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Image copyright Alex Wong/Getty Images A former Obama White House counsel has been charged by a grand jury with lying to officials and concealing information about his lobbying efforts in Ukraine.The case against Gregory Craig, 74, arose from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.His lobbying was allegedly linked…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Anti-government protesters continued to throng the streets of Khartoum Large crowds have remained on the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, ignoring a night-time curfew declared by the country’s new military council.Long-time President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown and arrested on Thursday after months of street protests.But demonstrators say the military…

Image copyright Getty Images The arrest and expected extradition of Julian Assange has set into motion what could prove to be the most important free speech and free press case in our history. Or not. Assange has been charged with a single count of participating in the hacking of intelligence computers with Chelsea Manning to…

Image copyright Getty Images Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps.News site Bloomberg highlighted the topic after speaking to Amazon staff who “reviewed” Alexa recordings.All three companies say voice recordings are occasionally reviewed to improve speech recognition. But the reaction to…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVideo footage shows Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.Assange took refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKatie Bouman designed an algorithm that made the image possible A 29-year-old computer scientist has earned plaudits worldwide for helping develop the algorithm that created the first-ever image of a black hole. Katie Bouman led development of a computer program that made the breakthrough image possible.The remarkable…