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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

Even though other countries are clamping down on illegal ivory, the unconstrained trade in Japan may offer loopholes for criminals to keep selling ivory – fuelling elephant poaching

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Technology

NHS turns to ethical hackers to defend it from malicious attacks

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Secure phone uses sonar to watch your mouth saying a passphrase

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Humans

How your digital style gives you away – and how to hide it

Features

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Technology

Uber had a massive data hack - here's how worried you should be

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Health

Why we should celebrate Scotland’s minimum alcohol price plan

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Humans

What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?

Culture

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Technology

Why people ruin others’ lives by exposing all their data online

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Technology

Estonia freezes popular e-residency ID cards due to security bug

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Technology

AI binges on CSI crime shows and learns to guess whodunnit

Predicting the twists and turns of a crime drama are hard enough for us - teaching computers to do it will make them better at understanding complex scenarios

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Technology

UK is right to worry that tech takeovers may let hackers in

Comment

Life

People who illegally kill birds of prey are getting away with it

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Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

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Technology

A world where cameras are always on may make us less human

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