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Hong Kong security law: Life sentences for breaking law
Image copyright AFP People in Hong Kong face the possibility of life behind bars for breaking a controversial new security law imposed by China. The details of the law, which criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, were published after it had come into force. Critics say the new law effectively curtails protest and …
Machine translates brainwaves into sentences
Image copyright SPL Image caption Brain activity was fed into a computer system, which recognised recurring features in the data Scientists have taken a step forward in their ability to decode what a person is saying just by looking at their brainwaves when they speak. They trained algorithms to transfer the brain patterns into sentences …
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia sentences five to death over journalist’s murder
Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a Washington Post columnist, was critical of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. He was allegedly killed and dismembered on October 2, 2018, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by men with close ties to the highest levels of the Saudi government and bin Salman. In a …
