Pope Francis, who was originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, has passed away. This news has made many people in Argentina very upset because he was loved by many, but he had never returned to Argentina after becoming Pope.
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Pope Francis was known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina before he became Pope.
After being chosen as Pope, Francis never went back to Argentina and this made some people sad.
Francis was Pope for 12 years.
When Francis died, Argentina said they would be sad for seven days all over the country.
Pope Francis came from Buenos Aires but he had followers all over the world.
Some people in Argentina were not happy with Francis because they believe he did not stand against bad things the government did in the 1970s and 1980s.
A study showed that less people in Argentina liked Pope Francis in 2024 than they did in 2013.
Francis never visited Argentina even though he went to four of the five countries that share a border with Argentina.
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The U.S. government is planning to place high fees on solar panels that are coming from four countries in South East Asia. This move is in response to claims that these countries are getting help from China and selling the panels in the U.S. at very low prices. The final decision about these fees will be made in June.
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The U.S. Commerce Department plans to place fees, or tariffs, on solar panels brought in from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
This decision comes after a year-long investigation triggered by complaints from several big solar equipment companies in the U.S.
These companies claim that Southeast Asian countries are selling too many cheap products in the U.S.
The highest tariff, 3,521%, is planned for some solar panel sellers in Cambodia.
The products that Chinese company Jinko Solar makes in Malaysia have a much lower expected tariff of about 41%.
China-based company Trina Solar may see a tariff of 375% on their products from Thailand.
In 2023, the U.S. imported nearly $12 billion worth of solar equipment from these four Southeast Asian countries.
These additional tariffs could make solar panels more expensive in the U.S., impacting businesses and users who relied on cheaper products.
A 10% tariff is already placed on all items coming from other countries until July.
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Lilly Sabri, a fitness expert with lots of followers on YouTube, will return to Instagram after not using it for a while. She stopped using it when a podcast suggested her then-boyfriend cheated on her, causing lots of hurtful comments online. She suggests everyone should be careful what they share online.
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Lilly Sabri is a fitness influencer with six million followers on YouTube.
She stopped using Instagram in 2023 when a podcast hinted her partner was unfaithful.
The podcast led to many people making videos online about Sabri's relationship.
Lilly decided to leave social media to protect herself and her family.
Lilly's relationship ended, and she had to raise money to pay off her ex-partner who was also her business partner.
She let go most of her staff and moved back to the UK with her family.
Despite trying to avoid social media, she had to keep using it for business reasons but tried not to read hurtful comments.
She hadn't posted anything on her personal Instagram since 2023.
Lilly admits that she might not have had so much interest in her relationship if she hadn't shared so much online.
Though she didn't share everything, she says there's pressure to share more and more.
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Artists are making their own action figures by hand because they don't like how machines are making them. They are worried that machines could take their jobs and believe their hand-made creations are unique and special.
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Some artists are upset because machines are being used to make toy images.
This new trend started in April and many people are making images of themselves as toys.
Nick Lavallee, a toy maker, is worried his handmade toy business might suffer because of the machine-made toys.
He makes toys of famous people which he sells for around $250 on his website. He is planning to open a shop soon.
Other artists are also worried and have started a movement called #StarterPackNoAI.
Maria Picassó Piquer, another artist, thinks lots of machine-made images look the same but human-made ones are all different.
Some artists have already lost work because of machine-made design.
The artists think you only need simple things like a pencil and paper to make art.
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Apple designs its devices in California, but most of them are made in China. However, because the US government might put more charges on goods coming in from China, Apple might have issues in the future.
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Apple is a company from America, but a lot of their goods are made in China.
iPhones are one of Apple's main goods, and nine out of every ten iPhones are made in China.
The US President might introduce more charges on goods from China, which includes electronic parts.
Apple started making things like iPods, iMacs, and iPhones in China in 2001.
Apple's partner for making all these items is Foxconn, a firm from Taiwan.
Apple's first store in China was opened in Beijing during the year 2008.
The biggest iPhone factory in the world is in Zhengzhou, China. It's run by Foxconn.
The advanced chips that give iPhones their power are made in Taiwan by the world's largest chip manufacturer, TSMC.
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Nvidia, a company that makes important chips for artificial intelligence (AI), is in the middle of tension between the United States and China. The United States has placed new restrictions that require Nvidia's H20 AI chip exports to China to have special licenses. This decision aims to protect US national and economic interests.
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Nvidia is a successful company that designs advanced chips for artificial intelligence. These chips help computers think and create new things, kind of like how our brains work.
Nvidia is so important because their chips are needed for major improvements in AI, causing the U.S. government to watch their relationship with China carefully.
The U.S. hopes these new rules will slow down China's development of advanced AI chips and help the U.S. be the leader in AI.
Since 2022, there have already been restrictions on Nvidia selling certain kinds of chips to China.
The H20 chip, one of Nvidia's creations, was designed to follow these existing restrictions.
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, uses less advanced chips in a way that could lead to major technology progress. This made the U.S. worried.
Companies like TikTok's parent company, Alibaba, and Tencent in China are currently waiting for orders of Nvidia's H20 chips, but because of the new rules, they may not get them.
In response to these new rules, Nvidia could lose $5.5 billion (£4.15 billion) from these orders it can no longer fulfill.
Despite the restrictions, China is still a big market for Nvidia. Last year, 13% of Nvidia's total sales were from China.
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A judge in the United States has decided that Google, a big tech company, isn't playing fair with online advertising. This means the company controls too much of the technology that decides where and which ads show up online. Google doesn't agree with the ruling and plans to fight back.
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Google was taken to court by the US Department of Justice and 17 US states. They believed Google was unfairly controlling online ad technology.
This is the second time Google has been told off for having too much control. The previous time was for online searches.
Google doesn't agree with the judge’s decision and will try to change it.
The judge explained that Google's unfair behavior hurt other businesses, the way things are supposed to work, and ordinary people searching the web.
The judge's decision is seen as a big win for people trying to make sure tech companies are playing fair.
Other big tech companies, like Amazon, were also mentioned in the case.
Google also makes a lot of money from its ad business.
The next part of this case will look at what should happen to Google now. Some people think the company is too big and should be split up.
Last year, a UK group also found that Google was playing unfairly with online ads.
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Discord, a popular social media site, is testing a new system that uses face scanning to check the age of users in the UK and Australia. These checks are in response to new laws that require websites with content for adults to have reliable ways to confirm the age of their users by July.
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Discord is testing age checks through face scanning in the UK and Australia.
Discord started for gamers, but now hosts different kinds of groups, including ones for adults.
The law in the UK says websites with adult content must have good ways to check users' ages by July.
Privacy campaigners, however, think these checks won't work and could cause privacy problems.
The new system asks users to scan their face or upload their ID card photo to prove their age the first time they come across adult content.
Discord says it will not collect or keep the users' face scans or ID card photos.
A group called Big Brother Watch warns the age check technology could lead to issues like security breaches and privacy violations.
Australia plans to ban social media for children under 16 years old this year.
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Cristina Balan, a former Tesla engineer, won a legal battle against Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk. This took place after she claimed that the company had hurt her reputation. Balan was fired from Tesla after pointing out a safety problem with the cars. Now, the case might start over, and Balan wants to go to court against Musk and Tesla.
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Cristina Balan is a former engineer at Tesla who was fired after noting a safety problem with the cars.
She started a legal battle against Tesla and Elon Musk, claiming they ruined her reputation.
A judge initially agreed with an arbitration decision that ended her court case, but this decision was later reversed by another group of judges.
Balan now wants to restart her lawsuit and face Elon Musk and Tesla in court.
Balan was a very important engineer at Tesla, her initials are even on the batteries of some cars.
Tesla has previously accused Balan of secretly using its resources for her own benefit, but she has always denied this.
The court originally decided that Balan's case should be settled through arbitration due to a contract she had signed with Tesla.
The majority of legal experts consulted by BBC believe this legal battle is not over yet.
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People have been tricked by fake online banking apps being used by thieves to pretend to pay for items in person. After showing the seller that the payment has been "successful" on their app, they take the goods but the money never arrives in the seller's bank account.
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A man named Anthony Rudd lost £1,000 worth of tools to a scam using a fake banking app.
The scam involves people pretending to pay for items with a bank transfer using a fake app.
About 500 reports of these types of scams have been reported to Action Fraud in the past three years.
Some of these fake banking apps used to be on the Google Play store, but have now been removed.
The BBC found that some of these apps can still be downloaded from other places on the internet.
Anthony invited a man to his workshop to buy the tools, the man pretended to pay, and then left with the tools.
Anthony quit his job because the scam made him feel very upset.
The police have not been able to find the man who scammed Anthony.
A man named John Reddock also got scammed the same way while trying to sell a gold bracelet.
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There was a problem with Spotify that stopped people from being able to listen to music using the app. They fixed the problem and everything is working normally again.
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Spotify is an app people use to listen to music.
The app stopped working properly for a while.
Many people around the world could not use Spotify during this time.
It wasn't because of a "security hack."
Over 20,000 people reported the problem at the same time.
People couldn't search for music or view artists on the app during the problem.
Spotify has fixed the problem.
Some people said they might start using other music apps, like YouTube or Apple Music, because of the problem.
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Some celebrities, like Jack Black, Aimee Lou Wood and Usher, are part of this month's quiz game. The game challenges you to know which pictures are real and which ones are made by "AI" (which is kind of like a smart computer program).
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Celebrities Jack Black, Aimee Lou Wood, and Usher are in this month's game.
The game is about guessing if pictures are real or made by a smart computer program called "AI".
You can try to earn the highest score in the game.
To make sure the game is fair, you are encouraged to look up where the pictures and videos are from.
You're also asked to make sure real, trustworthy news sites have talked about these pictures or videos.
This game happens every month.
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The topic of AI discrimination is being discussed, and there's an exploration on whether it can be resolved. The use of artificial intelligence in comprehending dolphins' communication is also being looked at.
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The article addresses AI (Artificial Intelligence) discrimination
AI discrimination is the unintentional bias in the output of AI systems
The article questions if this AI discrimination can be fixed
The use of AI in understanding dolphin communication is discussed
The time released for the audio content on AI discrimination is 26 minutes
The release date of the AI discrimination content is 15 April 2025.
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Finland is working on making the largest start-up area in Europe, named Maria 01. It's being built to give a place for new and growing tech companies to work and share ideas.
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Finland is building a large area for start-ups called Maria 01. "Start-ups" are new, small companies.
This area is being set up on an old hospital site of 20,000 square meters (think of it as 3 soccer fields together).
There are already about 240 start-ups working in the existing area.
Maria 01 is partly funded by the city of Helsinki. The city has donated over €6m ($6.7m; £5.2m) since 2016.
The plan is to become the biggest start-up area in Europe by 2028 with the addition of three new buildings.
A new program to help fast-growing start-ups is planned to start later this year.
Finland has already created 12 successful businesses, each worth a billion dollars or more, including game makers and a food delivery platform.
Finland's start-up ecosystem was ranked the 7th best in western Europe and 14th in the world last year. This system includes support from the government and universities.
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The Tech Now news report is about a company called Fuse in Montreal, Canada, which is working hard to create energy from a process called nuclear fusion. They hope this can solve the world's energy problems.
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The company working on nuclear fusion is called Fuse.
Fuse is located in Montreal, Canada.
The process they are trying to use to create energy is called nuclear fusion.
Nuclear fusion is a way to make a lot of energy without creating pollution.
Fuse hopes that their work can help solve the world's energy problems.
The information about Fuse was shared in a news report on a show called Tech Now.
The report about Fuse was first shown on April 12, 2025.
Tech Now reports can be watched for up to 11 months after they are first shown.
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This BBC Sounds program discusses studying massive ice formations in cold waters, AI discrimination, and using artificial intelligence to understand dolphin communication.
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The program studies large ice pieces that float in cold waters.
They discuss a problem called AI discrimination.
The program talks about a solution to AI discrimination.
The show also focuses on how artificial intelligence helps us learn what dolphins are saying.
"AI" or "artificial intelligence" means computers that think like humans.
"AI discrimination" happens when these 'human-like' computers treat people unfairly based on things like age, race, or sex.
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Marc Cieslak talked about the new things happening in video games at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Many people who make video games were there to share their latest ideas.
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Marc Cieslak is the person who told us about the conference.
The conference was at a place called the Game Developer Conference.
The Game Developer Conference happened in a city called San Francisco.
A lot of people who make video games came to the conference.
These people came to share their latest ideas about video games.
They talked about how computer intelligence (that's when a computer can think and learn like a human) is being used in video games.
They also discussed new and upcoming changes in the video game world.
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This news article is about how people are trying to make air travel cleaner by using electricity instead of fuel. Two reporters from the show "Tech Now" are visiting Sweden and Zambia to learn more about this.
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The show is called "Tech Now."
The episode they're talking about is called "Electric Flight: Will It Take Off?".
The reporters are named Adrienne Murray and Joe Tidy.
Adrienne is visiting Sweden to see how people are trying to use electricity for flying.
Joe is going to Zambia to see how a digital currency called Bitcoin is helping provide electricity.
The episode was first aired on March 29, 2025.
It is about 25 minutes long.
The show will be available to watch for 11 more months.
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Jay Springett, who works with technology, used a social media app called Butterflies AI that lets people and computer programs pretend to be people chat together. He enjoyed it, even though it was different from other apps he used. Meanwhile, some social media companies that have been around for a while are not doing as well as they used to, but a new one, Bluesky, is doing well because people can pick what they want to see on the app.
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Jay Springett used a new social media app named Butterflies AI, where people can communicate with computer programs that pretend to be people.
He stayed on Butterflies AI for more than six months and found it interesting.
Big social media companies are losing users. For example, one unnamed company lost nearly a quarter of its users in the UK since January 2024.
Bluesky, a newer social media company, is getting more users.
Bluesky is different from other social media because it lets users decide what they want to see and do on the app.
A group called Free Our Feeds, with famous people like musician Brian Eno and actor Mark Ruffalo, wants to make social media better for everyone.
They are planning to raise $30 million over the next three years to help make social media open and fair to everyone.
It's hard for new social media companies to compete with bigger ones because the more people use a social media, the more valuable it is.
Non-profit organizations like Free Our Feeds and the Social Web Foundation hope to overcome this challenge.
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