Hong Kong (CNN)Students and faculty at the University of California (UC) have been warned not to use messaging apps and social media while visiting China, for fear their communications could be used against them by the country’s law enforcement agencies. The UC guidance also appeared to reference the case of…
This week, the Las Vegas Convention Center was packed with many of the year’s biggest new devices. But over the last several years, The Sands has become the place where the real magic happens. The segment of the show known as Eureka Park is where the startups and accelerators congregate,…
(CNN)The Saudi teenager who fled her family and was granted asylum in Canada said Tuesday that she was fortunate to have escaped. The statements came days after Mohammed — who dropped her family name, al-Qunun — sparked an international incident when she barricaded herself in an airport hotel room in…
Programmers have developed an artificially intelligent algorithm, which they say can predict how old someone is with remarkable precision. All it needs is a sample of an individual’s gut microbiome and it can narrow down their age to within four years, says a study available on the pre-print server bioRxiv, which is currently awaiting…
Under the law at the time, there can be no prosecution relating to the death of a 96th person, Tony Bland, because he died more than a year and a day after his injuries were caused. Former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell will also face trial, having pleaded not…
The US national parks are just wild at the moment. If you want to see what a Hobbesian Leviathan-style dystopia would look like, one where rule of law is supplanted by total anarchy, Yosemite National Park 2019 offers a little taster. Warning: it involves trash, vandalism, and lots of human poop.…
The world wowed a few years ago when a very clever startup from Bristol, U.K., came up with 3D-printed bionic limbs for amputees. Uniquely, the limbs were lightweight, cheap to make and could even be made into Iron Man-style arms to enthuse amputee children. They went on to sign a…
(CNN)The partial federal government shutdown is now the longest ever — with no end in sight. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Your guess is as good as ours. President Donald Trump and lawmakers are still locked in a standoff over Trump’s demand that Congress allocate $5.7 billion to build a wall at the US-Mexico…
(CNN)One of the premier cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope is no longer working and NASA shut down the camera while the issue is investigated, NASA said on Tuesday. Tom Brown, the Hubble mission head at the Space Telescope Science Institute, said teams are busy troubleshooting the issue and a…
(CNN)About half of Americans say they are starting off the new year with firm resolutions for improving their lives. Many of our states are off to a fresh beginning, too, with much the same goal in sight. By the end of the month, 21 new governors will have been inaugurated…
“[Ms] David was off work for the next four months but at that time she was was taking part in dressage, cross-country and show-jumping competitions,” said Nigel Fryer for the prosecution. Image copyright Wales News Service Image caption Ms David’s doctor said it was her professional opinion that Ms David…
As a result, the restaurant closed for two hours so the dining room could be sanitized. posted video on Facebook. (WARNING: Brooks reflected on the incident with a profanity-laden tirade.) Facebook Brooks told screaming for help as he carried the dead animal. “He came to the counter, and I thought…