Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVideo footage shows Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.Assange took refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been…
Most of the time, when you talk to an Amazon Echo device, only Amazon's voice-recognition software is listening. But sometimes, Bloomberg reports, a copy of the audio is sent to a human reviewer at one of several Amazon offices around the world. The human listens to the audio clip, transcribes it, and adds annotations to…
(Reuters) - North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the fetus from the womb. FILE PHOTO:Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND) speaks to delegates at the Republican State Convention in Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.…
Image copyright EHT Image caption The first ever picture of a black hole: It's surrounded by a halo of bright gas Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy.It measures 40 billion km across - three million times the size of the Earth - and…
Enlarge / Critical infrastructure sites such as this oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, rely on safety systems. Sixteen months ago, researchers reported an unsettling escalation in hacks targeting power plants, gas refineries, and other types of critical infrastructure. Attackers who may have been working on behalf of a nation caused an operational outage at…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but the bloc’s leaders are likely to demand she accepts a longer extension with conditions. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron to…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Benny Gantz (L) is seeking to prevent Benjamin Netanyahu (R) winning a fifth term in office Exit polls in Israel suggest there will be no clear winner in the closely fought general election.The centrist Blue and White alliance of former military chief Benny Gantz was projected to win 36 or…
Enlarge / British Prime Minister Theresa May. The British government is considering sweeping new laws to regulate problematic content online, ranging from terrorist propaganda to fake news. A new proposal unveiled on Monday would impose a new "duty of care" on websites hosting user-submitted content. Under the plan, a new UK agency would develop codes…
The Airbus logo is pictured at Airbus headquarters in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus said on Tuesday it saw no legal basis for the United States’ move towards imposing trade sanctions on its aircraft and warned of deepening trade tensions. Washington on Monday proposed a…
Image copyright ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images Image caption The US has sanctioned parts of the IRGC before US President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation.It is the first time the US has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organisation.Iran retaliated by declaring US forces in the…
