LOS ANGELES -- Waymo, the self-driving car division of Alphabet, first began offering its autonomous rideshare service on the streets of San Francisco earlier this year. Now the company is expanding, recently launching in Los Angeles. Waym...
An American man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become the first patient in the world to use an Apple Vision Pro via an implantable brain-computer interface (BCI). This means the patient, a 64-year-old man named Mark from west...
The recent chaos at artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI was not due to a disagreement over safety, the president of Microsoft has said. There were fears the sacking of OpenAI boss Sam Altman followed a "dangerous" discov...
Former President Trump has surrendered to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia as part of the district attorney’s investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. We have reporting from NBC News’ Blayne Alexander...
A heat map taken during a heatwave in Prague shows water and green spaces can cool cities (Credit: European Space Agency) A heat map shows land surface temperatures in Paris during a heatwave in June 2022 (Credit: European Space Agency)...
Dr Talia Cohen Solal sits down at a microscope to look closely at human brain cells grown in a petri dish. "The brain is very subtle, complex and beautiful," she says. A neuroscientist, Dr Cohen Solal is the co-founder...
Hospital bosses in England say they cannot guarantee patient safety during next week's four-day strike by junior doctors. London's Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust conceded patients could be harmed as managers struggle to staff rotas....
Looking back at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Prof Paul Elkington says it was soon apparent that he and his colleagues would run out of PPE (personal protective equipment). "I'm a lung doctor, and by mid-March 2020 we realis...
A number of celebrities have tested positive for Covid-19, following appearances at the Golden Globes. Several stars, including Collin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Pfeiffer announced they had contracted the viru...
On a day of political drama not seen in Congress for a century, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy repeatedly failed in his bid to be elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives. The House adjourned without a speaker on Tuesday night...
On 27 December 2012, the UK's first hand transplant took place at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). A decade on, we spoke to the patient and his pioneering surgeon. "Many patients say after surgery it is the small things that ...
Rappers Little Simz and Knucks have been named joint winners of the best album prize at this year's Mobo Awards. It was the first-ever tie in the 25-year history of the awards, which celebrate black music and culture. The win was...
From long lines to delays and cancellations, airports around the world have been trying to manage a post-pandemic travel surge with a shortage of staff. WSJ follows an American Airlines pilot through the disruptions to unpack how airlines are trying ...
A senior Google engineer says one of the company's artificial intelligence systems has become a sentient being. The technology firm has suspended Blake Lemoine for breaching confidentiality rules -- and insists there's no evidence its AI chatbot is ...
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Ukraine said 11,000 Russian troops have died in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. Former White House Security Advisor Tom Bossert said it's "impossible" to know the actual number....
Russia's Vladimir Putin has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden that imposing new sanctions over Ukraine could lead to a complete breakdown in relations. In a phone call late on Thursday, the Russian president said such sanctions...
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As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, communities are giving thanks by giving back. From Arizona to Massachusetts, things like donated turkeys are being handed out to fill Thanksgiving Day tables. In Mansfield, Massachusetts, on...