She created a hacker group called "Seattle Warez Kiddies" in April.
Her roommate, Park Quan, was arrested for illegally possessing 20 weapons.
Thompson is in federal custody and has a detention hearing scheduled for August 15.
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