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Tesla
Tesla’s new AI chip isn’t a silver bullet for self-driving cars
The Verge - James Vincent
Processing power is important, but building its own chips could be an expensive distraction for Tesla At Tesla’s Autonomy Day event for investors on Monday, CEO Elon Musk made a characteristically big
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong Un rode his bulletproof armored train from North Korea to Russia's extreme east for his first-ever meeting with
Business Insider - Alexandra Ma
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia in his personal train on Wednesday, ahead of his first-ever meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kim's bulletproof, armored train pulled into
Opinion
Democratic Party reaches new levels of radicalism as the Trump agenda continues to succeed
Fox News - Sean Hannity
We are witnessing a radical, major shift in American politics, unlike any you've ever seen. The new, far-left, extreme Socialist Democratic Party is hitting new levels of radicalism. Robert Mueller didn't
Technology
Researchers Introduce 'Lifelike' Robot That Can Move, Eat and Die Using Artificial Metabolism
Mashable - Natasha Mathur
Researchers have been making massive ‘jaw-dropping’ strides in robotics lately. We’re already aware of Sophia, the ‘almost human’ robot created by former Disney Imagineer David Hanson, that can inspire
Hassan Rouhani
Rouhani says Saudi Arabia, UAE owe their existence today to Iran: TV
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates owed their existence to Iran because it had refused to help former Iraqi president Saddam
Hong Kong
'Umbrella' Protesters Sentenced For 2014 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Demonstration
NPR - Matthew S. Schwartz
A court in Hong Kong has sentenced pro-democracy demonstrators to up to 16 months in jail for their role in the 2014 protests that clogged the city's financial district for months. The protests came to
Notre Dame Cathedral
France wants to speed up Notre Dame reconstruction work
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — France's government has presented a bill aimed at speeding up the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral and providing transparency on how huge amounts of donation money for the restoration
Jesus
Steve King says he relates to what Christ 'went through for us' after controversies
CNN - By Kyle Feldscher, CNN
(CNN) — Rep. Steve King said Tuesday he can relate to the suffering of Jesus Christ, seemingly equating his recent controversies to what Christ "went through for us." "For all that I've been through --
World News
Bombers Who Carried Out Attacks In Sri Lanka Were 'Well-Educated,' Official Says
NPR - Lauren Frayer
A husband and wife. A pair of brothers from a wealthy, upper-class family. A man with a law degree. Another who studied in the United Kingdom and did postgraduate work in Australia, before coming home
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh to Republicans: This is Trump's party, 'get on board'
katrinapierson.com - Katrina Pierson News
Limbaugh said Lockhart’s words were an example of frustration within the Democrats. “They haven’t been able to ‘defeat me’ in 30 years. They can’t …
Boy Scouts of America
Hundreds of former Boy Scouts come forward with new claims of sexual abuse
USA TODAY - Cara Kelly
More than 200 individuals have come forward with new allegations of sexual abuse by members of the Boy Scouts of America in recent weeks as a trio of law firms seek to uncover unidentified child abusers.
UN Security Council
The U.N. wanted to end sexual violence in war. Then the Trump administration had objections.
The Washington Post - By Rick Noack
BERLIN — When Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, and Nadia Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last October for their work to stop the use of sexual violence as a weapon of
Technology
The “mind-boggling” task of protecting New York City from rising seas
MIT Technology Review - Courtney Humphries
Until a few years ago, Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park in Long Island City, Queens, was an industrial landfill. Now it’s a modern-day version of …
Technology
Get ready for tens of millions of climate refugees
MIT Technology Review - Susan Cosier
In 2006, the British economist Nicholas Stern warned that one of the biggest dangers of climate change would be mass migration. “Climate-related …
Viral
Photo of 3 Alabama men who kept widow company at restaurant goes viral
Fox News - Brie Stimson
A photograph showing three men dining at an Alabama restaurant with a widow they had just met the day before her anniversary has gone viral. The photo was posted with a note by Jamario Howard who was Brad’s
U.S. Census
The California Economy Isn’t Just a U.S. Powerhouse
Bloomberg - Matthew A. Winkler
California has one-eighth of the U.S. population of 327.7 million. It’s a third the size of Japan, half of Germany and not quite two-thirds of the …
Technology
The accident that led to the discovery of climate-change-proof coffee
MIT Technology Review - Diego Arguedas Ortiz
The round plastic container in William Solano’s hands holds the coffee blend of the future. It’s not a novel macchiato or a whole-bean medium roast …
Black Voters
'Love in the face of bigotry': woman takes smiling stand against Islamophobic protesters
Guardian US - Kari Paul
While attending an Islamic conference in Washington DC on Sunday, Shaymaa Ismaa’eel, a 24-year-old Muslim woman, passed by a group of angry protesters holding signs against Islam and shouting that she
Texas
Convicted ringleader in Texas dragging death to be executed
Associated Press - By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was set to be executed Wednesday for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. nearly 21 years ago. John
Mueller Report
Pro-Trump bots blasted the 'Russiagate hoax' after release of Mueller report
MSNBC - 11th Hour
In the wake of Mueller's report being released, pro-Trump bots online blasted the special counsel's work. But, they didn't come from Russia. NBC News …
Northern California
Driver deliberately drives into crowd in California, injuring 8: police
Fox News - Brie Stimson
A driver deliberately drove into a crowd in Northern California Tuesday night, injuring eight, police said. CALIFORNIA MAN ACCUSED OF ‘INTENTIONALLY’ BURNING PARTNER: POLICE The incident occurred in Sunnyvale,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes, most of them minority Shiites
CNBC
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens, most of them minority Shiites, in a mass execution across the country for alleged …
Cigarettes
Asthma-causing bugs found in e-cigarettes for the first time
The Telegraph - By Henry Bodkin
E-cigarettes are contaminated with lung-damaging bacterial toxins of the type found in waste-incineration plants, scientists have discovered. An investigation by Harvard University found that more than
Kim Jong-Il
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
The Guardian - Andrew Roth in Moscow
As Kim Jong-un arrived at the Vladivostok railway station on Wednesday, white-gloved attendants ran alongside his armoured train, wiping the dust from any surfaces that the North Korean leader might touch
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper Taunts 'Gaslighting' Jared Kushner With Mueller Report Quotes
huffpost.com - HuffPost
CNN’s Anderson Cooper called out Jared Kushner Tuesday for attempting to “gaslight” Americans with a wildly inaccurate summary of special counsel …
U.S. Politics
What the Steele dossier said vs. what the Mueller report said
The Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler
Fox News’s Martha MacCallum: “So it doesn’t bother you that the Clinton campaign paid for a dossier to be put together by someone who had all kinds of ties to intelligence and put together something that
Accrington
Woman dies after falling head first into meat grinder in horror accident
mirror.co.uk - Chris Murphy
Jill Greninger, a 35-year-old worker at the Economy Locker Storage Company, had been standing on a set of stairs on wheels moments before her death A …
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence could steer hypersonic vehicles
newatlas.com - David Szondy
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has announced that it has set up an academic research coalition to help create artificially intelligent aerospace …
Artificial Intelligence
Forget about artificial intelligence, extended intelligence is the future
Wired UK - Joi Ito
TEK IMAGE / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / WIRED Last year, I participated in a discussion of The Human Use of Human Beings, Norbert Weiner’s groundbreaking …
Robert Mueller
Mueller fails to detonate for endangered Republicans
POLITICO - By BURGESS EVERETT and MELANIE ZANONA
Even the most vulnerable GOP incumbents are staying loyal to Trump. DENVER — The Mueller report is no “Access Hollywood” tape. While the 2016 bombshell sent Republicans sprinting away from then-candidate