Elon Musk donates $10 million to keep robots from murdering you
January 15, 2015
Elon Musk is worried that AI will destroy humanity, and so he's decided to donate $10 million toward research into how we can keep artificial intelligence safe. Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has previously expressed concern that something like what happens in The Terminator could happen in real life.
He's also said that AI is "potentially more dangerous than nukes." The purpose of this donation is to both prevent that from happening and to ensure that AI is used for good and to benefit humanity.
Terror threats growing due to ‘active border, Pak supporting proxy war...
January 14, 2015
New Delhi: Accusing Pakistan of continuing to support "proxy war" in Jammu and Kashmir despite suffering casualties due to terror on its soil, Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh on Tuesday said threats and challenges have been growing because of the "active borders".
North Korea offers direct talks with US
January 14, 2015
North Korea on Tuesday offered to hold direct talks with the United States on its proposal to suspend nuclear tests, and suggested dialogue could pave the way to changes on the Korean peninsula.
AirAsia QZ-8501 cockpit voice recorder found
January 13, 2015
Divers in the Java Sea have retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501, say officials.
Diver in search and rescue operation (4 Jan 2015)
The retrieval comes a day after the first piece of the so-called black box, the flight data recorder, was also found and brought to shore.
Modi govt has dictatorial tendencies: Sonia Gandhi
January 13, 2014
New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and charged that the NDA government has "dictatorial" tendencies even as her party's leaders met in New Delhi to draw up a strategy for painting the ruling alliance as being "anti farmer".
Islam and free speech: What’s so funny?
January 13, 2015
Media coverage of the Paris shootings is typical of previous incidents involving Islam and free speech in the West. Much of it has veered between the misleading, sensationalist and absurd - such as a "terrorism expert" on Fox News branding Birmingham a "Muslim-only city". Journalists have jumped on the "Je Suis Charlie" bandwagon.
Divers find black boxes in AirAsia crash, retrieve 1 of them
January 12, 2015
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Divers retrieved one black box Monday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, key developments that should help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea.
Clinton now ready to embrace President Obama on economy
January 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton is ready to run on President Obama’s record when it comes to the economy.
Clinton allies say that if the former secretary of State does in fact announce a second bid for the presidency this year, they expect that she’ll tether herself to a main slice of Obama’s legacy.
Test Cricket: India slide to No. 7 in Tests rankings
January 11, 2015
New Zealand jumped to fifth place on the International Cricket Council's Test rankings following a 2-0 sweep of Sri Lanka at home, while India dropped to seventh after the 0-2 loss to Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that concluded in Sydney.
India on brink of ‘quantum leap,’ Modi tells investors
January 11, 2015
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised on Sunday to pursue predictable policies and ensure stable taxes, in a speech that sought to address key concerns for foreign investors in Asia's third-largest economy.
