the social media app. this after president biden called for its sale to reduce potential influence by the chinese government. over half a dozen countries have full potential bands of its use on government devices due to privacy and security fears. google has started rolling out its ai chatbot bard. the bbc was one of the first to try it out. let's start by asking bard to write a thank you note for a wedding gift. not bad. unlike chatgpt, it can access up—to—date information from the internet, but google warned that bard could have limitations and might share misinformation. amazon will cut another 9000 jobs as it seeks to save costs. with one and a half million people employed worldwide, cuts will fall in areas including cloud computing and advertising. the firm had already said injanuary it was due to axe 18,000 jobs. microsoft has announced plans to launch its xbox mobile gaming online store next year.