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EU foreign policy chief says defence spending must rise
January 31, 2025 Gaming News
Kaja Kallas says Europe needs to increase investment to keep pace with threats facing the continent. from BBC News https://ift.tt/kXSc1...
Barclays outage affecting payments and online banking
January 31, 2025 Gaming News
The bank says its app also affected, as is the phone line and messenger service for customers from BBC News https://ift.tt/87tMv...
Tech Life: Not as dead as a dodo?
January 30, 2025 Gaming News
Tech Life takes a close look at the controversial process of de-extinction. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Jg9E4...
Tech Life: Not as dead as a dodo?
January 30, 2025 Gaming News
Tech Life takes a close look at the controversial process of de-extinction. from BBC News https://ift.tt/XkMDv...
Merkel criticises her party leader after far-right vote
January 30, 2025 Gaming News
The former chancellor's comments come after the CDU put forward a proposal which was supported by the far-right AfD. from BBC News https://ift.tt/ql8Fn...
Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit over ban
January 29, 2025 Gaming News
The president sued the firm in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots. from BBC News https://ift.tt/mZfrj...
UK's first smartphone video call via satellite made from Welsh mountain
January 29, 2025 Gaming News
Vodafone says the tech could lead to the elimination of "not spots", which cover an estimated 9% of the UK. from BBC News https://ift.tt/S3um9...
Australian feared dead in captivity is still alive, Russia says
January 29, 2025 Gaming News
Oscar Jenkins, a 32-year-old teacher, was captured last year while fighting for Ukraine. from BBC News https://ift.tt/GRStm...
Garmin users say smartwatches have stopped working
January 29, 2025 Gaming News
Its Fenix 8 smartwatches, which retail for just under £1,000, are some of the devices to have issues. from BBC News https://ift.tt/SL0CG...
Tech Life: Not as dead as a dodo?
January 29, 2025 Gaming News
Tech Life takes a close look at the controversial process of de-extinction. from BBC News https://ift.tt/HxIf9...
China's DeepSeek AI on US national security radar
January 28, 2025 Gaming News
The White House is looking into whether China's apparent AI breakthrough affects US national security. from BBC News https://ift.tt/tpQw0...
China's DeepSeek AI shakes industry and dents America's swagger
January 27, 2025 Gaming News
The app spooked the markets as well as the bullish sense of American superiority in AI development. from BBC News https://ift.tt/ZmXNO...
Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok
January 27, 2025 Gaming News
The US President says he would like to see a "bidding war" over the sale of the social media app. from BBC News https://ift.tt/w4amx...
Will young developers take on key open source software?
January 27, 2025 Gaming News
The founders of important open source software are getting older, who will take over? from BBC News https://ift.tt/u3zNn...
Is China's AI tool DeepSeek as good as it seems?
January 27, 2025 Gaming News
The artificial intelligence (AI) tool has shocked US markets after bursting onto the scene. from BBC News https://ift.tt/DLvr8...
Musk, MrBeast, Larry Ellison - Who might buy TikTok?
January 27, 2025 Gaming News
Several potential US buyers have expressed interest in purchasing the social media platform. from BBC News https://ift.tt/95Ie1...
Poland warns against restarting Russia gas supplies
January 26, 2025 Gaming News
Andrzej Duda says even if a peace deal with Ukraine is struck, pipelines to Europe should stay shut. from BBC News https://ift.tt/4zPRJ...
Sweden seizes ship after suspected Baltic Sea cable sabotage
January 26, 2025 Gaming News
Prosecutors have launched an investigation after an undersea cable leading to Latvia was damaged. from BBC News https://ift.tt/p0kre...
Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation
January 26, 2025 Gaming News
Fifty survivors - now in their late 80s and 90s - will attend a ceremony marking the camp's liberation. from BBC News https://ift.tt/lGuxI...
Huge Athens crowds demand justice for 2023 train crash
January 26, 2025 Gaming News
Tens of thousands of people demand action as they gather to remember the victims of Greece's worst railway disaster. from BBC News https://ift.tt/mWJMj...
'The leader faces no serious challenge' - Steve Rosenberg in Belarus
January 26, 2025 Gaming News
It's election day in Belarus - with Alexander Lukashenko set to continue his 31-year-long rule of the country. from BBC News https://ift.tt/ngJr7...
Thieves use explosives to steal gold 'masterpieces' from Dutch museum
January 25, 2025 Gaming News
Four ancient gold artefacts were stolen from Drents Museum in Assen. from BBC News https://ift.tt/9wMsR...
Belarus election: 'There is no alternative to Lukashenko'
January 24, 2025 Gaming News
Even "rival" candidates support the current leader staying in power, Steve Rosenberg finds in Belarus. from BBC News https://ift.tt/AQP2L...
'A mockery': Trump's new meme-coin sparks anger in crypto world
January 24, 2025 Gaming News
The president's meme-coin launch is being criticised as a stunt, while impatience grows for deregulation. from BBC News https://ift.tt/CbJnP...
'A performance and a sham': Belarusian opposition denounces election
January 23, 2025 Gaming News
Since the protests in 2020 the Lukashenko government has brutally repressed political opponents. from BBC News https://ift.tt/qENpm...
Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait
January 23, 2025 Gaming News
Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km. from BBC News https://ift.tt/qzlrj...
How to make oxygen on the moon
January 23, 2025 Gaming News
Engineers are working on systems that can turn lunar regolith into useful elements like oxygen. from BBC News https://ift.tt/JSiyA...
EU 'could consider' UK joining pan-Europe customs scheme
January 22, 2025 Gaming News
The UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention is up for discussion in reset talks, says Maros Sefcovic. from BBC News https://ift.tt/6ytYE...
LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI
January 22, 2025 Gaming News
The lawsuit alleges LinkedIn tried to conceal its actions but the firm says the claims are false. from BBC News https://ift.tt/wxjWX...
Dark humour for dark times: How comedy helps in Ukraine
January 22, 2025 Gaming News
Ukrainian stand-up comedians say humour can help people cope and raise money for the war effort. from BBC News https://ift.tt/d821f...
Trump tells Putin to end 'ridiculous war' in Ukraine or face new sanctions
January 22, 2025 Gaming News
The US president says he is offering Moscow a "big favour" by helping Russia and Ukraine reach a deal. from BBC News https://ift.tt/yZmsp...
Micheál Martin to be officially installed as taoiseach
January 21, 2025 Gaming News
The Irish parliament is set to return after Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael set up a coalition government. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Fv4YV...
US tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn
January 21, 2025 Gaming News
OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank join forces to build artificial intelligence infrastructure. from BBC News https://ift.tt/sKtWN...
Netflix to raise prices as new subscribers soar
January 21, 2025 Gaming News
Squid Game and live sports, including the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson fight, fuelled new memberships. from BBC News https://ift.tt/zhuFt...
Dangerous drug-resistant bacteria are spreading in Ukraine
January 21, 2025 Gaming News
War appears to have accelerated the spread of pathogens resistant to antibiotics in the country. from BBC News https://ift.tt/32Eqj...
Ten dead in ski resort fire at Turkish hotel
January 21, 2025 Gaming News
At least two of the victims died after jumping from the hotel's windows, reports said. from BBC News https://ift.tt/5Iswv...
Executive order delaying TikTok ban gets Trump sign-off
January 20, 2025 Gaming News
The order was among a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday evening. from BBC News https://ift.tt/8h09J...
Best of 'frenemies': Trump's relationship with Europe this time may be very different
January 20, 2025 Gaming News
Weak, distracted and unprepared? How prepared France, Germany and the rest of the continent really are for his return to power from BBC News https://ift.tt/UV8ST...
Yes, Minister character is government's new AI assistant
January 20, 2025 Gaming News
A new suite of AI tools for civil servants are named 'Humphrey' after the scheming character. from BBC News https://ift.tt/L8Rrk...
Trump plan to deport migrants a 'disgrace', says Pope
January 20, 2025 Gaming News
Francis previously said that Trump cannot be a Christian if he plans to build a wall to keep migrants from Mexico out. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Jtpau...
TikTok restores service in US after Trump pledge
January 20, 2025 Gaming News
TikTok is resuming services to its 170 million users in US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would give the app a reprieve. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Vokx0...
Melania Trump launches her own cryptocurrency
January 19, 2025 Gaming News
$Melania is announced a day after President-elect Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency, $Trump. from BBC News https://ift.tt/L5Vey...
Brexit fishing row heads for trade court showdown
January 19, 2025 Gaming News
The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters but the EU is challenging the move. from BBC News https://ift.tt/eLigh...
TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
January 18, 2025 Gaming News
A message appearing for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning "you can't use TikTok for now". from BBC News https://ift.tt/gFDSq...
UK set to introduce digital driving licences
January 18, 2025 Gaming News
The government says technology should "make people's lives easier" but any system won't be mandatory. from BBC News https://ift.tt/B8mjH...
Four killed in strike on central Kyiv, Ukraine says
January 17, 2025 Gaming News
Windows were shattered and a fire broke out in a non-residential building in Shevchenkivskyi district, officials say. from BBC News https://ift.tt/7MhRj...
Up to Greenland to decide its future, Danish PM tells Trump
January 16, 2025 Gaming News
In her call with Trump, Mette Frederiksen also reiterated the Greenland PM's comments that it was "not for sale" from BBC News https://ift.tt/5DzbW...
No convictions for breaching sanctions on Russia
January 16, 2025 Gaming News
Sanctions were introduced after the Crimea annexation in 2014 and the wider invasion of Ukraine in 2022. from BBC News https://ift.tt/wYghM...
'Looking for my spy': The jokes Americans and Chinese are sharing on 'alternative TikTok'
January 16, 2025 Gaming News
Many Chinese users on RedNote say it is the first time they have been able to speak directly to Americans online. from BBC News https://ift.tt/q8GPB...
Apple halts AI news alerts after errors
January 16, 2025 Gaming News
The tech giant was facing pressure to pull the feature after it made repeated mistakes. from BBC News https://ift.tt/mwbNL...
All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July
January 16, 2025 Gaming News
Ofcom is issuing industry guidance which sets out the tech adult websites must use to check ages. from BBC News https://ift.tt/WlL3d...
UK skier dies in 'violent collision' in French Alps
January 15, 2025 Gaming News
A 62-year-old woman reportedly crashed into a stationary skier, a British man, on Tuesday. from BBC News https://ift.tt/4iW3s...
What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?
January 15, 2025 Gaming News
The Nordic nation doesn't require staff to work long hours and has a generous welfare system. from BBC News https://ift.tt/SfYVj...
UK bans cattle, pigs and sheep imports from Germany after foot-and-mouth case
January 15, 2025 Gaming News
The disease is contagious in livestock like cattle, but poses no risk to humans or food safety. from BBC News https://ift.tt/aLEcq...
AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830,000
January 15, 2025 Gaming News
Anne, 53, was subject to nationwide ridicule after a TV show revealed how she paid out huge sums to romance scammers pretending to be Brad Pitt. from BBC News https://ift.tt/zpJvw...
What happens if TikTok is banned?
January 15, 2025 Gaming News
Could there be ways to bypass the ban - and could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law? from BBC News https://ift.tt/rHaLp...
US markets watchdog sues Musk over Twitter stake disclosure
January 14, 2025 Gaming News
The complaint filed to a US federal court alleges Musk saved $150m at the expense of Twitter shareholders. from BBC News https://ift.tt/zwW73...
TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms
January 13, 2025 Gaming News
A swarm of "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store. from BBC News https://ift.tt/8fBgz...
'Your husband's being tortured, and it's your fault'
January 13, 2025 Gaming News
The wife of a Ukrainian prisoner of war explains how Russia attempted to recruit her for sabotage. from BBC News https://ift.tt/CgPcV...
TikTok says report of possible sale to Musk 'pure fiction'
January 13, 2025 Gaming News
The social media platform has repeatedly said that it will not sell its US operation. from BBC News https://ift.tt/uz5m6...
Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents
January 13, 2025 Gaming News
The measure is meant to help tackle the country's housing crisis, the prime minister said. from BBC News https://ift.tt/hrV78...
Apple board pushes against diversity rollback call
January 12, 2025 Gaming News
The tech giant has asked investors to reject a proposal from a conservative group to end its DEI policies. from BBC News https://ift.tt/fWysE...
Croatian president re-elected in landslide victory
January 12, 2025 Gaming News
Zoran Milanovic has been a frequent critic of the governing party on corruption, inflation and healthcare. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Fckm0...
Norway on track to be first to go all-electric
January 12, 2025 Gaming News
Nine in 10 new cars in the country are now battery-powered, and it aims to hit 100% later this year. from BBC News https://ift.tt/h4PY1...
UK plans to 'unleash AI' across UK to boost growth
January 12, 2025 Gaming News
Leading tech firms are said to have committed £14bn towards the project, which could create more than 13,000 jobs. from BBC News https://ift.tt/SF25i...
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
January 12, 2025 Gaming News
Ukraine's president adds that "for those North Korean soldiers who do not wish to return, there may be other options". from BBC News https://ift.tt/xuQqb...
Facebook and X must comply with UK law - minister
January 12, 2025 Gaming News
Peter Kyle responds after Mark Zuckerberg confirms changes to how content on Meta is monitored. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Lbn3R...
Germany says Russian 'shadow' ship stuck in Baltic Sea
January 11, 2025 Gaming News
Germany's foreign minister accused Moscow of "deploying a fleet of rusty tankers" to avoid sanctions. from BBC News https://ift.tt/YR7Kb...
Trump wants to take Greenland: Four ways this saga could go
January 11, 2025 Gaming News
The BBC investigates possible scenarios for the huge Arctic territory's future as the US president-elect talks about taking control of it. from BBC News https://ift.tt/lVcYx...
US and UK toughens sanctions on Russian oil industry
January 10, 2025 Gaming News
The actions are aimed at cutting off revenue Moscow is using to fund its war in Ukraine. from BBC News https://ift.tt/uR8iK...
Meta axes diversity programmes joining US corporate rollback
January 10, 2025 Gaming News
It joins Walmart, McDonald's and other companies in a similar move regarding diversity efforts since Trump's re-election. from BBC News https://ift.tt/YBNpO...
Trump says meeting with Putin being arranged
January 09, 2025 Gaming News
The US president-elect has said previously that he wants to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. from BBC News https://ift.tt/pSVha...
Musk interviews German far-right frontwoman
January 09, 2025 Gaming News
The world's richest man takes his endorsement of Germany's far-right party to a new level. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Te7ak...
TikTok to make final plea at Supreme Court against US ban
January 09, 2025 Gaming News
TikTok is hoping to win a challenge against law that would see it banned from the US this month. from BBC News https://ift.tt/CBp91...
Danes struggle with response to Trump Greenland threat
January 09, 2025 Gaming News
Copenhagen's grey winter skies match the mood among politicians and business leaders in the face of a crisis. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Dh37R...
Political content on Instagram and Threads ramped up
January 09, 2025 Gaming News
Users will no longer be able to opt out of political content from people they do not follow. from BBC News https://ift.tt/0lF6i...
Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to Greenland
January 09, 2025 Gaming News
The Kremlin reacts to the US president-elect's remarks saying the Arctic is in Russia's sphere of interest. from BBC News https://ift.tt/rNg2z...
Baby born on migrant boat crossing from Africa to Canary Islands
January 08, 2025 Gaming News
The baby born was born less than an hour before Spanish rescuers reached the crowded raft. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Vyu3c...
Europe will not allow attacks, says France, after Trump Greenland threat
January 08, 2025 Gaming News
The intervention comes after Trump reiterated his desire to acquire the autonomous Danish territory. from BBC News https://ift.tt/pvhnV...
Huge problems with axing fact checkers, Meta oversight board says
January 08, 2025 Gaming News
The body's co-chair says moving to community notes could have a big impact on gender rights and minority groups. from BBC News https://ift.tt/gdr9Z...
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed by Iran
January 08, 2025 Gaming News
Reports said Sala had been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. from BBC News https://ift.tt/OYNV7...
OpenAI boss denies sister's allegations of childhood rape
January 07, 2025 Gaming News
Ann Altman filed a lawsuit alleging her brother sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006. from BBC News https://ift.tt/3O4jc...
UFC boss to join board of Facebook owner Meta
January 06, 2025 Gaming News
It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant. from BBC News https://ift.tt/DY1x9...
In pictures: Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas
January 06, 2025 Gaming News
More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January. from BBC News https://ift.tt/UWsdr...
US says tech giant Tencent works with Chinese military
January 06, 2025 Gaming News
The Chinese embassy in Washington called the decision "unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies". from BBC News https://ift.tt/QdgfG...
Trump Jr to visit Greenland after father repeats desire for US ownership
January 06, 2025 Gaming News
The president-elect says US control of Greenland is an "absolute necessity". from BBC News https://ift.tt/HSXOT...
Magdeburg Christmas market attack deaths rise to six
January 06, 2025 Gaming News
A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from her injuries two weeks after the attack. from BBC News https://ift.tt/g07Lo...
'Stressed' elephant kills Spanish tourist in Thailand
January 06, 2025 Gaming News
Blanca Ojanguren García was gored to death while bathing the animal. from BBC News https://ift.tt/iwnOY...
Trump's eyeing Greenland - but other Arctic investment is frozen
January 05, 2025 Gaming News
While Trump eyes Greenland, Norway and Russia have put the brakes on their polar region investments. from BBC News https://ift.tt/p2r6k...
Saving a species: The slow return of the Iberian lynx
January 05, 2025 Gaming News
After edging close to extinction, there are now some 2,000 Iberian lynxes in Spain and Portugal. from BBC News https://ift.tt/8qsyp...
'Humans are all they know' - Fate of whales uncertain as marine zoo shuts
January 05, 2025 Gaming News
Campaigners, politicians and zoo managers disagree on where Wikie and her son Keijo should be sent. from BBC News https://ift.tt/NVGZf...
Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia's Kursk region
January 05, 2025 Gaming News
The Russian Defence Ministry says efforts to fight back against Ukrainian forces are continuing. from BBC News https://ift.tt/E2ZI4...
Russian newspaper says its reporter killed by Ukraine drone strike
January 04, 2025 Gaming News
Moscow accuses Ukraine's military of deliberately targeting journalist Alexander Martemyanov. from BBC News https://ift.tt/8XOsa...
Austria's chancellor to quit as coalition talks collapse
January 04, 2025 Gaming News
Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a government without the far right break up. from BBC News https://ift.tt/KO5ts...
Why Apple is offering rare iPhone discounts in China
January 02, 2025 Gaming News
Rival technology giant Huawei has also cut smartphone prices in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday. from BBC News https://ift.tt/6A9Ni...
Sweden's green industry hopes hit by Northvolt woes
January 02, 2025 Gaming News
Financial problems at battery maker Northvolt have shaken hopes for Sweden's green industry sector. from BBC News https://ift.tt/oEhlI...
Slovakia threatens to cut benefit for Ukrainians
January 02, 2025 Gaming News
A dispute between Slovakia and Ukraine over Russian natural gas transit has been escalating. from BBC News https://ift.tt/DaBM1...
Court strikes down US net neutrality rules
January 02, 2025 Gaming News
The ruling marks a significant moment in the long running battle over how to regulate internet providers. from BBC News https://ift.tt/JEfgP...
YouTuber MrBeast announces engagement
January 02, 2025 Gaming News
The world's most popular YouTuber, known for his grand stunts, says he opted for an intimate proposal. from BBC News https://ift.tt/GXtHm...
China's BYD closes in on Tesla as sales jump
January 01, 2025 Gaming News
Chinese firm got a boost from subsidies encouraging consumers to replace old cars with greener ones. from BBC News https://ift.tt/G9OlF...
The endgame in Ukraine: How the war could come to a close in 2025
January 01, 2025 Gaming News
Ahead of Trump's second term, talk is turning towards how the conflict might finish - and what it would take from each side from BBC News https://ift.tt/yu26z...
Moldova faces energy crisis as flow of Russian gas ends
January 01, 2025 Gaming News
Russian gas has stopped passing through Ukraine after a five-year deal expired, leaving Moldova at risk of a crisis. from BBC News https://ift.tt/UQDco...
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