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Three million homes in the UK can now access full-fibre broadband, offering speeds of up to one gigabit per second.

That's a sharp rise from this time last year when just 1.6 million households could get those speeds.

But there are still 155,000 rural homes that are unable to get a decent internet service, according to Ofco

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Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Facial recognition tools are increasingly being used by police forces

A US government study suggests facial recognition algorithms are far less accurate at identifying African-American and Asian faces compared to Caucasian faces.

African-American females were even more

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European legal opinion intensifies geopolitical role of Helen Dixon's office
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Amazon shopping for first warehouse in Ireland
Amazon.com is seeking its first warehouse in Ireland to fulfil orders currently shipped from the UK, people with knowledge of the plan said, as prime minister Boris Johnson prepares to lead Britain out of the European Union.
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Suzanne Jackson's SoSueMe on trend after leap in annual profits
Profits soared by almost €550,000 last year at the social media company operated by the businesswoman behind fashion and lifestyle blog SoSueMe, Suzanne Jackson.
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Court sets DPC on Facebook collision course
Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, faces new pressure to exercise greater power over Facebook and other online tech firms based here, after a key judicial official concluded that her office must take more responsibility over the legitimacy of data flows between Europe and the US.
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