Germany Warns Turkish Guards Accused Of Assaulting D.C. Protesters

A foreign ministry official says “those people are not welcome in Germany for the foreseeable future.”

John McEnroe Refuses To Apologize For Comments About Serena Williams

“Uh, no.”

Elizabeth Warren Calls For Democrats To Embrace Single-Payer Health Care

Obamacare was based on ″a conservative model,″⁣ the Massachusetts Democrat says.

How ‘Harry Potter’ Saved Young Adult Fiction

Authors, publishers and booksellers discuss the remarkable popularity of J.K. Rowling’s books.

Google’s response to its €2.4bn EU fine is maximum passive-aggressive

Google is finding itself in quite a bit of trouble with the European Commission this morning. The Commission has found that Google violated EU antitrust laws by giving search preference to its own comparison shopping service at the expense of its competitors. As a result, Google is going to have to pay a record fine that climbs into the billions. … Continue reading

A biometric ring could replace your passwords, cards and keys

Smart rings aren’t a novel idea — there are plenty of fitness tracking, notification-sending, payment or even protective finger ornaments around. But none have the ability to identify you and authorize your transactions wherever you go. That is, unt…

Facebook Messenger's AI assistant helps you save links for later

Two months ago, Facebook finally rolled out M, its AI-powered personal assistant, to the general public. Well, sort of. Instead of the limited edition of M that would answer your every beck and call (it had a lot of human help), the public version of…

Volkswagen and NVIDIA want to help humans and robots work together

After just confirming its plans to help Volvo create self-driving cars, NVIDIA has now revealed that it’s also working with another leading car manufacturer. Announcing a partnership with Volkswagen, the tech company states its artificial intelligenc…

The high-tech war on Tibetan communication

Each year, March 10th in Tibet brings more police onto the streets, closer online censorship of terms like “Free Tibet” and “Dalai Lama” and a spate of cyberattacks.

“Every March 10th, almost all major Tibetan organizations in Dharamsala are targete…

UK copyright body throws idle threats at Kodi box owners

Audio-visual enthusiasts know and recognise that Kodi is the swiss-army knife of media centres. But for lots of people around the world, the software is synonymous with movie and TV show piracy. “Fully-loaded” Kodi boxes have made the open-source pla…