AI voice assistant will soon give users with connected smart home devices reminders to lock doors and turn off lightsAmazon says its AI voice assistant Alexa can now guess what you might be thinking of – or what you’ve forgotten.At an event in Seattle on Thursday, the technology company unveiled Read more
International development secretary says government will work with local communities in Indonesia and Liberia to protect at-risk animals Via: Government pledges £2m in aid spending to help save Sumatran tiger and other endangered species
Influential Commons committee tells Ministry of Defence to put a stop to postponements after expert admits possible ‘safety issue’ Via: Government delayed scrapping potentially unsafe nuclear submarines in bid to cut costs, MPs told
British Social Attitudes survey finds that 60% of people believe the government should raise taxes for fundsJeremy Corbyn’s plan to put up taxes to fund an increase in spending for public services has received a boost after research showed that 60% of people thought the government should do just that.The Read more
Which? University finds several institutions persisting with misleading claims British universities continue to put out exaggerated claims about their international reputations, an investigation has found, despite a crackdown by the advertising regulator aimed at putting a stop to misleading assertions about rankings and results.Which? University found several institutions have persisted Read more
‘We are both committed to continuing to invest in this area, given the real threats the UK faces from a range of hostile actors,’ government spokesman says Via: Multimillion pound 'cyber force to be launched in Britain'
‘I wrote very explicitly into the rules of the party when I first became leader: we did not want anybody in the party that had taints with organisations we deemed to be on the far right of British politics’ Via: Ukip faces 'utter marginalisation' if it embraces far right politics, Read more
‘Every group in any political party has differences, egos and so on. But with Labour voting against, the critical size of the voting bloc is quite small, it’s basically a dozen people,’ former Brexit secretary says Via: Up to 40 Tory MPs could vote against Theresa May's Chequers plan, David Read more
Council President Donald Tusk says member states agree the proposals would harm single market Via: All 27 EU leaders believe Theresa May's Brexit trade plan 'will not work'
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S…. Via: Trump chips away at liberal U.S. appeals court majorities