June 2, 2023
Mexican police find 45 bags of human remains
Mexican authorities have found 45 bags containing human remains in a ravine outside the western city of Guadalajara. Officials were searching for seven young call center workers, who had been reported missing last week when they found the bodies.…
June 1, 2023
War crimes evidence erased by social media platforms
Evidence of potential human rights abuses may be lost after being deleted by tech companies, the BBC has found. Platforms remove graphic videos, often using artificial intelligence - but the footage that may help prosecutions can be taken down…
June 1, 2023
Amazon to pay $25m over Alexa and Ring privacy violations
Amazon is to pay $25m (£20m) to settle allegations that it violated children's privacy rights with its Alexa voice assistant. The company agreed to pay the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after it was accused of failing to delete Alexa recordings…
June 1, 2023
Ferrari on self-driving cars: ‘We don’t care’
The ultraluxury brand doesn't plan to make software that will take over for the driver but is working toward releasing an EV by 2025. Don’t expect a self-driving car from Ferrari anytime soon—if ever. The Italian marque seems completely…
June 1, 2023
Rapper 2Pac to get star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Tupac Shakur is to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 26 years after the rapper's death. The hip-hop star will be honoured with a ceremony on the prestigious Los Angeles walkway on 7 June. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce confirmed the…
June 1, 2023
Lionel Messi set for decision on future – and it won’t be Barcelona
Lionel Messi is expected to decide in the coming hours where he will be playing his football next season - the only thing that seems certain is that it will not be at Barcelona. Messi would have liked nothing more than to return to the place that…
June 1, 2023
Bolt celebrates 15-year anniversary of first world record
Usain Bolt set the world record in the 100 meters with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York. Bolt’s time was .02 seconds faster than the old record held by fellow Jamaican, Asafa Powell. It was just the start of the then…
June 1, 2023
Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case
Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The outlets were sued over articles alleging he killed unarmed prisoners. The…
May 31, 2023
Air New Zealand weighing passengers before flying
Air New Zealand is weighing passengers before they board international flights, as part of a survey to determine average passenger weight. The weight will be anonymously recorded in a database but not be visible to airline staff or other passengers,…
May 31, 2023
AI ‘godfather’ Yoshua Bengio feels ‘lost’ over life’s work
One of the so-called "godfathers" of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has said he would have prioritized safety over usefulness had he realized the pace at which it would evolve. Prof Yoshua Bengio told the BBC he felt "lost" over his life's work. The…