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'Mega drought' leaves millions in California facing water shortages

More than 1,200 wells have run dry this year statewide, a 57% increase over the same period last year, according to officials.

04/10/2022

Tech News

Big Tech unites to make voice recognition tools more inclusive

Tech giants including Apple and Google are working with university researchers to improve voice recognition tools for people with disabilities.

04/10/2022

Tech News

Meta unveils AI tool that turns text into short videos

Facebook’s parent company has taken AI image generation a step further, creating videos from text prompts.

04/10/2022

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Helicopters airlift people to safety amid Hurricane Ian destruction

Helicopters airlift people to safety amid Hurricane Ian destruction in Florida.

03/10/2022

Tech News

Worth the hype? What to make of Tesla’s new humanoid bot

Tesla is the latest car manufacturer to unveil a humanoid robot. How advanced is it?

03/10/2022

Money

Kim Kardashian to pay €1.29 million over undisclosed crypto ad payment

The reality TV star had not disclosed she was paid a large sum to promote the cryptocurrency on her Instagram account.

03/10/2022

Moments

This hot air balloon fiesta attracts thousands of visitors every year

Hundreds of hot air balloons at this 50-year-old festival draw visitors from across the globe to New Mexico's desert.

03/10/2022

USA

Dozens confirmed dead as Hurricane Ian sweeps north from Florida

As of Saturday night, nearly a million homes and businesses in Florida were still without electricity, down from a peak of 2.67 million.

02/10/2022

Culture news

Celeb gossip in 2022: What happened to The Try Guys & who is Deuxmoi?

Ned Fulmer is officially out of The Try Guys. But did the details of his affair only come out thanks to an internet gossip machine driven by the questionably sourced account Deuxmoi?

01/10/2022

USA

Biden declares emergency as Hurricane Ian hits South Carolina

A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday, threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding.

01/10/2022

Mobility

All-electric plane 'Alice' takes to the skies on its first test flight

An Israeli start-up successfully conducted the first test flight of its all-electric plane called "Alice".

30/09/2022

Earth News

Was Hurricane Ian fueled by the climate crisis?

Scientists think warmer ocean waters are making strong hurricanes stronger.

30/09/2022

USA

Hurricane Ian: Biden warns of 'substantial loss of life'

The storm flooded homes on Florida's coasts, and knocked out electricity to 2.67 million homes and businesses.

30/09/2022

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Fire station flooded by Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday, flooding city streets and breaking trees along the coast.

29/09/2022

Nature

Could cloning save this endangered horse species from extinction?

This cloned Przewalski's horse might help save his species.

28/09/2022

Tech News

Would you trust a robot to paint your nails?

A US company has invented a robot that can quickly and accurately paint nails using artificial intelligence.

27/09/2022

Tech News

Elon Musk to face questions from Twitter lawyers ahead of trial

Musk is trying to get out of his bid for Twitter.

27/09/2022

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NASA spacecraft crashes into an asteroid

NASA's DART spacecraft crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos in a test to prevent a cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.

27/09/2022

Culture news

Exploding martini, anyone? Inside the CIA's top secret spy museum

The CIA museum in Virginia has its doors firmly closed to the public - making it one of the most top secret collections in the world. What is in their private museum?

26/09/2022

USA

Lavrov blames the West for war in Ukraine at UN General Assembly

His speech centred on a claim that the US and its allies — not Russia, as the West maintains — are aggressively undermining the international system that the UN represents.

25/09/2022

Culture news

Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor Louise Fletcher dies, aged 88

She won her Academy Award in 1973 for her role in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest, starring alongside Jack Nicholson.

24/09/2022

Culture news

Elton John 'ambushed' by Joe Biden with medal after White House gig

Awarding the National Humanities Medal, the US president described Sir Elton as a "tidal wave" for all his charity work.

24/09/2022

Mobility

No tipping needed: This robot can deliver pizza to your door

This autonomous delivery robot using cameras and remote sensing technologies can travel at speeds of up to 32 km/h.

23/09/2022

Moments

Meet Miffy the travelling bunny: A ‘tailblazer’ in his field

“When I travel with Miffy he gets really cuddly - I think it's a bonding experience,” says his owner, Sami Chen.

23/09/2022

USA

Blinken: UN Security Council must tell Russia to stop nuke threats

"If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. "

23/09/2022

Culture news

The secret story behind the Chinese Theatre’s famous cement footprints

The producers of the James Bond film franchise have cemented their place in Hollywood history. But how did the tradition begin?

22/09/2022