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A company attempting to map people’s brains so their memories can be stored in computers has lost its link to one of the United States’ top universities. US start-up Nectome revealed its brain back-up plan last month, warning at the time that the process involved would be “100% fatal”. A number of neuroscientists subsequently poured scorn on the plan. The ...

An advert showing British Olympic diver Tom Daley using a smartphone at a swimming pool has been banned on the grounds that similar behaviour by consumers would damage the device. HTC has promoted the ad on social media since mid-2017. But an investigation by the UK’s advertising watchdog discovered that the device’s own instructions said the phone should not come ...

Spy kits that can track mobile phones and intercept calls and messages have been discovered in Washington and beyond, the US government has said. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has observed “anomalous activity” consistent with the use of so-called stingrays. They could be used by foreign spies or criminals, although the DHS said it did not know ...

President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly reached out to the head of the Catholic church in Uganda over reports that the latter is behind a plot to overthrow the government. State House said the president and the Archbishop of Kampala Catholic Archdiocese, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, spoke over the phone on Monday and agreed on a way forward. The discussion followed the ...

A half century after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s death, celebrities have been remembering him and reflecting on how much progress has been made in racial equality in the decades since his assassination. “The fact that I’m walking this carpet starring in a movie, that’s the impact he had on my life,” said Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson. “There has ...

A Libyan appeals court cleared one of the sons of late leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday of charges of murdering a footballer before Libya’s 2011 uprising, the justice ministry said. Saadi Gaddafi, who has been held in the capital Tripoli since his extradition from Niger in 2014, was found not guilty of “murder, deception, threats, enslavement and defamation of the ...

Former England international Ray Wilkins has died in hospital at the age of 61. Wilkins was taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London last week after suffering a cardiac arrest and falling at his home. He was placed in an induced coma five days ago but never regained consciousness. A statement issued by St George’s Hospital on behalf of ...

REAL MADRID have reportedly contacted Manchester United and told them Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba are in their sights for the summer. Real Madrid and Manchester United’s transfer relationship has deteriorated ever since David De Gea’s failed move to the Bernabeu in 2015. On that occasion, the Red Devils angered their La Liga counterparts by refusing to file the paperwork ...

CHELSEA boss Antonio Conte is unhappy with Alvaro Morata’s contributions on the pitch. Morata, who cost Chelsea an initial £58million last summer, has bagged just one goal in the Premier League since Boxing Day. That is in stark contrast to the former Real Madrid striker’s start to life in England, when he netted six goals in his six appearances. And, ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO scored arguably one of the best goals of all time on Tuesday night – but Zinedine Zidane insists it doesn’t beat HIS effort in the 2002 Champions League final. Ronaldo crashed home a stunning overhead kick 64 minutes into Real Madrid’s 3-0 demolition of Juventus. The Portugal superstar appeared to have shocked himself after seeing the ball nestle ...