BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the week’s best technology stories including: Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested by police in London after Ecuador withdrew his asylum. The first home delivery drone service has been launched in Australia, after years of test flights. Supermarket giant Walmart is to deploy autonomous machines across thousands […]
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Amid a frenzy of cheers and celebratory chants, a happy Tiger Woods strode off the 18th green after securing his fifth Masters win on Sunday to share the moment with his smallest, but no doubt most ardent, supporters ― his two children. Woods’ 10-year-old son, Charlie, ran into his father’s outstretched arms near the hole and was
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Whether hospitals would be able to adapt to sharply lower payments is unclear. “It would force health care systems to go on a very serious diet,” said Stuart Altman, a health policy professor at Brandeis University. “I have no idea what would happen. Nor does anyone else.” But proponents should not expect to save as
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released regulations on Wednesday that could help venture capitalists, Native American tribes and entrepreneurs benefit from a new tax incentive meant to encourage investment in struggling communities. Backers of that incentive, known as Opportunity Zones, had complained to the administration in recent weeks that its regulations could end up steering
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Image copyright Imperial College London Image caption The arrow on the scan shows where the fabella is – behind the knee A little bone in the knee scientists thought was being lost to evolution seems to be making a comeback, say experts from Imperial College London. The fabella is found in some people buried in
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George Alagiah has spoken of his guilt at having to use disabled toilets while having no visible disability. The BBC newsreader, who has stage four bowel cancer, used the facilities in the past because of having a stoma bag attached to his stomach. When disabled people saw him using the toilets he would feel the
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Image copyright Getty Images Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been indicted by prosecutors in Japan on a fresh charge of aggravated breach of trust. It is the fourth charge brought against Mr Ghosn and relates to the alleged misuse of company funds. The 65-year-old is in detention in Tokyo and his lawyers are expected
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Beyonce’s new documentary features quotes and audio from black leaders and intellectuals Beyoncé’s Netflix documentary Homecoming is much more than a film about the first black woman to headline the Coachella music festival. It is a celebration of black American culture with education, specifically Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Potheads have for decades celebrated their love of marijuana on April 20, but the once counter-culture celebration that was all about getting stoned now is so mainstream Corporate America is starting to embrace it. No, Hallmark doesnt yet have a card to mark 420. But many other businesses are using April 20, or 4/20, to
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Asian stock markets were mostly lower while oil prices surged for a second day Monday following reports Washington wants to block Iranian exports. Tokyos benchmark edged up while Shanghai, Seoul and India retreated. Hong Kong and Sydney were closed for the holiday. On Wall Street, the benchmark Standard & Poors 500 index ended a shortened
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