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San Francisco's ruling Board of Supervisors has voted to let the city's police use robots that can kill. The measure permits police to deploy robots equipped with explosives in extreme circumstances. Dr Catherine Connolly, from t...
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"It feels like Groundhog Day. I wake up and it's raining, dark and cold, over and over and over again." Rebecca Gray feels like it has rained all year in Sydney, Australia. She's not far off the mark. The city has seen...
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Air France and plane maker Airbus are facing involuntary manslaughter charges at a court in Paris over a 2009 crash which killed all 228 people on board. The flight from Rio de Janeiro crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Flight recorders suggested pil...
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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