Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Sylvia Zhang Prof Mingmin Zhao (right) has been working on a radio vision system for robots If you want to find out whether your robot can see through smoke, well, you’re going to need some smoke. But a University of Pennsylvania student got a shock when they began setting up a […]
Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the United States on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the short-form video platform in compliance with a new law that banned it in the country. President Trump tried to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban with an executive order, but the companies were […]
Olimpia Zagnat BBC News, Derby Supplied Marius Ciolac died in hospital after being shot in the lower abdomen, the inquest heard The sister of a man who was fatally shot at a police station has said she will spend the rest of her life with “questions and doubts” about what happened. An inquest jury concluded […]
People walk past the U.S. Department of Energy building in Washington, D.C. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Federal workers have begun receiving layoff notices as the Trump administration moves ahead with plans to drastically downsize the government. While the full scale of layoffs isn’t yet clear, […]
Crafters, quilters, knitters and makers across the country received bleak news on Wednesday when they learned that Joann, the arts-and-crafts retail giant, was preparing to close more than half of its stores in the wake of its latest bankruptcy filing — its second in less than a year. Possibly as early as this weekend, pending […]
An NCAA committee recommended on Wednesday adding flag football to its emerging women’s sports program, a significant step toward it becoming an officially sponsored championship sport in all three divisions. The NCAA said at least 65 schools are already sponsoring flag football at either the club or varsity level, with more moving in that direction. […]
On Dec. 7, Rupert formally filed his petition to strip Prue, Liz and James of their voting power. The three children quickly filed an objection, arguing that their father was abusing the narrow amendment that enables him to make changes to the family trust. Though the public was still unaware of the escalating turmoil roiling […]
In a case that could have major implications for abortion access in the United States, a Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending abortion pills to patients in Texas and to pay a penalty of more than $100,000 for providing the medication to one woman. The case is […]
Feb 13, 2025, 01:21 PM ET What a difference a year makes. Upon taking my seat in the BayArena TV commentary position 12 months ago, I remarked to co-commentator Patrick Owomoyela that it seemed strangely warm for mid-February under the Bayer-Kreuz (Bayer Cross). We put our words for international viewers to Bayer Leverkusen’s emphatic and […]
TikTok’s uncertain future in the US has caused a surge in people putting the app on their phones through unofficial means, the BBC has been told. An executive order from President Donald Trump means the social media platform can be used in the US despite the Supreme Court upholding a law which will see it […]