"Phone companies asked to help tackle rise in thefts."

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Today

Phone companies asked to help tackle rise in thefts

Government cracks down on phone theft

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100+BBC News / 4h

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

Yesterday

Inside the deepfake porn crisis engulfing Korean schools

South Korea targets sexual deepfakes

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100+BBC News / 13h

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

Young workers drive South Africa's video games industry

BBC News / 15h

South Africa has a small but thriving video games industry, helped by plenty of young workers.

Sep 1, 2024

'It stains your brain': How social media algorithms show violence to boys

500+BBC News / 1d

An insider tells the BBC why teenage boys are being targeted with extreme content.

'A tech firm stole our voices - then cloned and sold them'

500+BBC News / 1d

A voice over artist found out his voice had been taken when he heard a chatbot on a podcast using it.

Top Brazil court upholds ban of Musk's X

Moraes revises Brazil VPN ban

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100+BBC News / 1d

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

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