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BBC Tech • April 12, 2025 • Technology

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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Tech Life

BBC Tech • April 08, 2025 • Technology

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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Tech Now

BBC Tech • April 05, 2025 • Technology

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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Tech Life

BBC Tech • April 01, 2025 • Technology

United Nations (UN) groups are noticing more cases where people are messing with signals from satellites that help with directions.

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UN agencies are worried about an increase in satellite navigation signal interference.
Satellite navigation helps people find their way.
Interference means that the signals are being disturbed or not working correctly.
If the signals don't work right, directions may not be accurate.
This type of problem is becoming more common.

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Tech Now

BBC Tech • March 29, 2025 • Technology

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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What's next for social media?

BBC Tech • March 28, 2025 • Technology

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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The slow but steady advance of driverless vehicles

BBC Tech • March 21, 2025 • Technology

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.

Key Facts:

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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Disasters spur investment in flood and fire risk tech

BBC Tech • March 18, 2025 • Technology

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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