Driverless taxis, or “robotaxis”, have been rolled out on the streets of San Francisco, and BBC technology show Click has been to see how they work. The vehicles are capable of getting passengers from A to B across the city, but there is...
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Cuba is completely without power after Hurricane Ian pummelled the western end of the island, its government has announced. The electrical system is experiencing total collapse, officials said, after one of the main power plants could not b...
Deborah Bergamini, MP for Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right Forza Italia party which is part of Meloni’s coalition, says the first woman to become Italy's prime minister has been “very good” at presenting herself as a “pra...
Pakistan's police have charged the country's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his close aide. Tensions are...
Much of Europe is baking in record heat, which has exposed riverbeds and triggered restrictions on water use in many areas....
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A senior Google engineer says one of the company's artificial intelligence systems has become a sentient being. The technology firm has suspended Blake Lemoine for breaching confidentiality rules -- and insists there's no evidence its AI chatbot is ...
French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected a resignation offer from the prime minister he appointed, saying instead that the government must "stay on task and act". Elisabeth Borne was criticised by some commentators after Mr M...
Experts warn that some manufacturers are downsizing products to give consumers less in the same packaging so the price is the same at checkout....
Alysa Liu Reacts to Becoming the Youngest Ever U.S. Figure Skating Champion...
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Emmanuel Macron has won five more years as French president after a convincing victory over rival Marine Le Pen, who nevertheless secured the far right's highest share of the vote yet. He won by 58.55% to 41.45%, a greater margin...
Chris Rock has made his first public appearance since Will Smith slapped him during Sunday night's Oscars ceremony. Hosting the latest leg of his US tour in Boston, the comic told fans that he is "still processing what h...
A 57-year-old man who underwent a first-of-its-kind heart transplant involving a genetically-modified pig heart is in a "much happier place" after the transplant, according to his son. David Bennett Sr., of Maryland, suffered from ...
A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore, doctors say. ...
Not many people can say they have a doctorate in interplanetary navigation, but Tim Crain can. While working on his PhD in Austin, Texas, in the 1990s he hoped one day to work on missions to Mars and in 2000 he landed his dream j...
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in France who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. "I really want to hassle them, and we will continue to do this - to the end,&q...
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of defrauding investors after a months-long landmark trial in California. Prosecutors said Holmes knowingly lied about technology she said could detect diseases with a few drop...