Members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots have this week called on the government of Canada to support the creation of new international law to pre-emptive ban fully autonomous weapons or ‘killer robots.’ The call was made as part of an outreach effort in the Canadian capital of Ottawa by Mines Action Canada, a co-founder of the global Campaign ... Read More »
A FACEBOOK feud over a boy led to one 14-year-old girl shooting dead another in broad daylight. Endia Martin was killed after she was struck in the back by a bullet. The shooter, who has not been named due to her age, used a .38-caliber handgun to kill the girl. Read More »
The new building, dubbed “MIT.nano” will be 200,000-square-feet and will and will contain “state-of-the-art cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities,” an MIT news release reported. The lab will look into nanoscale technology to be used in fields such as “energy, health, life sciences, quantum sciences, electronics, and manufacturing,” the news release reported. Read More »
Starting Tuesday, Chicagoans will have to do their vaping outside as a ban on electronic cigarettes in indoor public places takes effect. The new rule, which the City Council passed in January at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s urging, prohibits people from using e-cigarettes in restaurants, bars and most other indoor public places in the city. The measure also requires retailers to ... Read More »
The story of people who hunted caribou in the Great Lakes region 9,000 years ago has been uncovered at the bottom of Lake Huron. Archeological remains of hunting blinds and other structures built by aboriginal caribou hunters were found underwater 56 kilometres from shore by sonar and dive teams led by University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology archeologist John O’Shea ... Read More »
V. Stiviano, the woman whom Donald Sterling was talking to when he made racist remarks, is “very saddened” by his lifetime NBA ban, and she didn’t release the recording of their conversation, her lawyer said Tuesday. Stiviano “never wanted any harm to Donald,” Siamak Nehoray of Calabasas told the Los Angeles Times. Read More »
Former NFL player Hugh Douglas is being sued by his ex-girlfriend for allegedly assaulting and choking her last September. Last year, Douglas was charged with assaulting Hope Davila after an incident at the Marriott Hotel in Hartford. The former Jets, Eagles and Jaguars player ended up pleading no contest to a misdemeanor breach of peace charge related to the incident. Read More »
Adam Levine is fuming after fellow The Voice judge Blake Shelton tweeted out his phone number during a live broadcast of the hit TV show. He has since vowed his revenge. Shelton had apparently teased Levine and the rest of the judge’s panel on the Voice about some of the tweets he was planning on posting, but Levine did not ... Read More »
Move over Usain Bolt, there’s a new runner in town! A Southern California mite has set a new record as world’s fastest land animal and the little creature can run 20 times faster than a cheetah and the equivalent of a person running 2,092km per hour, scientists say. Read More »
A suspected gunman is dead and six people injured after a shooting at a FedEx facility near the Cobb County Airport on Tuesday morning. Officers received a call about an active shooter shortly before 6 a.m. at 1675 Airport Road in Kennesaw, Georgia. FBI bomb technicians and agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded. Read More »
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt step out for a lovely date night on the town to see Japanese singer Miyavi perform at the Troubadour on Sunday evening (April 27) in Los Angeles. Read More »
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