US firm tightens oversight of automatic licence-plate readers after reports of misuse by police officers.
Flock Safety has unveiled stronger privacy protections following reports of US police officers using the AI-powered company’s automatic licence-plate readers to stalk and harass women.
The move will force operators to find other suppliers or settle for models with lesser capabilities.
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President Trump has imposed tariffs up to 100 percent on drones that are "particularly sensitive" for national security, the White House announced. The move will force operators to find other suppliers or settle for models with lesser capabilities than the Chinese drones that dominate the market in the US.
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1h agoNigel Farage has been declared winner of the byelection.
Ian Davidson, the acting returning officer, also said voter turnout had been 44.37%.
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Nigel Farage (C), leader of the Reform UK party, celebrates the victory of Sarah Pochin, the party's candidate, in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election at the DCBL Stadium in Widnes, north-west England, in the early hours of May 2, 2025.
Nigel Farage did not turn up to savour his victory in the by-election he triggered himself.
Overnight he told a rally of Reform UK supporters he had been advised there was an "organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result" and wanted to avoid being "demeaned and humiliated by nobodies".
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Record rainfall in Chiba claims lives as more than 22,000 households without power on busy Bon Buddhist holiday week.
Record rainfall has killed at least four people and stranded thousands of travellers in Japan’s Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo.
JJ Bleday can set a new career high for home runs by hitting his 21st homer of the 2026 season tonight.
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The home bets were backed into a corner on Wednesday, and two losing home run props would have dropped the picks into the red. Fortunately, while Pete Alonso didn’t slug a home run, Dominic Canzone hit a homer at +389 odds.
From the first day Andy Burnham came into office, climate scientists, campaigners and some of the ordinary people surviving through this summer of extreme heat began to wonder when he would start to talk about the climate crisis.
A young driver for Alan Jones felt “violated” and “trapped” when the broadcaster allegedly touched him on the penis in the car and kissed him in a lift, but didn’t complain due to the “extraordinary” power dynamic between the pair, a Sydney court has been told.