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Microsoft is turning to AI and machine learning to let Xbox gamers filter the language they see in text messages.

It is introducing customisable filters that let gamers choose the vocabulary they see

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Image copyrightMozillaImage caption Mozilla's not-for-profit advocacy arm campaigns for more responsible use of recommendation algorithms

"My 10-year-old sweet daughter innocently searched for 'tap dance videos'," one parent wrote.

"Now she is in this spiral of videos that give her horrible unsafe body-harming

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Well that didn't last long.

Less than two days after being hit by a massive asteroid and enveloped in a black hole, Fortnite is back online.

Season 11 - or Chapter 2 - is now live, with gamers getting used to a whole new map and updated gameplay.

Since Sunday night, the game has been offline, replaced by a livestream of a

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Harley-Davidson has halted production of its first electric motorbike after finding a glitch in its charging system.

The company began shipping the £28,995 105-horsepower LiveWire bikes to dealers in the US last month.

It says existing bikes are safe but must be charged at dealerships, which will take an hour, rather

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Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The volume of e-waste produced around the world each year is set to more than double to 110 million tonnes by 2050

Plastic in waste electronics (e-waste) is an environmental time bomb that has been overlooked, say campaigners.

Plastic accounts for about 20% of the 50

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A woman has received death threats after speaking out about an international cryptocurrency "scam".

Jen McAdam, from Glasgow, has been leading a band of investors who believe they have been duped by the OneCoin digital currency.

OneCoin is said to have raised as much as £4bn around the world in investment.

But US

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