Fake News
ICR Falsely Placed on False News List icr.org
As soon as we learned of it, we contacted the assistant professor behind the list, a Harvard journalism web resource that linked to the list, and the Harvard library harvard.edu that also linked to the list. Our respectful requests for removal from the list—after all, ICR.org icr.org does not report false news, misleading news, clickbait, or satire—brought a variety of results.
Society
Chinese engineer ‘marries’ robot after failing to find a human wife scmp
Yingying wore a black suit on the day and “her”head was covered with a red scarf during the ceremony, a traditional Chinese wedding ritual.
If it wasn't for this being a Chineese source and the fact that something similar was reported in France back in December (posted here), I'd chaulk this up to a bad, late April 1st joke.
Vimeo voids Christian videos world.wng.org
Vimeo, a leading online film production and sharing outlet, pulled the entire 850-count video catalog of Pure Passion ministry this month after determining the video content “demeaned” homosexuals. David Foster, founder and executive director of Pure Passion, disputes the allegation and said Vimeo simply did not like his ministry’s message that Jesus saves and heals all sexual brokenness.
Note: I don't know this video series, and therefore don't endorse it. Either way, it's telling...
Euthanasia
Canadian bioethicists call for organ donor euthanasia bioedge.org
“MAID (medical aid in dying) has the potential to provide additional organs available for transplantation. Accepting to procure organ donation after MAID is a way to respect the autonomy of patients, for whom organ donation is an important value. Organ donation after MAID would be ethically acceptable if the patient who has offered to donate is competent and not under any external pressure to choose MAID or organ donation”.
Temple Mount
Sifting for Temple Mount artifacts halts as funding dries up timesofisrael
The Temple Mount Sifting Project templemount.wordpress said it was “on the verge of closure” after the Ir David Foundation pulled its financial support after 12 years. “In the absence of funding we won’t be able to continue searching for archaeological fragments,” it said.
Israel
UN Agency to Release New Document Equating Israeli 'Occupation' to US Slavery jpost
Less than a month after its executive-secretary resigned over a controversial report describing Israel as an “apartheid regime,” the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia is reportedly writing another report, this time equating “50 years of Israeli occupation” to the United States’ history of slavery.
Although no publication date has been announced for the document, according to reports in Israeli media, it is expected to symbolically coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War in June sixdaywar.org.
North Korea
Trump: US will act unilaterally on North Korea if necessary cnn v
"China will either decide to help us with North Korea or they won't," Trump said in an interview published Sunday in the Financial Times. "If they do, that will be very good for China, and if they don't, it won't be good for anyone."
India
Indian State Is Expanding Penalty for Killing a Cow to Life in Prison nytimes
The move on Friday came after a government crackdown on the largely Muslim-run buffalo slaughterhouses in the state of Uttar Pradesh and after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., won the state’s elections in a landslide. That victory led to the appointment of the hard-line Hindu cleric Yogi Adityanath as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
AI
The Smartest Machines Are Playing Games bloomberg
Humanity has MIT researchers to thank for [the] defeat [of Super Smash Bros. Melee, a 2001 Nintendo Co. fighting game], chronicled in a paper they published in February, but Melee isn’t the only video game getting a lot of playtime from learning machines. AI software has cracked Super Mario Bros.; early Atari SA games such as Space Invaders; arcade mainstays Pac-Man and Mortal Kombat; even mobile favorite Angry Birds. Optimists say AI can help solve the world’s toughest problems, including cancer and climate change. So why are AI systems spending so much time gaming?
Drones
Connecticut may become 1st U.S. state to allow deadly police drones reuters
The legislation, approved overwhelmingly by the state legislature's judiciary committee on Wednesday, would ban so-called weaponized drones in the state but exempts agencies involved in law enforcement. It now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.
This is an example of sensationalized headline. If you read the article, actually the original law was a total BAN on weaponized drones with a last minute change for an exception for law enforcement. Reading the headline you'd think Connecticut was actively looking to fly weaponized drones around, shooting at people :)
3D Printing
Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully tests 3D printed thrust chamber for RL10 rocket engine 3dprintingindustry
Californian company Aerojet Rocketdyne rocket has announced successful hot-fire testing of its 3D printed thrust chamber for the RL-10 rocket engine. The component was 3D printed in copper using selective laser melting (SLM) and underwent full-scale testing at the company’s West Palm Beach, Florida, facility.
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