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• Apple banks on AI to boost sales of new iPhone 16

  The firm says its new handset has been built for artificial intelligence as it looks to regain its edge.

• Google's lucrative ad tech business goes on trial

  Regulators have successfully argued Google is too powerful in search - now they are coming for its ad tech.

• Thieves snatched his phone in London - it was in China a month later

  Akara tells the BBC about the journey his phone took after it was snatched from his hands by thieves.

• Google abusing ad tech dominance, UK competition watchdog finds

  The regulator says anti-competitive practices could be harming online publishers and advertisers.

• Man accused of using bots and AI to earn streaming revenue

  Prosecutors in the US say he fraudulently earned millions of dollars through billions of streams.

• Could powerful lasers unlock cheap fusion power?

  A Denver-based start-up plans to use powerful lasers to spark a fusion reactor.

• Telegram CEO Durov says his arrest 'misguided'

  Pavel Durov has hit back at French authorities following his arrest in Paris last week.

• Astro Bot: Could the old-school hit reshape PS5's future?

  In a world of endless online games and open-world slogs, could a little robot show what gamers really want?

• Trump says Musk could head 'government efficiency' force

  In a speech at an economic club Thursday, the former president endorsed the Tesla boss's idea for a task force on government spending

• YouTube restricts teenager access to fitness videos

  The platform says it is acting on concerns about teens being over-exposed to "idealised" body types.

• Volvo gives up plan to sell only EVs by 2030

  The car maker's decision comes as industry faces slowing demand in some major markets for electric vehicles.

• AI's solution to the 'cocktail party problem' used in court

  The technology has been used to filter out background voices in audio evidence in a US murder case.

• Phone companies asked to help tackle rise in thefts

  Some 78,000 people had their phone or bag snatched last year, more than double the previous year.

• Inside the deepfake porn crisis engulfing Korean schools

  The crisis engulfing more than 500 schools and universities involves many underage victims.

• Top Brazil court upholds ban of Musk's X

  A majority of justices has voted in favour of upholding the suspension which has seen X blocked in Brazil.