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Election interference to be sniffed out by early-alert systemElection interference to be sniffed out by early-alert system
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Joe Biden joined the organisation developing the election-monitoring tool in May

An early warning system to spot attempts to subvert elections is being developed by an organisation backed by former US Vice-President Joe Biden.

The not-for-profit Transatlantic Commission on

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos beats Bill Gates in new rich listAmazon's Jeff Bezos beats Bill Gates in new rich list
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now worth $150bn (£113bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.

Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by over $60bn in the last 12 months, which makes him the world's richest man.

This places his worth higher than that of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who has previously topped the

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Apple unveils its latest emojis on World Emoji DayApple unveils its latest emojis on World Emoji Day
Image copyrightAppleImage caption Ta da! Apple has revealed its latest batch of emojis - coming soon to an iPhone near you

It's a great day to be bald, ginger, grey, or curly-haired - or, indeed, a lobster.

All of the above have made it into the latest batch of Apple emojis, unveiled to mark "World Emoji Day" on

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Blogger brummymummyof2 fat-shamed by Instagram trollBlogger brummymummyof2 fat-shamed by Instagram troll
Image copyrightEmma Conway/InstagramImage caption Emma Conway wants to empower women about their weight

A popular blogger has been fat-shamed by an Instagram troll who photoshopped an image of her in a swimsuit to look slimmer.

Emma Conway, 40, known as brummymummyof2, took a screenshot of the post and created

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Amazon Prime Day hit by major technical glitch as website crashes while shoppers try to snap up bargains
Bargain hunters first detected problems on the website and app at around 3pm US time
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Donald Trump tops Google Image search results for 'idiot' and it's all thanks to American punk rockers Green Day
Donald Trump appears in 6 out of the 15 results for the search term 'idiot' on Google Images
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