Enlarge / The #77 Mazda Team Joest, Mazda DPi (Oliver Jarvis, Tristan Nunez, Rene Rast, Timo Bernhard), the #7 Acura Team Penske, Acura DPi, (Helio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor, Alexander Rossi), and the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing, Cadillac DPi (Felipe Nasr, Eric Curran, Mike Conway, Pipo Derani) racing on Saturday at Daytona RolexAlthough we usually cover…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico, October 19, 2018. Brendan Smialowski/Pool/via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said it will suspend compliance with the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia on Saturday and formally withdraw in…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption US special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun revealed the pledge in a Stanford University speech North Korea has pledged to destroy all its nuclear material enrichment facilities, according to the US special envoy for the country, Stephen Biegun.He said the promise was made to US Secretary of State…
Enlarge / The RMS St Helena is docked on the Thames next to HMS Belfast, for the global launch of Extreme E. The vessel is to be transformed into a “floating paddock” for the new motorsport series, which will see electric SUVs racing in some of the world’s most extreme locations. (Yes, I know I'm…
GENEVA (Reuters) - China and the United States are ahead of the global competition to dominate artificial intelligence (AI), according to a study by the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published on Thursday. The study found U.S. tech giant IBM had by far the biggest AI patent portfolio, with 8,920 patents, ahead of Microsoft…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChicago is using fire to melt snow on the railway and keep the trains running Cities are all but shutting down across the US Midwest as the region shivers in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex.At least seven people have been killed in several…
Enlarge / Electronic Frontier Foundation senior staff attorney Nate Cardozo speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on May 9, 2016 in New York City. Noam Galai/Getty Images for TechCrunch At a time when Facebook has been under increased public scrutiny like never before, the company is now hiring at least…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China opened a pivotal round of high-level talks on Wednesday aimed at digging out from their months-long trade war amid deep differences over Chinese practices on intellectual property and technology transfer. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (2ndR) speaks across from China's Vice Premier Lie He (L) during the…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMr Guaidó urged Venezuelans to "choose freedom, democracy and prosperity" Venezuela's Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts.The move comes amid an escalating power struggle, after Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president last week.He has been backed…
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Three employees of Brazilian miner Vale SA (VALE3.SA) and two contractors were arrested on Tuesday, prosecutors said, as a criminal investigation began after a devastating dam rupture expected to leave a death toll of more than 300 people. Vale said it was cooperating with investigators in the case, which…
