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Image caption Police say the stalker was able to locate his victim by zooming in on the reflection in her eyes

A Japanese man accused of stalking and sexually assaulting a young pop star told police he located her through the reflection in her eyes in a picture, according to local media reports.

The man said he

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About 2,200 people watched a gunman's video of his attack outside a synagogue in Germany before it was removed from video-streaming site Twitch.

Twitch, which is owned by retail giant Amazon, said five people had watched the video as it was broadcast live.

The footage remained online for 30 minutes after the live stream,

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Apple has removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements and tear gas use, saying the app violated its rules.

The company said the app, HKmap.live, had "been used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents".

Apple initially rejected the app - which uses data from protesters on

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A tool Google offered in the US to help cities measure pollution and emissions levels is now available in Europe.

It compiles transport and building data from Google Maps with publicly available information about

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People in Liverpool have longer mobile phone calls than the residents of nine other major British cities, an Ofcom survey has suggested.

Liverpudlians spend six minutes and 51 seconds on a single call, on average.

That's more than 40% longer than Londoners, who came second in the survey results.

People in Bradford had the

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Hull has become the first city in the UK where everyone can get full fibre broadband.

This achievement has come after a seven-year investment programme - and the fact that this city has led the way in developing this vital technology tells us an interesting story about the UK's broadband strategy.

Full fibre, where a fibre optic

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