2019

Artificial eyes: How robots will see in the future

Image copyright Volodyne Image caption Early Lidar “spinners” were bulky devices It’s never good when a giant of the technology business describes your product as “a fool’s errand”. But that’s how Tesla’s chief executive Elon Musk branded the laser scanning system Lidar, which is being touted as the best way for autonomous cars to sense […]

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China’s secret ‘brainwashing’ camps – BBC News

Leaked documents detail for the first time China’s systematic brainwashing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in a network of high-security prison camps. The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far western Xinjiang region offer voluntary education and training. But official documents, seen by BBC Panorama, show how inmates are locked up,

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Lutz’s kick lifts Saints to dramatic 34-31 win over Panthers

Saints quarterback Drew Brees, receiver Michael Thomas and kicker Wil Lutz celebrated a decisive string of late-game successes that put New Orleans on the cusp of a third straight NFC South crown. The Carolina Panthers could only lament the first-and-goal they squandered just moments earlier in a third straight loss that has placed their playoff

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Web inventor attacks Tories over misinformation

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSir Tim Berners-Lee said it was “really brazen”. The inventor of the World Wide Web has accused the Conservatives of spreading misinformation during the general election campaign. Sir Tim Berners-Lee described the renaming of a Tory Twitter account as a fact checking body as “impersonation”. “That was

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