Video of the downed aircraft has surfaced on YouTube and is being broadcast on CNN. It reportedly shows the plane crash over Ukraine after being hit by a missile.
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A pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence warned that “dangers of abuse” of AI “are very real.” The warning from Canadian computer science professor and leading AI researcher Yoshua Bengio came in a Q&A with the journal Nature published Thursday. The interview was conducted back in January, before Bengio was named along with two others the latest recipients of…
In a series of tweets earlier this week, Donald Trump continued his relentless attacks on the First Amendment. The president of the United States – the so-called “leader of the free world” – suggested that the New York Times “will have to get down on their knees and beg for forgiveness.” To be sure, some…
Responding to the call of millions of Americans and years of grassroots campaigning, President Obama on Monday took what net neutrality proponents called a “major step” towards the protection of the Internet by issuing a statement calling for the safeguarding of “one of the most significant democratizing influences the world has ever known.” Obama’s new…
The Washington Post reports on Thursday that at least four individuals taken captive by the Islamic State were tortured and that the group—also known as ISIS—appeared to be modeling the CIA’s use of torture as it employed waterboarding as one of the painful techniques they used. Worldwide condemnation followed revelations that in the aftermath of…
Indiana’s two senators and a Northwest Indiana Congressman are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider more than just total distance in allowing access to non-VA health care services. Senators Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats, along with Representative Pete Visclosky, sent the letter to the VA on October 31. “We urge you to use…
President Barack Obama announced Thursday a plan to reform an immigration system that he says “is broken and everybody knows it.” The president’s plan calls for cracking down on illegal border crossings, prioritizing the deportation of felons rather than families, and expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program known as DACA. “There are actions…
