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BBC Click’s Nick Kwek looks at some of the best of the week’s technology news stories, including:Nintendo is in talks with the animation studio behind Despicable Me about bringing Mario to the big screen Games publisher EA faces criticism over Star Wars

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We’ve all heard parents complaining about their children being lazy or glued to the TV. But what happens when kids have an issue with their parents sitting around and not doing much? Well Munaf Kapadia found a unique way to tear his mother away from the television

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Have you ever gone food shopping on a lovely hot day only to be turned into a icicle walking past the supermarket’s open chiller cabinets?Suddenly that shorts and T-shirt combo doesn’t seem like such a smart idea as you dive in to grab your organic

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More than a million credit card users who are struggling financially have had their credit limits increased without asking, a charity has said.Such borrowing could make their financial problems worse, so Citizens Advice is calling for a ban on unsolicited increases in

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Most government support for research and development subsidises investment that would have been made anyway according to a respected think tank.The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) estimates that up to 80% of tax credits for research and development

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House Republicans have passed a controversial overhaul of the US tax code that slashes corporate rates.Thursday’s vote came after US President Donald Trump made a rare visit to Congress to rally lawmakers around the tax overhaul plan.The Senate is working to

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A London firm sparked by two disabled people’s frustration at hotels’ inaccurate information on accessibility has been bought by Airbnb.Accomable was founded by two friends with spinal muscular atrophy in 2015.Former corporate lawyer Srin Madipalli came up

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Norway’s government has been told its state-run fund should drop its investments in oil and gas stocks.Norges Bank manages Norway’s $1 trillion (£758bn) sovereign wealth fund on behalf of the government.It said the step would make the country “less

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Poppy Hunt would definitely like to earn a bit more money.Although she graduated in Fine Art from the University of the West of England six months ago, she’s currently working as a customer services assistant for Sainsbury’s in Bristol. “I feel

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Jack Ma, the boss of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has slipped to the third top spot in Forbes’ China rich list. Mr Ma’s ranking fell one place, even though his net worth increased by more than a third to $38.6bn (£27.3bn).Asia’s richest tech

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