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A proposal for the Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Mars (Icon/Nasa/AP)

Nasa looking for applicants who want to pretend to live on Mars for a year

The Mars Perseverance rover (Nasa/PA)

Nasa’s Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock sample

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Three random words better than more complex passwords – GCHQ

Professor Ken Cattermole

Scientist whose work supported development of mobile phones dies aged 98

New on-screen alerts for Apple's Messages app designed to boost child safety and protect them from sexual abuse material

Apple announces new safety tools to detect child sexual abuse content on iCloud

Elaine Thompson-Herah

Instagram explains move to block Olympic champion over copyright breach

WhatsApp's new View Once disappearing messages feature

WhatsApp introduces View Once disappearing photos and videos

Bumble app

Dating app Bumble to offer trauma support to victims of sexual assault

Ambulances

Ambulance cleaning ‘could be sped up’ by new microwave sterilisation technique

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MoD pays ‘ethical hackers’ to find flaws in bid to avoid cyber attacks

Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa offers free audiobooks to people with sight loss

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EA-backed campaign launched to help parents get to grips with gaming safety

NHS Covid-19 app

Covid-19 app updated to cut number of people isolating as ‘pingdemic’ continues

Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

Google reveals Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones with new camera bar

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Social media firms ‘failing to act on anti-Semitism’

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Almost 2m more premises to benefit from £5bn gigabit broadband upgrade

Radiologist look at mammogram screen

Artificial intelligence set to assist breast screening in Ireland

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EU regulators fine Amazon £635 million