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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/61df/live/2d4de870-d487-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] Getty Images Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has frozen around half of the funds stolen in a “complex” hack, after $6.3bn (£4.7bn) was accessed in what is believed to be a record heist. The firm said $3bn of its stolen digital assets had been secured – but many were…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/aa26/live/0089e150-d459-11f1-93d9-89af68edb68a.jpg”] Forestry and Land Scotland Foresters fear that many older Scots pine trees could die because of fire damage. Mature Scots Pine trees may be lost from a Highland landscape hit by a huge summer wildfire, experts fear. Forestry and Land Scotland say the blaze around Glenmore in the Cairngorms may have led…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/10b0/live/dcdf2a60-d46e-11f1-9dda-1ba6fcc7d159.jpg”] Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Tech stocks tumbled for the second day in a row as concerns rise over the hundreds of billions of dollars firms are investing in artificial intelligence (AI). Shares in Intel plummeted by as much as 30% on Friday, following Google owner Alphabet’s stock price plunging by more…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ae93/live/fbf12050-d44d-11f1-8780-edcbf4859104.jpg”] BBC Commissioner Brent Homan said the survey results highlighted gaps in people’s understanding about their rights Harm to children poses the greatest risk online, a survey by Guernsey’s data protection commissioner has suggested. Of those surveyed, 73% of people highlighted concerns about online harm to children. The Office of the Data Protection…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4145/live/2d8d4290-d45f-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.png”] The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants A large quantity of waste appeared overnight, the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants said Several tonnes of fly-tipped waste took more than a week to clear, costing a charity more than £13,000. The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants said the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d9f3/live/a378f170-d45f-11f1-ab12-eb0c94f5b382.jpg”] AceofSports / DartsWorldMedia The Christchurch teenager is one of 24 amateur players picked to take part in Beat Luke Littler A 14-year old darts player is set to take on Luke Littler in a live darts showdown for a shot at £501,000. Jayden Walker, from Christchurch, Dorset, is one of 24 players…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3450/live/7fdf8d80-d452-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] BBC Kieran Tompsett (right) gave faithfuls a “parting gift” as he left the series in 2022 A contestant from the first UK series of The Traitors has said the show transformed his life and helped launch his acting career. Kieran Tompsett, 46, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was recruited as a traitor towards the…

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