Google Staffers Demand End to Work on Pentagon AI project Google’s work to help the Pentagon develop an AI system to analyze drone footage has triggered some company employees to protest the project. The employees have been circulating a letter within the company that demands Google CEO Sundar Pichai pull […]
Hither Green ‘burglar’ stabbing: Man, 78, arrested A 78-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a suspected burglar was stabbed to death. The man, named locally as Richard Osborn-Brooks, discovered two intruders in South Park Crescent, Hither Green, south-east London, at about 00:45 BST. One suspect, armed […]
Researchers boycott Korean university over ‘killer robot’ AI weapons lab Over 50 researchers from 30 countries will be boycotting all contact with South Korea’s KAIST university once it opens an artificial intelligence weapons lab. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will soon open an artificial intelligence weapons […]
Turkey, Iran, Russia say will work for stability in Syria A statement by the three countries after a summit meeting of their leaders in the Turkish capital Ankara said they were determined to “speed up their efforts to ensure calm on the ground” in Syria. While their decision to work […]
Can Trump really quit Syria? The Trump administration’s schizophrenic messaging around Syria has only gotten more confusing in recent days. As some of the war’s biggest outside players jockeyed in Ankara, reports indicated that the United States is building two new military bases in northern Syria. About 2,000 U.S. troops […]
Philippines closes ‘cesspool’ tourist island of Boracay The Philippines has announced a six-month closure of the popular tourist destination of Boracay over concerns the island’s famous beaches and clear blue waters have been transformed into a “cesspool” due to sustained environmental damage. The closure, which will begin April 26, was […]
Brazil’s top court rules against da Silva on prison Brazil’s top court voted narrowly in the early hours Thursday to turn down an attempt by former President Luiz Inacio da Silva to stay out of jail while he appeals a corruption conviction, a decision that will have widespread implications in […]
California driver’s license program for those here illegally surpasses 1 million drivers More than 1 million immigrants in the country illegally have obtained special California driver’s licenses since the state first began issuing them a little more than three years ago, the state Department of Motor Vehicles announced Wednesday as […]
DNA Test Reveals Fertility Doctor Used His Own Sperm To Impregnate Patient When people send away samples for DNA testing they’re often hoping the results can help them trace the lineage of their families over centuries and across continents. But when Kelli Rowlette received her results from Ancestry.com she discovered […]
It has to be perfect’: Putting out a yearbook after the Parkland shooting Moments after that terrible Valentine’s Day, the thought crept into the minds of the Aerie yearbook staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. They would have to memorialize this tragedy in their pages. Somehow. At first, some […]
