Image copyright Christie’s An artwork created by an artificially intelligent program has been sold at auction for $432,000 (£337,000). The final price is far higher than the $7,000-$10,000 estimate put on it by Christie’s in New York before the sale. The painting, called Portrait of Edmond Belamy, was created by a Paris-based art collective called …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Barriss was extradited from his LA home to Kansas to face charges, including manslaughter An American man accused of orchestrating a deadly “swatting” incident now faces 46 more charges. The charges against Tyler Barriss include financial fraud and fake threats of bombs and shootings made to police and schools. …
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A soft robotic arm which will allow underwater sea life to be studied in greater detail has been created. Traditional underwater robot arms can be rough and clumsy and make it difficult to interact and handle delicate marine plants and animals. The new system has a range of interchangeable bending, rotating and gripping modules to …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMonaco, models and money – who is retail mogul Sir Philip Green? Sir Philip Green has said it was “outrageous” for Lord Hain to name him as the man who prevented the Telegraph publishing allegations of sexual and racial harassment. He said the Labour peer also failed …
Image copyright PA Image caption The French and British governments are working towards a deal – but preparing for one not happening French officials have rejected suggestions they could resort to a “go-slow” policy at the port of Calais if there is no Brexit deal. The UK’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab warned on Thursday of …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Alok Verma says India’s government has taken an “illegal” action by firing him as CBI chief The Indian government controversially removed the two men at the top of its main investigating agency earlier this week, sparking a political row over the decision. Alok Verma, the director of the Central …
Image copyright AFP China produced billionaires at the rate of two a week in 2017, says a report by Swiss bank UBS and auditors PwC. The number of billionaires in the country saw a net increase from 318 to 373, with a joint wealth of $1.12 trillion (£874bn), said the survey. The report said China …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRetail analyst Claire Bailey says Topshop sales could be hurt Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia retail empire is facing a backlash after it emerged he had used an injunction to stop the media publishing allegations of sexism and harassment against him. The hashtag #pinknotgreen is trending on Twitter, …
Image copyright Getty Images If forced to choose, who should a self-driving car kill in an unavoidable crash? Should the passengers in the vehicle be sacrificed to save pedestrians? Or should a pedestrian be killed to save a family of four in the vehicle? To get closer to an answer – if that were ever …