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The attorney general of the US state of New Mexico is suing Google, accusing the company of illegally collecting the personal data of school children.

The tech giant is alleged to have collected data on which

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Robots gain lessons in hot dogs and other tech news - TheIndianSubcontinent News

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In a world first, scientists have discovered a new type of antibiotic using artificial intelligence (AI).

It has been heralded by experts as a major breakthrough in the fight against the growing problem of drug resistance.

A powerful algorithm was used to analyse more than one hundred million chemical compounds in a

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Put crottin de chèvre into Google Translate, and you'll be told it means goat dung.

So if it appeared on a menu, you might pass. Alas, you would be ruling out a delicious cheese made of goat's milk that is often served as a

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Fans of the Animal Crossing game have criticised Nintendo after it said players would not be able to save their progress to its cloud back-up service.

Saving game progress to the cloud is a key feature of the Nintendo Switch online subscription service, which costs £17.99 a year.

It lets players pick up where they left off if

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Data Protection Commissioner signals blockbuster fines for multinationals on the way
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has given the clearest signal yet that huge fines may be imposed on technology multinational firms under investigation here.

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