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Artemis Mission Control, a modern room with many desks and screens facing one large central screen covered in information (Credit: Getty Images)

The mission control for another giant leap

Just like the 1969 Apollo mission, Artemis II will be run from a mission control monitoring every instrument from here on Earth. How has it changed since the days of the space race?

Mark Zuckerberg wearing a blue suit and red tie, walking through the Capitol.

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Is screen time always bad for kids and how do I manage it?

Austria becomes latest to propose social media ban for children

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I tried to prove I'm not AI. It didn't go well

I asked experts if I was real. Bad news – and even my aunt wasn't sure if I was a deepfake. AI is so convincing that a sitting prime minister struggled to prove he was alive, and you might be next.

A child looks up with two bright phone screens on either side of their face (Credit: Serenity Strull/ Getty Images)

The AI habits parents don't see

New surveys suggest many parents are in the dark about how their children use chatbots, from homework help to emotional support.

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A spherical black Amazon Echo speaker on a table with a houseplant next to it

Amazon's Alexa has had an AI upgrade. Now she's got more to say

There has been criticism the Echo has stagnated, while other AI chatbots have become much easier to communicate with.

Picture of a young girl hugging Gabbo an AI-powered toy. She is sat, smiling among soft seating and other toys.

AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn

In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.

Chinese competitor Sun Boyao holds her table tennis bat in front of her face while playing against yamad Moemi of Japan at the Deaflympics in Tokyo (Credit: Alamy)

New technology helps deaf fans experience the sound of sport

New technologies tested at the Deaflympics in Tokyo are creating new ways of experience the atmosphere at sporting events.

A brunette woman with a bob smiles at the camera in front of a classroom of teenagers. She is smiling and wearing a grey jumper. There are about a dozen children in the class

Has banning phones improved performance at Dutch schools?

Two years ago the Netherlands banned phones in schools. Now the government wants to go further, pushing to restrict social media for under‑16s.

A woman with clear glasses and bright red lipstick smiles as she holds her phone to the camera showing a picture of her AI companion. On the phone is a picture of a man with short cropped hair, a slight beard and smiling eyes.

Rae fell for a chatbot called Barry, but their love might die when ChatGPT-4o is switched off

Rae began speaking to Barry after a difficult divorce, but Barry lives on an old model of ChatGPT that's being shut down.

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How much screen time is too much for under fives?

The BBC's Vanessa Clarke talks through the government's new advice for children using screens.

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Did Australia's under-16s social media ban work?

Three months since it came into effect, teenagers tell the BBC how the world-first law has impacted their lives so far.

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India's outsourcing industry is worth $300bn. Can it survive AI?

Indian IT stocks have plunged as fears grow of AI disrupting back offices. But some say these are overblown.

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The Chinese AI app sending Hollywood into a panic

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In a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, Lloyds apologised and said some compensation had been paid.

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Recent heatwaves and a number of deaths due to illegal kite strings have seen many abandoning the once popular pastime.

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AI to be used in bid to cut hospital waiting times

Barnsley, recently named as the first "Tech Town", is to pilot two AI schemes, the government says.

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'Using AI to manipulate the truth is not on'

A Wakefield councillor warns of the dangers of fake images in the run-up to local elections.

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A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.

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