The Two Tickets to Paradise singer, who sold some 30 million records, had been diagnosed with cancer.
The Loebner Prize, one of the few real-life Turing Tests, comes to Swansea this weekend.
Users can now flag false Instagram content to fact-checkers but experts believe there is more to do to fight disinformation.
The party says it is reviewing its Facebook advertising after criticism of the way a BBC story was used.
The Desperate Housewives star apologised and said there were "no excuses" for her actions.
A 19-year-old is arrested in Ipswich on suspicion of copyright and Computer Misuse Act offences.
The singer makes the announcement after having been "at war with my gender" for a lifetime.
A man with a knife badly damages a work by French contemporary conceptual artist Daniel Buren.
An activist in Siberia flew his hard disks to a friend by drone when police came knocking at his door.
Seeking approval before making changes to the set is restricting scriptwriters, a meeting hears.