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Every time a new technology hits the internet, there is a battle between the rights of users and major companies. To see how this will play out with AI, columnist Jacob Aron looks to examples from the ...

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Locals on Corvo in the Azores are protecting Cory's shearwaters from disorientating light pollution. Photographer Andrea Zanenga learned how the remote community rescues and releases young birds ...