Pro-democracy tycoon Lai denies lobbying US policy on China and Hong Kong in landmark trial By Reuters

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Wednesday testified for the first time in his landmark national security trial, saying he had never tried to influence the foreign policy of other countries, such as the U.S., towards China and Hong Kong. Lai, a British and Hong Kong … Read more

How AI is powering a robotics revolution

Sources: Robot images and video provided by Boston Dynamics, Google DeepMind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford Robotics Institute, Princeton University, Stanford University and the Toyota Research Institute. Dog images from Dreamstime and AI imagery generated using Adobe Photoshop. Some videos of robots have been sped up. Additional work by Caroline Nevitt, Peter Andringa, Dan Clark … Read more

A teen boy has been removed from a private school after fake images of nude female students appeared in a chat room

Images that depict the faces of girls with nude bodies have led to the departure of leaders from a private school in Pennsylvania, prompted a student protest and triggered a criminal investigation. A juvenile suspect was “removed from” Lancaster Country Day School and his cellphone was seized by investigators in August, Susquehanna Regional Police Department … Read more

Adani Group plans to spend $2 bn to set up Mumbai’s largest convention centre; take on Jio World: Report

Gautam Adani-led Adani Group is reportedly planning to spend around $2 billion to set up Mumbai’s largest international convention centre (ICC), which will put it in direct competition with Reliance Jio’s World convention centre in Bandra Kurla Complex.  According to a report in Livemint, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has given its nod … Read more